Dr. Jacob Langer
MD, RCPSC
Speciality: Pediatric General Surgery
Procedures offered: Infant and baby circumcision
Ages: 0-2 months
Technique: Mogen Clamp
Pain control: Dorsal penile nerve block injection
Exclusion: Family history of hemophilia (severe inherited bleeding disorder)
Dr. Jacob Langer trained in general surgery and paediatric surgery at the University of Toronto. He practiced pediatric surgery at McMaster University in Hamilton and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, before returning to Toronto as the Chief of General and Thoracic Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in 1999. Over his long career as a pediatric surgeon and as a mohel he has performed thousands of circumcisions and has taught circumcision techniques to hundreds of physicians and surgeons.
Selected publications
Langer JC. Surgical approach to Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022;31(2):151-156.
Akinkuotu AC, Hamilton JK, Birken C, Toulany A, Strom M, Noseworthy R, Hagen J, Dettmer E, Langer JC. Evolution and Outcomes of a Canadian Pediatric Bariatric Surgery Program. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 May;54(5):1049-1053. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.01.038. Epub 2019 Feb 2.PMID:30808540
Saadai P, Trappey AF, Goldstein AM, Cowles RA, De La Torre L, Durham MM, Huang EY-D, Levitt MA, Rialon K, Rollins M, Rothstein D, Langer JC, on behalf of the American Pediatric Surgical Association Hirschsprung Disease Interest Group: Guidelines for the management of postoperative soiling in children with Hirschsprung Disease. Pediatric Surgery International 35:829-34, 2019
Pugi J, Carcao M, Drury LJ, Langer JC. Results after laparoscopic partial splenectomy for children with hereditary spherocytosis: Are outcomes influenced by genetic mutation?. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 May;53(5):973-975. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.02.027. Epub 2018 Feb 8. PMID:29506817
Langer JC, Rollins MD, Levitt M, Gosain A, Torre L, Kapur RP, Cowles RA, Horton J, Rothstein DH, Goldstein AM; American Pediatric Surgical Association Hirschsprung Disease Interest Group. Guidelines for the management of postoperative obstructive symptoms in children with Hirschsprung disease. Pediatr Surg Int. 2017 May;33(5):523-526. doi: 10.1007/s00383-017-4066-7. Epub 2017 Feb 8. Review.PMID:28180937
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Locations
Toronto - Forest Hill
491 Eglinton Ave. W., Suite 305,
Toronto, ON M5N 1B1