Andrew Yeh, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Trauma Services, St. Louis Children's Hospital
- Phone: 314-454-6022
Specialties
- Pediatric trauma
- Chest wall deformities
- Pediatric intestinal rehabilitation
- Appendicitis
- Anorectal malformations
- Atresia
- Feeding tube placement
- Gastroschisis
- Hernias
- Hirschsprung Disease
- Intestinal obstruction
- Intestinal malrotation/midgut volvulus
- Intussusception
- Tracheoesophageal fistula
- Hernias
- Hydroceles
- Ovarian cysts/tumors
- Undescended testes
- Brachial cleft remnants/cysts
- Cystic hygromas
- Thyroid masses
- Dermoid cysts
- Thyroglossal duct cysts
- Biliary atresia
- Choledochal cysts
- Cholelithiasis and gallbladder dysfunction
- Liver tumors and masses
- Pancreatic disorders
- Airway obstructions
- Congenital lesions of the lung and trachea
- Chest wall malformations (pectus excavatum and carinatum)
- Empyema
- Chest masses
- Wilms’ tumor
- Neuroblastoma
- Pheochromocytoma
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Germ cell tumors
- Lymphomas
- Hodgkins disease
Call for patient appointments: 314-454-6022
Meet Dr. Yeh
Dr. Andrew Yeh is a pediatric surgeon specializing and director of trauma services at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
He has expertise in pediatric trauma, chest wall deformities, and pediatric intestinal rehabilitation.
Dr. Yeh earned his medical degree from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine. He completed general surgery residency training at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a pediatric surgery fellowship at WashU Medicine.
Our dedication to injury prevention remains a priority, which is highlighted by the expansion of our gun lock program to enhance firearm safety in the community.
Dr. Yeh
Degrees
Medical Degree
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine
2012
Residency
General Surgery Residency
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2020
Fellowship
Resident Research Fellowship
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2018
Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2022
Research interests
Infectious diseases, pediatric cholecystectomy protocols, enteral nutrition, gut microbiota, cellular and molecular gastroenterology, cellular and molecular hepatology, nutrition of chronically tube-fed children, disruption of microbiota
Locations
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
One Children’s Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite 2A
Appointments: 314-454-6022
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County
12001 North Outer 40 Road
Town and Country, MO 63017
Appointments: 314-454-6022
Hospital affiliations
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
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Awards and Honors
- 2018, Society of University Surgeons Resident Research Award, “Whole-Food Enteral Nutrition Prevents Gut Dysbiosis and Improves Outcomes in a Mouse Colitis Model”
- 2017, Surgical Infection Society Joseph Susman Memorial Award, “Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Rescues the Gut Microbiome in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
- 2016, 39th Annual Conference on Shock Travel Award, “The Microbiota Across Five Body Sites in Critically Ill Adult Surgical Patients is Highly Disordered and Unstable Over Time”
- 2012, Glenn M. Kokame Endowed Memorial Award in Surgery, University of Hawai’i
- 2012, Dr. Laura Weldon Hoque Award, University of Hawai’i
- 2010, Pacific Medical Administrative Group Scholarship, University of Hawai’i