Pediatrics About Us Message from the Chair Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Contact Us Education & Training Residency Programs Fellowship Programs Research Faculty & Labs Scholarly Activity Divisional Expertise Allergy/Immunology Cardiology Child Abuse Critical Care Developmental & Behavioral Endocrinology Gastroenterology General Pediatrics Genetic & Genomic Medicine Hematology Hospitalist Infectious Diseases Metabolic Disorders Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatric Surgery Pulmonology Rheumatology Faculty Division of Pediatric Surgery Home About Campus & Community Resources Pediatrics: Divisional Expertise > Pediatric Surgery Clinical Expertise in Pediatric Surgery Faculty members in the Division of Pediatric Surgery hold expertise in a range of subspecialties, including: Gastroenterologic (GI) surgery General and thoracic surgery Colorectal surgery Neonatal surgery Trauma surgery Hernia surgery Our team is dedicated to training the next generation of pediatric surgeons to provide exceptional care to pediatric surgical patients while conducting leading-edge research that aims to improve care for all. Trainees will work and learn at Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC), a pediatric hospital that is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. CHOC is also home to the only surgical neonatal intensive care unit on the West Coast. Our surgical subspecialties rely on the latest technologies, including minimally invasive and robotic surgeries. Division of Pediatric Surgery Faculty Hira Ahmad, MD Assistant Professor, Surgery Laura Goodman, MD Assistant Professor, Surgery David Gibbs, MD Assistant Professor, Surgery Saeed Awan, MD Associate Professor, Surgery Peter Yu, MD Assistant Professor, Surgery Volunteer Faculty Donald Shaul, MD Maryam Gholizadeh, MD Mustafa H. Kabeer, MD Troy Reyna, MD