About the Physician

Steven S. Rothenberg, MD

Dr. Rothenberg is the Chief of Pediatric Surgery at The Mother and Child Hospital at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Centerin Denver, Colorado. and an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado. He is a world leader in the field of endoscopic surgery in infants and children and has pioneered many of the procedures using minimally invasive techniques.

Dr. Rothenberg completed medical school and general surgery residency at the University of Colorado in Denver. He then spent a year in England doing a fellowship in General Thoracic Surgery prior to returning to the States where he completed a two year Pediatric Surgery fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. He returned to Colorado in 1992 where he has been in private practice for the last 12 years.

Dr. Rothenberg was one of the founding members of the International Pediatric Surgical Group (IPEG) and is it’s recent past-president. He is also the Chair of the Pediatric Committee and on the Board of Directors for SAGES (The Society of American Gastric-intestinal Endoscopic Surgeons). He has authored over 100 publications on minimally invasive surgery in children and has given over 200 lectures on the subject nationally and internationally. He is also an editor for Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques.

Dr. Rothenberg has been married to his wife Susan for 20 years and has three children Jessica, Catherine, and Zachary. He is an avid outdoorsman and spends most of his free time in the mountains of Colorado skiing, hiking, biking, and fishing.