Dr. Shawn Larson, MD, FACS

Hello, my name is Dr. Shawn Larson and I am a professor, tenure track, and interim chief of the division of pediatric surgery within the University of Florida College of Medicine department of surgery. I focus on all aspects of the field of pediatric surgery and have special interests in pediatric trauma, pediatric burn care, neonatal surgery and gastrointestinal surgery (including minimally invasive pediatric surgery). I also serve as the medical director for the UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital Pediatric Trauma & Burn Program.My research interests include gastrointestinal physiology and immunology focusing on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), neonatal and pediatric response to sepsis, pediatric trauma and pediatric burn care.I joined the UF College of Medicine in 2011, and completed my Pediatric Surgical fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University. I completed my general surgery residency at the University of South Florida, and a surgical research …fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch. I earned my medical degree from the University of Sheffield School of Medicine in Sheffield, England and also have a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Florida.

UF Health Children's Surgical Center

3480 Hull Rd

Gainesville

FL

32607

USA

+13527330065

• Pediatric Surgery

• Birth Defects
• Burns
• Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
• Hernia
• Leukemia
• Malnutrition
• Umbilical Hernia