The addition of pediatric general surgery and pediatric urology brings the total number of pediatric specialty programs at CoxHealth to eight, including cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, neurology, orthopedic surgery and pulmonology.
CoxHealth has signed an agreement with St. Louis Children’s Hospital, one of the premier children’s hospitals in the U.S. Pediatric general and urology surgeons from St. Louis Children’s and Washington University begin seeing patients in Springfield in coming weeks.
Brad Warner, MD, Chair, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Surgery Department and Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Surgical Section will lead the pediatric surgical program at CoxHealth with the support of Mark Vogel, MD and Martin Keller, MD.
Douglas Coplen, MD, Chair, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Urology Department, will lead the pediatric urology surgery clinics at CoxHealth.
These pediatric general surgeons and pediatric urology physicians will hold clinics and schedule outpatient surgeries for patients who previously may have had to travel to St. Louis for this level of pediatric expertise care.
All providers are contracted with CoxHealth insurance so patients will have the same level of coverage for clinic and surgical procedures performed at CoxHealth in Springfield with these providers.
“The addition of these subspecialties means more children can stay close to home for specialized treatment,” says Beth Rutherford, administrative director, Nursing, Women’s and Children’s Services, CoxHealth. “This partnership allows us to increase quality care and service for families.”
About the providers:
Dr. Warner is surgeon-in-chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He is the Jessie L. Ternberg, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Surgery, and division director of pediatric surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. He has a special interest in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition including short bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.
His special interests also include pediatric solid tumors. Dr. Warner is happy to provide a second opinion to help answer your questions and confirm diagnosis and treatment options for families who have been told that their child needs a surgical procedure. Dr. Warner is consistently recognized in "The Best Doctors in America" list.
Dr. Vogel is happy to provide a second opinion to help answer your questions and confirm diagnosis and treatment options for families who have been told that their child needs a surgical procedure.
Dr Vogel is a surgeon who treats all aspects of pediatric general and thoracic surgery, advanced minimally invasive surgery of neonates and children, operative and non-operative management of traumatically injured infants and children, pediatric surgical critical care, vascular anomalies, and complex colorectal disorders.
Dr. Keller is an Associate Professor of Surgery and the Medical Director of Trauma at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He has a special interest in newborn surgery, trauma, and critical care. His interests also include Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation.
Dr. Keller is happy to provide a second opinion to help answer your questions and confirm diagnosis and treatment options for families who have been told that their child needs a surgical procedure. Dr. Keller is consistently recognized in "The Best Doctors in America" list.
Dr. Coplen specializes in pediatric urology and fetal urology: prenatal intervention for hydronephrosis, renal dilation, endopyelotomy, disorders of the penis, ectopic ureters, ureteroceles, buccal mucosal urethral replacement, hypospadias, bladder exstrophy, urogenital sinus anomaly, cloacal anomaly, epispadias, prune belly syndrome, enuresis, neurogenic bladder, myelomeningocele, testicular cancer and urological cancer.
He is a diplomate of the American Board of Urology with subspecialty certification in pediatric urology. Currently there are less than 150 practicing physicians in the US that have this certification. Dr. Coplen is consistently recognized in "The Best Doctors in America" list.
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