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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is ranked sixth in the nation for orthopaedic care on the U.S. News & World Report Best Children's Hospitals List. As the core component of the Children's Orthopaedic Center, our division provides one of the nation’s most comprehensive programs dedicated to treating injuries and abnormalities of the arms, legs and spine in children.
 The center provides a multispecialty team of orthopaedic surgeons, orthopaedic nurses, physician assistants, oncologists, rehabilitation experts, prosthetists, physical therapists and biomedical engineers that come together to treat kids better. Parents also are closely involved in our approach to treatment.
MEDIA FEATURES
 Imagine Television Special 2007
Feature length: 15:20
Meet Dillan Grantz, a 13-year old treated for severe spineal curvature. Featured Physician: David Skaggs, MD
 Childrens Miracle Network Special 2005
Feature length: 13:54
Meet Alyssa Murray treated for scoliosis, Tony Pentis treated through our gait laboratory, and Joseph Carillo provided with a limb lengthening process.
Featured physicians: Vernon Tolo, MD Robert Kay, MD
ABOUT THE CENTER
We provide care in more than 18,000 outpatient visits and more than 1,600 operative procedures in the areas of fracture care, sports medicine, spine disorders, pediatric oncology, joint care and cerebral palsy, among others. These include one of the largest number of pediatric spinal deformity cases in the country and this region's highest number of pediatric bone tumor and congenital hand deformities.
CLINICAL SETTINGS
The Division of Orthopaedic Surgery provides care in its outpatient clinic, in the Burtie Green Bettingen Surgery Center, and in the state-of-the-art John C. Wilson, Jr. Motion Analysis Laboratory.
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OUR STAFF
Our faculty is comprised of nationally and internationally recognized pediatric orthopaedists, all fellowship-trained and Board-certified members of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. They are joined by pediatric nurses, dedicated operating room staff, pediatric physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation specialists, prosthetists and biomechanical engineers.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Through the Children's Orthopaedic Center, the physicians of our division are conducting research that is changing the way pediatric orthopaedics is practiced around the world. Recent research publications.
FELLOWSHIPS
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship
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CONTACT US
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #69
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Fax: 323-361-1310
323-361-2142
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DIRECTOR
DAVID L. SKAGGS, MD
David L. Skaggs, MD, is a pioneer in care and research for children with spinal disorders and is leading cutting-edge innovations to improve orthopaedic treatment. Meet Dr. Skaggs.
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