Timothy Joseph Fairbanks MD MBA

Summary

• Dr. Timothy Fairbanks is a pediatric surgeon based in San Diego, CA. He is the Chief of Pediatric Surgery at the University of California San Diego and the Vice President of Surgery for Children' Specialists of San Diego on the Rady Campus. He has extensive training including a surgery residency at the University of California Irvine and a fellowship in pediatric surgery at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. He holds an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management. Dr. Fairbanks specializes in the treatment of conditions such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and tracheoesophageal fistula, hyperhidrosis, gastroschisis and hernias. He is strong believer in minimally invasive approaches. His research has been published in several reputable journals, with notable works on intestinal atresia, surgical education, single incision laparoscopy and small bowel obstruction. He was the founding Program Director of the ACGME Approved UCSD/Rady Pediatric Surgery Fellowship. He is a member of the American Pediatric Surgery Association (APSA) and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).