With five faculty members dedicated to pediatric orthopaedics, this service provides comprehensive orthopaedic care through St. Louis Children's Hospital, Shriners Hospital for Children and the Outpatient Orthopedic Center in Chesterfield, MO.

Faculty members on this service include:
Matthew Dobbs, MD
Kate Keeler, MD
J. Eric Gordon, MD
Scott Luhmann, MD
Perry Schoenecker, MD

Common conditions treated by members of the medical staff include: trauma, leg length discrepancy, angular deformities, cerebral palsy, Leg-Calve-Perthes and club foot.

The PGY-2 level resident works at St. Louis Children's Hospital as a junior member of the ortho team that provides outpatient and inpatient care. He/she rounds daily with staff and assists in the ER or OR. The main focus for training at this level is on clinical pediatric orthopaedics.

The PGY-3 level residents rotate at the St. Louis unit of the Shriners Hospital for Children. They are exposed to a large volume of out-patient and in-patient on the pediatric orthopaedic service and are closely supervised by a variety of recognized experts in all aspects of pediatric orthopaedic care. Clinical research is possible at this level of training.

The PGY-5 level resident serves as Chief Resident on a very busy pediatric orthopaedic service at Saint Louis Children's Hospital. There is significant emphasis on acute pediatric orthopaedics. Although closely supervised by faculty both in clinical and operative settings, a strong emphasis is place on developing leadership skills in the clinical and operative settings. Educational opportunites are abundant, and clinical research opportunities are readily available.

Clinical research interests of the pediatric orthopaedic faculty include

• innovation in the use of external fixators
• use of hyrbrid external fixations for reconstrcution of lower extremity deformities
• use of external fixation/IM rod combinations in limb lengthening
• development of new technique in performing hop dysplasia    reconstructive surgery
• refinement of reconstructive surgical techniques for treatment of sever acquired
• lower extremity deformities centered about the knee, leg/ankle and foot