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
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Abdominal tumors
- Achalasia
- Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Appendicitis
- Biliary atresia
- Biliary tract problems
- Branchial cleft cysts
- Chest tumors
- Choledochal cysts
- Cloacal anomaly
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
- Congenital lung lesions
- Cystic hygroma (CH)
- Dermoid cyst
- Esophageal or bronchogenic cyst
- Gallbladder disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gastroschisis
- Hepatoblastoma (liver cancer)
- Hirschsprung's disease
- Hydrocele
- Inguinal hernia (groin)
- Intestinal atresia
- Intestinal disorders
- Intestinal malrotation and volvulus
- Intussusception
- Kidney tumors
- Lipomas (skin lesions)
- Liver (hepatic) tumors
- Liver cysts
- Lung cysts
- Lymphangioma
- Meckel's diverticulum (MD)
- Neck cysts and enlarged lymph nodes
- Neck tumors
- Neuroblastoma
- Omphalocele
- Ovarian cysts and tumors
- Ovarian tumor
- Pancreatic cysts
- Pancreatic tumors
- Panniculitis
- Parathyroid Mass
- Pelvic masses
- Pelvic tumors
- Pilomatrixoma
- Pilonidal disease
- Pyloric stenosis
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Spleen cyst
- Thymus tumors
- Thyroglossal duct cyst
- Ulcerative colitis (UC)
- Umbilical hernia (belly button)
- Undescended testes (cryptorchidism - UDT)
- Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
Treatments
- Circumcision
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Fetal and ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure
- Laparoscopic pull-through procedure for anorectal malformations (ARM)
- Laparoscopic pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung disease
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Posterior sagittal anorectal vaginal urethroplasty (PSARVUP)
- Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP)
- Robotic surgery (da Vinci)
