1903 would become a year for the history books. That year the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, would fly the first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903.
Welcome to the Yale Pediatric Surgery Web Site. Pediatric Surgery is among the most exciting and dynamic fields in all of medicine. Our surgeons care for a range of surgical problems in children from the most simple and correctable diseases to major congenital anomalies requiring a lifetime of care and support.
All major specialties in medicine have boards of certification to assess and ensure a physician's competence within a given field of medicine. Those wishing to become pediatric oncologists must first pass board examinations in general pediatrics, after fulfilling their residency requirement. Certification in pediatric oncology requires a second set of board examinations, administered jointly by the boards of pediatrics and internal medicine.