Dr. Stephen A. DeSantis, General Surgery
Stephen DeSantis, MD
is on staff at
CHOC Mission Hospital
949-364-1007
Specialty:
General Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Board Certified:
General Surgery
Dr. DeSantis is a board certified general surgeon who performs surgery on kids and adolescents at CHOC at Mission Hospital.
Locations
26732 Crown Valley Parkway, Suite 351
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
phone: 949-364-1007
fax: 949-364-0317
Education
- Internship
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA - Medical school
University of California, LA, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA - Residency
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Our specialists and surgeons commonly treat:
- Anorectal malformation
- Appendicitis
- Biliary atresia
- Circumcision (not newborn)
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia/CDH
- Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malfunction (CPAM/CCAM)
- Gallstones (cholecystectomy)
- Ganglion cysts
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease/GERD (fundoplication)
- Gastroschisis
- Hernias, including inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia and incarcerated hernia
- Hydrocele
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Intestinal atresia, including duodenal atresia, jejunal atresia, jejunoileal atresia
- Intussusception
- Liver disease and disorders
- Lumps and bumps
- Lung lesions, including congenital pulmonary airway malformation/CPAM and bronchopulmonary sequestration/BPS
- Malrotation
- Omphalocele
- Palmar hyperhidrosis/excessive sweating of the hands (ETS surgery)
- Pectus carinatum
- Pectus excavatum (sunken chest) – Nuss procedure
- Precocious puberty (supprelin implants)
- Pyloric stenosis
- Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT)
- Tracheoesophageal fistula and esophageal atresia
- Traumatic injuries
- Tumors
- Undescended testes (orchiopexy)