Todd Ponsky is currently Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
and a Pediatric Surgeon at Akron Children’s Hospital. He was
previously Director of The Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery Center
at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve
University.

He attended Medical School at Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, Ohio from 1995-1999, Residency in General
Surgery at The George Washington University in Washington, DC
from 1999-2005, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Children's National
Medical Center in Washington, DC from 2005-2007, and an Advanced
Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at The Rocky Mountain
Hospital for Children in Denver, CO from 2007-2008.

Dr. Ponsky has a particular interest in pediatric minimally invasive pediatric surgery.
He has trained over 150 surgeons in Single Port Surgery. He has
written over 50 manuscripts and 10 book chapters. He has a strong
focus on surgical education and virtual education and has directed
15 national / international courses.

He has won numerous teaching awards including “The Faculty Teaching Award” at Case Western
Reserve Department of Surgery in his first year as faculty. He is a
reviewer for over 15 medical journals and is on the editorial board of
The Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques.
He is on the leadership of four national societies and was program
chair of one of the largest pediatric surgical societies in the world, The
International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) after only 4 years
of being a member. His is involved in both outcomes and animal
research with a focus on inguinal hernia physiology and endoscopic
repair techniques for pure esophageal atresia.