About the author

By Philip L. Glick, MD, FAAP, FACS, Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Professor Department of Surgery, Pediatrics, and OB/GYN, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; Richard Pearl, MD, FAAP, FACS, Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital of Illinois; Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL; Michael S. Irish, MD, FAAP, FACS, Administrative Chief Resident, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY and Michael G. Caty, MD, Senior Attending Surgeon, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY