Portrait of Andrew Yeh, MD

Andrew Yeh, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Trauma Services, St. Louis Children's Hospital

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.  

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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