Joseph B. Lillegard, MD, PhD
- Pediatric Surgeon, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery
- Fetal Surgeon, Fetal Care Center
- Professor, UC Department of Surgery
About
BS: Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
MD: University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV
PhD: University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV
Residency: Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Research Fellowship: American Society of Transplant Surgery Research, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship: Clinical Investigator Training Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Interests
Fetal repair of open neural tube defects; in utero tumor debulking; EXITs procedures for complex airways tumors and lung lesions; complex open and fetoscopic surgeries
Services and Specialties
Interests
Ex-vivo, in-vivo and in-utero cell and gene correction strategies of inborn errors of metabolism of liver (IBEM); hereditary type-1 tyrosinemia (HT-1); phenylketonuria (PKU)
Research Areas
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