The mission of the Division of Pediatric Surgery of the Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, is to make the life of all children better through clinical care, prevention and advocacy programs; to participate in the educational programs of UT Southwestern and Children's Medical Center Dallas (Children's); and to further new knowledge in Pediatric Surgery through research.  The Pediatric Surgery Service is based at Children's with most of the neonatal patients cared for in the Special Care Nursey of Parkland Memorial Hospital, which is contiguous with Children's.  The Pediatric Surgery Service at Children's is composed of five full-time UT faculty and seven clinical faculty. 

Clinical activities of the full-time faculty include special interests in the treatment of children with vascular disease, tumors, a need for advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques and those with serious injuries.