Pediatric Surgeon. American Board Certified Surgeon. FACS. FEBPS. Husband and father of two amazing boys and a beautiful girl

Des Moines, IA
Joined January 2011
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At just 14 months old, Hendrix became one of the first babies in Iowa to undergo a novel, Botox-assisted repair for a giant omphalocele. Watch his inspiring story in the video below. bit.ly/46SLnHe
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At just 7 years old, Griffin said goodbye to antacids, bland diets and sleepless nights—thanks to life-changing pediatric surgery for severe gastric reflux at MercyOne. Today, he's thriving. Read his story. > bit.ly/40fhLjI
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Great to be reunited with the #CHLA pediatric surgical family, mentors and friends at the @APSASurgeons meeting in Montreal.
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Congratulations to the new and amazing new General Surgeons graduating today @MercyOne_Iowa #generalsurgery
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Always grateful to participate in this charity event for @rmhdesmoines with the @MercyOne_Iowa crew #redtiegala
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At age 13, @HenriFordMD and his family moved from Haiti to New York. Last week, he was installed as the new ACS President. 🎥 Watch Dr. Ford discuss his career journey, the power of the ACS, and the need for all members to embrace inclusive excellence. brnw.ch/21wE6h5
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It was a great dinner last night honoring my mentor and role model @HenriFordMD at the @AmCollSurgeons #ACSCC2023 – at Boston, MA
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It’s National Latino/Latina Physician Day and these @DesMoinesUniv students and @MercyOne_Iowa doctors are bringing the community together to talk about why it’s important to have representation in healthcare. They hope more Latino/a students can see themselves becoming doctors.
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‘Latino health issues are everyone’s health issues’: Latino doctors, medical students working to increase diversity in medicine This weekend, a group of local doctors and medical students at Des Moines University are coming together to bring awareness about a shortage of Latino physicians. @MercyOne_Iowa @carreon_hc @magh16 @ugarzamd 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @RepRaulRuizMD @YadiraCaraveo @MaElviraSalazar @AlexPadilla4CA @JohnCornyn @TheMillennialMD @NHMAmd @LmsaNational weareiowa.com/amp/article/ne… #nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday #nationallatinxphysicianday #nlpd #latinomedicine #latinoexcellence #latino #latina #latinx #medicine #surgery #premed #medicalstudent #resident #physician #doctor
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Ty @weareiowa5news @ChenueHer @WHO13news for promoting #nationallatinophysicianday! Join us in celebrating on October 1st at ElFogon so we can share why we are passionate about #NLPD 🗣️advocates/allies October 1st! #RSVP -eventcreate.com/e/latina-phy… – at Des Moines, IA
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Had great support today #nationallatinophysicianday – at Des Moines, IA
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NICU Nurses, scrub Nurses, scrub Techs, Pediatric Anesthesiology, all of them working together to make sure we have a successful end result inthe OR.I want to congratulate and emphasize how important are nurses for us. Happy Nurses week and healthcare week to all. @MercyOne_Iowa – at Des Moines, IA
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We are honored to announce our 174th IMS president – @JZuzgaReed, DO. 🎉 Dr. Zuzga-Reed is Medical Director at @MercyOne_Iowa Children's Hospital, Associate Chief Medical Officer at MercyOne Des Moines, and has served on the IMS Board for the past 4 years. Congratulations!
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