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Laurence Somers, MD, General Surgery, Lafayette Hill, PA

LaurenceAlanSomersMDFACP, APSA

General Surgery Lafayette Hill, PA

Pediatric General Surgery

happily retired

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Education & Training

  • Children's Hospital
    Children's HospitalResidency, Pediatric Surgery, 1963 - 1964
  • Tower Health
    Tower HealthResidency, Pediatric Surgery, 1962 - 1963
  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
    Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkResidency, Surgery, 1961 - 1962
  • Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
    Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkResidency, Surgery, 1958 - 1959
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1957 - 1958
  • Albert Einstein Medical Center
    Albert Einstein Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1956 - 1957
  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1956

Certifications & Licensure

  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1957 - 2024
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 1976 - 2005
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

  • 14 citations
    Improved hemodialysis access in children
    Harry Applebaum, V.L. Shashikumar, Laurence A. Somers, H. Jorge Baluarte, Alan B. Gruskin, Michael D. Grossman, Mary Jo McGarvey, William H. Weintraub> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 1980 Dec 1
  • 51 citations
    Surgical repair of the injured spleen.
    Michael H. Ratner, Eugene Garrow, Victor Valda, V.L. Shashikumar, Laurence A. Somers> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 1977 Dec 1

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