Our Expert Team

Pediatric Surgical Services' highly experienced pediatric surgeons and staff work together to develop an individualized plan of care for each patient. Patients and their families come to the program with confidence, secure in the knowledge that our surgeons are board certified and have special competence in minimally invasive neurosurgical, surgical, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic approaches.

Andrew Freedman, MD, FAAP

Director, Pediatric Urology; Vice Chair, Pediatric Surgical Services

Team Members

Gary S. Bellack, MD Pediatric Otolaryngologist	Robert M. Bernstein, MD Director, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Wen Cheng, MD Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery	J. Louis Cohen, MD Surgical Director, Kidney Transplant Program; Medical Director, Operating Room Services
Myles Cohen, MD Director, Hand and Upper Extremity Reconstructive Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedic Center	Moise Danielpour, MD Director, Pediatric Program; Director, Neurological Surgery Residency Program, Department of Neurosurgery
Barry P. Duel, MD, FAAP, FACS Associate Director, Pediatric Urology, Cedars-Sinai Endourology Institute	Gregory Fontana, MD Pediatric Cardiac Surgery; Vice Chairman of Surgery for Strategic Development
Philip K. Frykman, MD, PhD Associate Director, Pediatric Surgery	William M. Hohl, MD Associate Director, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
David Kulber, MD, FACS Clinical Chief of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Director, Plastic Surgery Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Group	Sheryl Lewin, MD Associate Director, Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Christina M. McAlpin, MD Pediatric Otolaryngologist; Head and Neck Surgeon	Anita N. Newman, MD Pediatric Otolaryngologist
Nicholas Nissen, MD Assistant Surgical Director, Multi-Organ Transplant Program	John Reinisch, MD Director, Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Robert O. Ruder, MD Head and Neck Surgeon, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Lorraine M. Smith, MD, MPH, FACS Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery
Alfredo Trento, MD Director, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery	Mark M. Urata, MD, DDS Director, Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
Kasper S. Wang, MD, FACS, FAAP Staff Pediatric Surgeon	Denis M. Weintraub, DDS Clinical Chief, Dentistry; Co-Director, Craniofacial Surgery; Co-Director, Residency Training Program