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Dr. Michael Richard Harrison, MD

Pediatrics, Surgery, Pediatric Surgery
Accepting new patients
56 years of experience
Ucsf Pediatric Surgery 1825 4TH ST STE 5B, San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 476-3774

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Brief Intro

Birth Defects and Fetal Treatment; Cancer Surgery; Pediatric Cancer; Pediatric Surgery Dr. Michael Harrison is director and co-founder of the Fetal Treatment Center at UCSF Children's Hospital. He is an internationally known expert in fetal surgery, an area he helped pioneer with his colleagues at UCSF. For the past 25 years, Harrison has studied how a number of life-threatening fetal abnormalities alter normal physical processes. He has developed techniques for both open surgical repair and minimally invasive surgical repair of many of these birth defects. Harrison's team also has developed in utero stem cell transplantation to treat immune system deficiencies, enzyme deficiencies and abnormal hemoglobin in the blood. Harrison graduated cum laude from Yale University and magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School. He completed surgical training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and a pediatric surgery fellowship at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. He is a professor of surgery and pediatrics and is board certified in surgery, pediatric surgery and critical care.

Education Background

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Harvard Medical School - 1969

Languages Spoken

English

Location & Hours

Ucsf Pediatric Surgery
1825 4TH ST STE 5B, San Francisco, CA 94143
Mon:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed

Specialties Treated

Pediatric Surgery
Surgery
Pediatrics

Cancer 86
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 79
Orthopedics 161
Neurology & Neurosurgery 120
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 149
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 161
Diabetes & Endocrinology 65
Children's Hospital 18
Urology 149
Psychiatry 91
Geriatrics 143
Rehabilitation 73
Obsterics & Gynecology 23
Ophthalmology 8
Ear, Nose & Throat 10
Rheumatology 4
Long Term Care 19
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 99