Peter T. Masiakos, MD FACS

Peter T. Masiakos, MS, MD, FACS, FAAP is a Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgeon at MGH and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He was trained at the Boston City Hospital and Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), where he developed a clinical interest in pediatric trauma care and injury prevention. He is the director of the pediatric trauma surgery service at MGH and has become a vocal injury prevention advocate. He has broad interest in clinical surgery with a focus on esophageal anomalies, thyroid surgery and pilonidal disease. He has also been involved in successfully educating the Massachusetts legislature and the US Congress on the inherent risks that that certain products pose to children and has testified both at the Massachusetts state house and at the consumer product safety commission on the need for new legislation which would prohibit the use of ATVs within specific age groups. He has aided in the development and passage of several forward thinking injury prevention laws and continues to work alongside Massachusetts State Legislators and the Congress on several other comprehensive injury prevention laws including junior operator laws, safe driving laws and child restraint laws.

Neonatal Surgery

• congenital anomalies
• newborn surgery

Pediatric Colon & Rectal

• anorectal malformations
• biliary atresia
• Crohn's Disease
• Hirschsprung disease
• imperforate anus
• inflammatory bowel disease
• short bowel syndrome
• sphincter repair
• ulcerative colitis

Pediatric Endocrine (Glands/Hormones)

• adrenal
• pancreas
• parathyroid
• thyroid

Pediatric Abdomen & Digestion

• abdominal pain
• appendectomy
• bile duct surgery
• gastric tube
• hepatobiliary surgery
• hernia
• intestinal failure management
• intussusception
• jejunostomy tube
• jejunostomy tube
• laparoscopic hernia repair
• malrotation & volvulus
• Meckel diverticulum
• Nissen fundoplication
• pyloric stenosis
• pyloromyotomy

Mass Genl Hosp

Attending

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Associate Professor