Surgeon for children and adolescents
Worldwide: Colorectal Surgery
My experience covers the entire spectrum of pediatric surgery of all ages. I generally operate on hernias, undescended testicles, phimoses (narrowing of the foreskin) and appendixes. Often parents come to me whose children are affected by therapy-resistant constipation (constipation) or incontinence.
As a specialist in colorectal surgery, I also treat children with rare diseases from the area of anorectal malformation or with Hirschsprung’s disease (1 in 3500 to 5000 newborns). I operate on congenital malformations of the colon and rectum, anus or genital area, ranging from mild to very complex. These anomalies are still relatively unknown and associated with a high level of shame. In Germany, around 200 to 300 children are affected each year. Parents can find support from the patient organizations SoMA e.V. (for Germany) and SoMA Austria (for Austria), among others.
Increase quality of life
As an expert in colorectal surgery, I want to give affected children a better quality of life. The aim is to optimally correct malformations or to preserve the existing structures and to provide long-term support in achieving (social) continence. Here you can find more about the diseases I treat (an excerpt).
You contact me for colorectal operations and corrective interventions in the pelvis and for bowel management in the case of congenital malformations that lead to constipation and restricted motility – the ability of the bowel to move. I perform pediatric gastroscopy and colonoscopies.
Proof: expert status
- FACS: Fellow of the American College of Surgeons ( certified surgeon status in the USA)
- FAAP: Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics ( certified pediatrician status in the USA)
- Specialist in pediatric and adolescent surgery from the Austrian Medical Association
- Joseph R. Bongiorno Award for work as an assistant doctor in paediatrics (best of year)
Co-author of the following books
- Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery: Case Studies
- Anorectal malformations
Popular speaker
- 58 international presentations, participation in six planning committees
- a variety of publications in professional journals, several videos
- Organizer of conferences and member of several committees
“I think Dr. Carlos Reck-Burneo has helped many children with colorectal diseases, with anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung Disease. Not only with his clinical work, but also with his scientific work.”
Prof. Dr. Ivo de Blaauw
Leiter der Kinderchirurgie – Amalia Children’s Hospital Radboudumc, Niederlande
Vocation: highlights and career
Pediatric surgeon and senior physician in Austria and Germany
In 2008 I started working as an assistant doctor in pediatric surgery at the Vienna General Hospital, MedUni Vienna, and completed my specialist training in 2015. After a stay in the USA, I returned to the pediatric surgery department at Vienna General Hospital in 2017 and took over the position of senior physician until 2021. I still work there as a consultant today. From 2021 to 2023, I was head of the outpatient department for pediatric surgery at Mödling Regional Hospital in Lower Austria.
After a further stay in the USA, I finally returned to German-speaking countries. I am currently head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology at Brandenburg University Hospital. My aim is to offer children with congenital and acquired diseases the best possible treatment. Close contact with my patients and their families is particularly important to me. You can make an appointment here.
Specialist physician, assistant professor in the USA
In 2005 I moved to Long Island College Hospital, Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City as an intern in general pediatrics for three years (specialist training). After moving to Austria, I returned to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio as a research and clinical assistant for two years in 2015.
There I worked as a research fellow with Dr. Marc Levitt, a world-famous expert in the field of colon and pelvic reconstruction. In 2016, I took over the clinical assistant professorship at the Center for Pediatric Colorectal Surgery and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction in Ohio for one year before returning to Austria in 2017.
Most recently, I worked at SUNY Downstate in New York. I not only operated there, but also did research and trained doctors.
Student and country doctor in Ecuador
Born in Ecuador in 1976. I completed my medical studies at the University of San Francisco de Quito and graduated in 2003 with honors (cum laude) as a doctor of medicine and surgery. During these years I first noticed anorectal malformations in a large children’s hospital. There was a great lack of knowledge of what to do.
Until 2004 I practiced as a country doctor for women and children in the subtropics of the Andes. I worked at the Centro Materno Infantil in Echeandia and for a few months as an emergency doctor at the Voz Andes hospital in Quito.
„Dr. Reck-Burneo is an excellent surgeon. In the field of Pediatric Colorectal Surgery, we treat rare and complex surgical problems requiring demanding and technically difficult surgeries. dr Reck is one of the few surgeons who I believe possess the full spectrum of skills required to treat these patients.”
Richard J. Wood, MD
Chief, Department of Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Future: an outlook
Plans are currently underway to further expand pediatric surgical expertise in the field of rare colorectal diseases at Brandenburg University Hospital. The plan is to establish our services as a specialized center for Hirschsprung’s disease, anorectal malformations, cloacal malformations and anal atresia.
My goal is to develop a center of excellence that accompanies people with colorectal diseases throughout their lives. This includes precise initial diagnosis in newborns, surgical interventions in infancy, professional support during adolescence and structured aftercare in adulthood. Such care from a single source would make it possible to optimally coordinate diagnosis and treatment and thus sustainably improve the quality of life of those affected.
Peephole: a private glimpse
I live with my wife and two children in Berlin and Vienna.
In my free time, I prefer to see the world through the camera. Since my student days I have been passionate about taking photos using techniques from analog and digital photography. My favorite motifs are landscapes, the abstract and the symbolic as well as the contrasts of light and shadow. I am particularly enthusiastic about black and white photographs. The camera is almost always with you. I love to bring out the less obvious and to motivate the viewer to linger – now also in videos. To the photo gallery.
Other hobbies are diving and traveling. Fortunately, my wife shows a lot of understanding for this. My international assignments always take me to South America and the whole world. I speak spanish, english and german.