Pediatric Colorectal Surgery: Tips & Tricks

About Marc A. Levitt

Dr Marc Levitt has focused his career on enhancing the care of children with colorectal and pelvic reconstructive needs. He has cared for children from all 50 of the United States and over 75 countries and has performed more than 15000 pediatric colorectal procedures. He has written three textbooks and this is his fourth as well as over 300 scientific articles in this subject area. Dr. Levitt received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center a fellowship in Pediatric Colorectal Surgery at Schneider Childrens Hospital and a Pediatric Surgery fellowship at Childrens Hospital of Buffalo. His work extends to educating students surgeons other medical colleagues and nurses as well as developing integrated centers throughout the world to ensure that all children have access to quality colorectal care. He is actively engaged in helping patients their doctors and nurses in resource limited locations through the organization Colorectal Team Overseas www.ctoverseas.org. He is the Chief of the Division of Colorectal & Pelvic Reconstruction at Childrens National Hospital in Washington DC a uniquely integrated team of pediatric colorectal surgeons urologists gynecologists gastroenterologists and nurses and is a professor of surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine.