Specialized Care Just for Children

From prenatal and fetal care, newborn surgical emergencies or routine conditions, from complicated pediatric tumors to life-saving critical care support, our pediatric surgery practice provides the full range and highest level of surgical care for children. We perform both conventional "open" operations and minimally invasive procedures using the latest technology. With the minimally invasive approach, our young patients experience smaller scars, reduced pain, and have an earlier return to normal diet. Best of all, hospital stays are generally shorter and children return to family, friends, and activities sooner.

For Appointments

(631) 444-2045

 

Advanced Specialty Care
500 Commack Road, Suite 209
Commack, NY 11725

 

Conditions Treated:

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Appendicitis
  • Birth Defects
  • Cholecystitis
  • Diseases of the Chest
  • GERD/Acid-Reflux Disease
  • Hernias
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Pyloric Stenosis
  • Tumors
  • Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
  • Plus More

Our Team

Pediatric Surgery Team 800 January 2026
Our Pediatric Surgery team (from left to right) Division Chief Dr. Kenneth Gow, Dr. Kristen Calabro, Dr. Helen Hsieh,
NP Michelle Ceo, Dr. Richard Scriven, NP Tracey Messina and Dr. Yasmine Yousef.

Our specially-trained pediatric surgeons provide general and specialized surgical services to babies in utero, infants, children, and adolescents who have a wide range of congenital and acquired conditions. All our surgeons are board certified in pediatric surgery, and meet all the rigorous standards — to the highest degree — of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Our team has the largest pediatric surgery practice in Suffolk County.

Physicians 
Kenneth W. Gow, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAP
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
 
Kristen Calabro, MD, MBS, DABS, FACS, FAAP 
Helen Hsieh, MD, PhD, FRCS (C) 
Richard J. Scriven, MD, FACS, FAAP 
Yasmine Yousef, MD, CM, PhD, FRCS (C), FAAP 
Nurse Practitioners 
Michelle L. Ceo, RN, MSN, CPNP 
Tracey Messina, RN, CPN, CPNP-PC 

More Information

For more information about our specialties, and other practice locations visit our website.

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