Stephen Mark Megison, MD
- Pediatric Surgeon, Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (1)
Biography
Steve Megison, M.D., is a pediatric general and thoracic surgeon at Children’s Health℠. He is medical director of Trauma at Children's Health, a Level 1 trauma center, and a Professor of Surgery at UT Southwestern. His special interests are trauma, hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery, surgical oncology, neonatal surgery, thoracic (non-cardiac) surgery, thoracic congenital malformation and minimally invasive robotic surgery.
Dr. Megison earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Shreveport. He completed his general surgery residency at Parkland Hospital and specialty training in pediatric surgery at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital. Certified by the American Board of Surgery, he joined Children’s Health and UT Southwestern in 1993.
He has been frequently recognized in D Magazine’s list of “Best Doctors” (2013-2033) and listed among the best physicians by Texas Monthly (2010-2020) and US News and World Report.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (1985)
- Internship
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (1986), General Surgery
- Residency
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (1991), General Surgery
- Fellowship
- University of OK Health Sciences Center (1993), Pediatric Surgery
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (1989), Research
- Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery/Pediatric Surgery
Conditions Treated
- Adolescent ovarian cysts and tumors
- Adolescent ovarian tumor
- Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Branchial cleft cysts
- Cloacal anomaly
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital lung cysts
- Congenital lung lesions
- Gastroschisis
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Intestinal atresia in children
- Meckel's diverticulum (MD)
- Omphalocele
- Pediatric abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Pediatric abdominal tumors
- Pediatric achalasia
- Pediatric and Adolescent Pelvic Masses
- Pediatric appendicitis
- Pediatric biliary atresia
- Pediatric biliary tract problems
- Pediatric chest tumors
- Pediatric choledochal cysts
- Pediatric collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
- Pediatric cystic hygroma (CH)
- Pediatric dermoid cyst
- Pediatric esophageal or bronchogenic cyst
- Pediatric gallbladder disease
- Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Pediatric hepatoblastoma (liver cancer)
- Pediatric hydrocele
- Pediatric inguinal hernia (groin)
- Pediatric intestinal disorders
- Pediatric intestinal malrotation and volvulus
- Pediatric intussusception
- Pediatric kidney tumors
- Pediatric lipomas (skin lesions)
- Pediatric liver (hepatic) tumors
- Pediatric liver cysts
- Pediatric lymphangioma
- Pediatric neck cysts and enlarged lymph nodes
- Pediatric neck tumors
- Pediatric neuroblastoma
- Pediatric pancreatic cysts
- Pediatric pancreatic tumors
- Pediatric panniculitis
- Pediatric parathyroid mass
- Pediatric pelvic tumors
- Pediatric pilomatrixoma
- Pediatric pyloric stenosis
- Pediatric spleen cyst
- Pediatric thymus tumors
- Pediatric ulcerative colitis (UC)
- Pediatric umbilical hernia (belly button)
- Pediatric undescended testes (cryptorchidism - UDT)
- Pediatric Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
- Pilonidal disease in children
- Rhabdomyosarcoma in children
- Thyroglossal duct cyst in children
Treatments
- Fetal and ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure
- Laparoscopic pull-through procedure for anorectal malformations (ARM)
- Laparoscopic Pull-Through Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease
- Pediatric circumcision
- Pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Pediatric laparoscopic surgery
- Pediatric robotic surgery (da Vinci)
- Posterior sagittal anorectal vaginal urethroplasty (PSARVUP)
- Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP)
- Rectal suction biopsy
