Inova Children's General and Thoracic Surgery
8280 Willow Oaks Corporate Dr #300 Fairfax, VA 22031
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Fax: 571-665-6771
Sun Closed
Mon 8:00AM-4:30PM
Tue 8:00AM-4:30PM
Wed 8:00AM-4:30PM
Thu 8:00AM-4:30PM
Fri 8:00AM-4:30PM
Sat Closed
Inova Children's General and Thoracic Surgery provides patient consultations, evaluations, and surgical treatment of both common and complex conditions affecting unborn infants as well as newborns through young adults. Our pediatric general surgeons have advanced expertise in minimally-invasive procedures, intended to reduce pain and speed recovery for children who require surgery.

Inova Children's General and Thoracic Surgery provides patient consultations, evaluations, and surgical treatment of both common and complex conditions affecting unborn infants as well as newborns through young adults.

Our pediatric general surgeons have advanced expertise in minimally-invasive procedures, intended to reduce pain and speed recovery for children who require surgery.

Services Offered

  • Surgical treatment for common and complex conditions in pediatric and fetal care patients
  • Surgical evaluations
  • Minimally-invasive procedures including thoracoscopic, laparoscopic and robotic procedures
  • Patient consultations at Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital Fetal Care Center

Meet Our Team

Joseph Hartwich, MD
Joseph E. Hartwich, MD

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Specialty
Pediatric Surgery, Surgery
Clinical Interests
Cancer, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery
Years of Experience
19
Angela Kao, MD
Specialty
Pediatric Surgery, Surgery
Clinical Interests
Advanced Laparoscopic surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Gallbladder Surgery, General Surgery including Gallbladder and Hernia Surgery, Hernia Problems/Surgery and Treatments
Years of Experience
10
Stephen Kim, MD
Stephen S. Kim, MD

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Specialty
Pediatric Surgery, Surgery
Clinical Interests
Colorectal Surgery, Gallbladder Surgery, Hernia Problems/Surgery and Treatments, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery
Years of Experience
31
Bharath Nath, MD
Bharath D. Nath, MD

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Specialty
Pediatric Surgery, Surgery
Years of Experience
14
Quoc Hung Nguyen, MD
Quoc Hung L. Nguyen, MD

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Specialty
Pediatric Surgery, Surgery
Clinical Interests
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Years of Experience
11
Alena Fuhrman, DNP, NP
Alena M. Fuhrman, DNP, NP

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Kathryn O'Connell, NP
Kathryn A. O'Connell, NP

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Valerie Vitale, NP
Valerie R. Vitale, NP

Inova providers are Inova's premier primary care and specialty physicians and providers, offering top-notch medical expertise, full access to Inova facilities, and the convenience of integrated electronic medical records. 

Specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Clinical Interests
Children's Brain Cancer/Tumors, Children's Cancer, Children's Ear Nose and Throat, Complex Airways Disease

Conditions Treated

General Surgery

  • Annular Pancreas
  • Anorectal malformation/imperforate anus
  • Appendicitis
  • Appendectomy
  • Biliary Atresia
  • Biliary colic
  • Biliary dyskinesia
  • Breast mass
  • Cholecystitis
  • Cholelithiasis
  • Enteric duplication cyst
  • Feeding difficulty
  • Feeding tube (gastrostomy tube)
  • GERD
  • Gastroschisis
  • Hemangioma
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Hirschsprung disease
  • Inguinal hernia
  • Intussusception
  • Liver tumor
  • Malrotation
  • Meckel diverticulum
  • Meconium ileus
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Omphalitis (umbilical infection)
  • Omphalocele
  • Omphalomesenteric duct remnant
  • Perianal abscess/fistula
  • Pyloric stenosis
  • Spleen problems
  • Umbilical hernia
  • Umbilical granuloma
  • Wilm tumor

Head and Neck Surgery

  • Branchial cyst, remnants
  • Cystic hygroma
  • Foreign body in airway, GI tract
  • Neck abnormalities: cyst, mass, sinuses
  • Thyroglossal duct cyst

Urologic Surgery

  • Circumcision
  • Hydrocele
  • Inguinal hernia
  • Undescended testis
  • Urachus

Thoracic Surgery

  • Achalasia
  • Chest/mediastinal cyst
  • Chest/mediastinal mass
  • Chest wall deformities
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic hernia
  • Empyema
  • Hiatal hernia
  • Pectus carinatum
  • Pectus excavatum