Meet Our Team

The Pectus Chest Wall Program at Boston Children’s Hospital is part of one of the largest pediatric surgery programs in the world. Our caregivers have decades of experience caring for patients with chest wall disorders.

Physicians

Farokh Demehri , MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Tom Jaksic , MD, PhD

Vice-Chairman of Pediatric General Surgery Boston Children’s Hospital; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery
W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Craig Lillehei , MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Distinguished Chair in Surgical Education
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Physician Assistant

Anesthesiologist

Anjali Koka , MD

Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Psychologist

Lauren Mednick , PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Department of Surgery; Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR) and Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Advanced Practice Clinicians

Physical Therapist

Staff Nurses