Department Overview:

No. of Units: 1
Location: Services Hospital Lahore

INTRODUCTION:
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Services Institute of Medical Sciences/ Services Hospital, Lahore was established in 1996. It was approved for FCPS Pediatric Surgery training in 1999, and accredited by PMDC for MS Pediatric Surgery in 2018. It is a forty bedded unit with four bedded attached HDU. PICU and NICU are shared with department of Pediatrics. Elective theatres are shared with surgical departments in MOT, and emergency theatres are used for emergency cases. At present department has 09 residents, 01 medical officer, 01 senior medical officer, 01 principal medical officer, 01 assistant professor, and 01 associate professor.  Our motto is “you treat a disease: you win, you lose. You treat a person-I guarantee you win, no matter the outcome” (Patch Adams).

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Department of Pediatric Surgery is actively involved in curricular and extra-curricular activities. Study guides are shared with residents and academic roster involves grand rounds (4 days a week), journal club (once weekly), flipped classrooms and case based discussions (twice weekly), monthly mortality and morbidity meetings along with twice weekly theatre teaching. Formative assessments are given and EPA are carried out at least biannually. Monthly interdepartmental meeting with other pediatric surgery units is mandatory and active participation in different conferences is encouraged.