APSA Mission

The mission of the American Pediatric Surgical Association is:

To ensure optimal pediatric surgical care of patients and their families, to promote excellence in the field, and to foster a vibrant and viable community of pediatric surgeons.

We do this by:

  • Developing and advocating for standards of care for infants and children and influencing public policy around the surgical care of children.
  • Encouraging discovery, innovation and improvement of care
  • Providing rich user friendly venues for the dissemination of up-to-date knowledge
  • Offering high quality continuing education to members
  • Creating identity and community among pediatric surgeons
  • Promoting a supportive health care environment for patients, staff, and surgeons and ensuring that it is sustained by economic health


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APSA 2009-2010 Board of Governors

Keith Georgeson, President
University of Alabama Children’s Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Michael Harrison, Immediate Past President
University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Marshall Schwartz, President-Elect
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Philadelphia, PA

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Diana Farmer, Secretary, 2009-2012
University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

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Dennis P. Lund, Treasurer 2008-2011
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Mary E. Fallat, Governor 2007-2010
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Louisville, KY
Henri R. Ford, Governor 2008-2011
Children’s Hospital-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Fred Rescorla, Governor, 2009-2012
JW Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, IN 

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