N. ScottAdzickMDMMM, FACS, FAAP

Pediatric General Surgery, Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Director, Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Professor of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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Office
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-590-2730

Fax+1 215-590-4875

Education & Training

Boston Children’s HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Surgery, 1987 - 1988
Boston Children’s HospitalResidency, Pediatric Surgery, 1986 - 1988
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1985 - 1986
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1979 - 1984
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1983 - Present
NJ State Medical License 1995 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1995 - 2024
NY State Medical License 2016 - 2019
American Board of Surgery Pediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2004-2014
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

998 citations
A Randomized Trial of Prenatal versus Postnatal Repair of Myelomeningocele
N. Scott Adzick, Elizabeth Thom, Catherine Y. Spong, John W. Brock, Pamela K. Burrows
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2011-03-16
34 citations
Hyaluronan receptor expression increases in fetal excisional skin wounds and correlates with fibroplasia
Harold N. Lovvorn, Darrell L. Cass, Karl G Sylvester, Edmund Y Yang, Timothy M. Crombleholme
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 1998-07-01
14 citations
Improved Postoperative Metrics with Modified Myofascial Closure in Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair.
Tracy M. Flanders, Peter J. Madsen, Jared M. Pisapia, Eric Hudgins, Catherine M Mackell
Operative Neurosurgery. 2019-06-21

Journal Articles

Congenital Hyperinsulinism in Infants with Turner Syndrome: Possible Association with Monosomy X and KDM6A Haploinsufficiency
Christopher E Gibson, Charles A Stanley, Tricia Bhatti, N Scott Adzick, Vaneeta Bamba, Hormone Research in Paediatrics
Secondary Imaging Findings Aid in Prenatal Diagnosis and Characterization of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Role of an Abnormal Orientation of Vascular Structures an...
Edward R Oliver, Beverly G Coleman, Holly L Hedrick, N Scott Adzick, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Congenital Lobar Overinflation: A Rare Enigmatic Lung Lesion on Prenatal Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
N Scott Adzick, Steven C Horii, Nahla Khalek, Teresa Victoria, Beverly G Coleman, Edward R Oliver, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

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