William Q. Middlesworth MD

Dr. William Middlesworth joined the medical staff of Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia (MSCHONY), Division of Pediatric Surgery in 1997. He currently serves as director of the Pediatric ECMO Program, and Residency Program Director of the Pediatric Surgical Fellowship. Dr. Middlesworth has founded and leads the Pediatric Thyroid Center and the REACH (Researching Esophageal Atresia for Children’s Health) Clinic.

A graduate of Dartmouth College, Dr. Middlesworth spent two years in the Genetics Department at the Boston Children’s Hospital on work leading to the identification and characterization of the dystrophin gene, important in the pathophysiology of muscular dystrophy. He went on to medical school at Rutgers University and completed his general surgery training at the University of Maryland Medical System. During residency, he spent a year as a surgical research fellow at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. His pediatric surgery fellowship was completed at MSCHONY.

In addition to the responsibilities listed above, Dr. Middlesworth serves on numerous hospital and university committees focused on Quality and Patient Safety and are the Quality Chair for the Columbia Department of Surgery. He is the Surgeon Champion at the Columbia campus for the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) of the American College of Surgeons.