J

Joseph Fusco

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN, US

About

Dr. Joseph Fusco joined the surgical faculty in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center upon completion of general surgery training at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO and fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. His specialties in pediatric care include patients seeking treatment for neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, melanoma, metastatic disease, and other solid tumors. His surgical interests also include neonatal surgery, advanced minimally invasive surgery, pediatric colorectal disease, anal/rectal malformations, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and chest wall deformities. Dr. Fusco’s collaborative and independent research is primarily focused on improvements and increased effectiveness of therapy and intervention for adjunctive techniques in pediatric surgical oncology.

Ask me about

    Work experience

    1. October 2021 – present

      Vanderbilt University Medical Center

      Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
    2. July 2019 – July 2021

      UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

      Pediatric Surgery Fellow
    3. June 2017 – July 2019

      Barnes-Jewish Hospital

      General Surgery Resident
    4. July 2015 – June 2017

      Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

      Pediatric Surgery Research Fellow
    5. July 2012 – June 2015

      Mount Sinai Beth Israel

      General Surgery Resident

    Education

    1. 2017 – 2019

      Washington University in St. Louis

      General Surgery Residency, General Surgery Residency Program
    2. 2008 – 2012

      Doctor of Medicine (MD)
    3. 2004 – 2008

      Georgetown University

      Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, General