About us

LVPG Pediatric General, Thoracic and Plastic Surgery–Steamtown is part of Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital, home to the largest surgery team in the region. We offer state-of-the-art care for routine surgical procedures and are on the leading edge in minimally invasive (small-scar) pediatric techniques.

All surgeries are done at J.B. and Kathleen Reilly Children’s Surgery Center. The region’s only pediatric anesthesiologist will safely relieve your child’s pain before, during and after surgery, using both medication and distraction. 

If your child needs to stay overnight, Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital offers the most wide-ranging, pediatric health care services of any facility in the region.

We provide a wide range of pediatric surgeries for children ranging from newborns to adolescents in multiple specialty areas:

Pediatric General Surgery

-Appendicitis

-Bowel obstruction

-Chest wall deformities (pectus excavatum and carinatum)

-Childhood abdominal and chest tumors

-Gallbladder disease

-Gastroesophageal reflux

-Gastrostomy tube placement and care

-Hernias (umbilical/inguinal/epigastric) and hydroceles

-Neonatal, congenital chest and abdominal abnormalities

-Ovarian torsion/cysts/masses

-Pediatric trauma

-Pilonidal disease

-Pyloric stenosis

-Soft tissue and skin masses/tumors

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