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Characteristics of a Level One Pediatric Surgery Center


Safety is Our Priority

Becoming a level one children's surgery center through the American College of Surgeons requires hospitals to meet comprehensive quality goals regarding resources, credentials, volumes, outcomes, and administrative support. In this video, Dr. Robert Obermeyer, chief of surgery at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, discusses how a range of pediatric surgical specialties and support services collaborate to make every surgery at CHKD, from the straightforward to the complex, as safe as possible for children. 

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CHKD Surgical Group's pediatric surgeons provide diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical care for a wide range of diseases and conditions in children from birth to young adult.

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Level I Children's Surgery Center

Safety guides every surgical decision from start to finish at CHKD. That’s one reason why the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has repeatedly granted CHKD the highest level of certification for pediatric surgical care.