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The Pediatric Orthopedic Service provides extensive outpatient and inpatient experience in the diagnosis and treatment of all musculoskeletal diseases of children. Our scope of practice includes the treatment and management of simple and complex fractures, pediatric and adolescent sports injuries, spine deformities and the treatment of scoliosis, congenital bone deformities, hip disorders, congenital foot deformities, and osteomyelitis.
Our pediatric orthopedic surgeons and general orthopedic physicians care for 17,000 children each year. Outpatient clinics include Spina Bifida Clinic on Monday afternoon and Scoliosis Clinic on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. There are general pediatric orthopaedic clinics Monday through Friday.
Our staff works in conjunction with the departments of Medical Genetics, Neurology, General Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, and Pediatric Infectious Disease in the management of cerebral palsy, spina bifida, hemophilia, malignancies, bone and joint infections, muscular dystrophy and other neurologic disorders, as well as rheumatic disorders.
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