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.
Pediatric Surgery. General surgery training plus two years of full-time education in an approved pediatric surgery fellowship program. Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery. Three years of preparatory surgery training plus two years of plastic surgery training. Many physicians add an additional six to 12 months of training for a particular field of interest