{"id":1796,"date":"2019-07-24T20:09:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2019-07-24T20:09:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:09:30","slug":"big-pediatric-surgery-resources-for-the-littlest-south-jersey-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/2019\/07\/24\/big-pediatric-surgery-resources-for-the-littlest-south-jersey-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Pediatric Surgery Resources for the Littlest South Jersey Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew Moront, MD<\/p><\/div>\n

If there\u2019s one message that Matthew Moront, MD, Head, Division of Pediatric Surgery at Children\u2019s Regional Hospital at Cooper, wants to communicate to the region\u2019s referring physicians, it\u2019s this: \u201cWe have the expertise to handle easily 90 percent of the pediatric surgical care a child may need\u2014and to do it as well as any other facility in the region,\u201d he says. \u201cThis means that for the vast majority of pediatric surgical issues, there\u2019s no reason to send a child across the bridge to a quaternary facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor anxious, time-strapped South Jersey parents, particularly those who work or have other children to take care of, keeping a hospitalized child closer to home is a real advantage,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Dr. Moront also notes that referring pediatricians are often surprised by the breadth of what a pediatric general surgeon can do.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to routine abdominal procedures such as appendectomies and cholecystectomies, we also perform thyroid surgery, lymph node dissections, and remove lesions on the head and face and congenital lung lesions,\u201d he says. \u201cWe also do simple urologic procedures to address hernias, hydroceles, normal circumcision, and undescended testicles. And we perform gynecologic procedures such as ovarian cyst removal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of these are performed minimally invasively,\u201d he points out.<\/p>\n

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Douglas Katz, MD<\/p><\/div>\n

Prior to joining Cooper, Dr. Moront and his colleague Douglas Katz, MD\u2014both fellowship-trained in pediatric surgery\u2014honed their expertise at St. Christopher\u2019s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, and Nemours\/ Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, respectively. Another distinguishing feature of Cooper\u2019s pediatric surgery program is its emphasis on personalized care.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the relatively small size of our program, children here don\u2019t get lost in the shuffle,\u201d Dr. Moront says, noting that the team is made up of two full-time surgeons and a third who provides support when needed, a physician assistant, and a nurse practitioner. \u201cWe take a caring, kid- and family- friendly approach that reassures parents that their child is in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Moront and his team are equally attentive to the pediatricians who refer their young patients to Cooper for surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very responsive about consults here at the hospital and in the community,\u201d he says, explaining that he and his team hold clinics at Cooper locations in Voorhees and Egg Harbor Township in addition to Camden. \u201cWe give our cell numbers to referring physicians, and encourage them to call us if they ever have questions about the most appropriate provider for a particular situation. Our aim is to always ensure that a child gets to the right place at the right time; it doesn\u2019t serve anyone if a child has to be rerouted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we never forget that these children are the referring physicians\u2019 patients,\u201d he stresses. \u201cWe just \u2018borrow\u2019 them\u2014and enhance their experience by providing great care to the patients and superior customer service to the referring pediatrician.\u201d<\/p>\n

That service includes a direct call to referring physicians about their patients\u2019 status.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a child comes in with belly pain, we\u2019ll call and let the referring physician know if an operation is or isn\u2019t necessary,\u201d Dr. Moront says. \u201cOf course, we send a discharge summary, but we think a timely call as soon as the patient is seen is a more personal touch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAffability, availability, and ability\u2014 that\u2019s the essence of what we\u2019re offering at Cooper,\u201d he adds. \u201cAnd it\u2019s all right here, close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n

24 Hours a day\/7 Days a Week Surgical Coverage for Your Pediatric Patients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Common Reasons for Referrals:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Abdominal pain<\/td>\nAppendicitis<\/td>\nAtresias\u2014Bronchial,
\nBiliary, Esophageal,
\nSmall Bowel<\/td>\n		Chest wall deformities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Circumcision and
\nundescended testicles<\/td>\n		Feeding problems\/
\nfailure to thrive<\/td>\n		Gallbladder disease<\/td>\nGERD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gynecological
\nprocedures such as
\novarian cyst removal<\/td>\n		Hernias \u2013 Hiatal,
\nInguinal, Morgagni,
\nUmbilical, Ventral<\/td>\n		Inflammatory
\nBowel Disease<\/td>\n		Lymph node
\ndissections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Masses and tumors<\/td>\nPilonidal Disease<\/td>\nThyroid surgery<\/td>\nTrauma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Douglas Katz, MD, Pediatric Surgeon<\/p>\n

Matthew Moront, MD, Head, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children\u2019s Regional Hospital<\/p>\n

For a physician-to-physician referral to Pediatric Surgery at Cooper, please contact our office at 856.342.3250.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one message that Matthew Moront, MD, Head, Division of Pediatric Surgery at Children\u2019s Regional Hospital at Cooper, wants to communicate to the region\u2019s referring physicians, it\u2019s this: \u201cWe have the expertise to handle easily 90 percent of the pediatric surgical care a child may need\u2014and to do it as well as any other … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-rmineo","4":"post-1796","6":"format-standard","7":"category-news-updates"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1801,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/sjmedicalreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}