Dr.
Spigland received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University
and her M.D. degree from New York Medical College. She completed
her General surgery residency at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New
York and her Pediatric surgical fellowship at St. Justine Children’s
Hospital in Montreal, Canada in 1989. She subsequently joined
the surgical faculty of the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1995, she relocated
to New York City and joined the surgical staff of the New York
Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell Campus.
Dr.
Spigland is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
in the Department of Surgery at the Weill Medical College of Cornell
University. Dr. Spigland also served as the Acting Chief
of the Division of Pediatric Surgery of the Weill Medical College
of Cornell University between July 1997 – July 2000. She
is also the Associate Director of medical student education for
the Department of Surgery at Cornell. Dr. Spigland is board
certified in General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery.
Dr. Spigland
has a strong interest in clinical pediatric surgical research
and has authored or co-authored numerous publications in peer
reviewed journals. She is a reviewer for the American Journal
of Perinatology.
Dr.
Spigland performs the full spectrum of pediatric surgical procedures
and has maintained a very busy clinical practice in pediatric
surgery over the past 11 years. Her particular areas of
interest include neonatal congenital anomalies, pediatric thoracic
surgery and pediatric surgical oncology. Dr. Spigland is
a fellow of American College of Surgeons, a member of the American
Pediatric Surgical Associations, the Canadian Pediatric Surgical
Association, the New York Surgical Society and the Children’s
Cancer Study Group.
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