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Specialties

Anatomical

Spine

Treatment

Deformity

My approach to treating patients

The Spinal Program at Children's Hospital Boston enjoys a national and international reputation for innovation and leadership. The Children's Hospital Division of Spine Surgery sees more than 6,000 outpatient visits, and performs more than 300 spine operations each year. We provide diagnosis, non-operative and surgical treatment of complex and routine spinal deformities and conditions.

The Spinal Program team provides the following services:

Evaluation, diagnosis, consultation, and follow-up care
Non-operative treatment of idiopathic deformity including Boston Brace, Charleston, TriaC, SpineCor, Kalabas braces
Routine surgical treatment of pediatric spinal deformity

Other available pediatric spinal surgical procedures include:

Thoracoscopic anterior release and fusion
Expansion thoracostomy and VEPTR (titanium rib) procedure
Dual posterior growing rods for early onset scoliosis
Hemivertebra and wedge resections for congenital scoliosis
Mono-segmental reduction and fusion for severe spondylolisthesis

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Contact Information

Children's Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery Foundation 300 Longwood Ave Children's Hospital Boston, MA USA 02115 View map Phone 617--355-6021 Fax 617-730-0459

Other staff in my practice

Megan E. Anderson, MD

Donald S. Bae, MD

Mark C. Gebhardt, MD

Peter G. Gerbino, MD

Daniel J. Hedequist, MD

M. Timothy Hresko, MD

James R. Kasser, MD

Lawrence Ira Karlin, MD

Young-Jo Kim, MD, PhD

Mininder S. Kocher, MD, MPH

Lyle J. Micheli, MD

Michael B. Millis, MD

Martha Meaney Murray, MD

Robert K. Rosenthal, MD

Frederic Shapiro, MD

Brian Snyder, MD, PhD

Peter M. Waters, MD

Seymour Zimbler, MD