Professional role
pediatric surgeon[1]
PM
He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award
Reviewed sources document Education record: a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Education record: graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Education record: medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, and Education record: surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, plus 1 more training record.
Explore education and trainingpediatric surgeon[1]
specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence[1]
a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia[1]
graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey[1]
medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey[1]
surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston[1]
surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia[1]
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Biographical context: He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Biographical context: recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Degree: MD
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Education record: a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Education record: graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Education record: medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Education record: surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Education record: surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Identity: Patrick McGovern, MD
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Professional role: pediatric surgeon
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Professional role: specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.
Official profile: Official profile
Patrick McGovern, MD Dr. McGovern is a pediatric surgeon at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McGovern specializes in general, critical care and trauma surgery for children before birth through adolescence. He has clinical expertise in neonatal surgery and fetal care, surgical oncology, and endocrine and chest wall surgery, as well as surgical critical care and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). After graduating cum laude with a degree in cell biology and neuroscience from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dr. McGovern earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his surgical critical care fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia. Dr. McGovern is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Trauma Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and OPENPediatrics. In addition, he is a nominated member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. Dr. McGovern is the proud recipient of the American Pediatric Surgery Association M. Judah Folkman Memorial Award, as well as the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society Vandenberghe-Storz Young Investigator Award.