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Children's Orthopaedic Center Doctors

Leadership

David L. Skaggs, MD, MMM

Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director of Spine Surgery
Endowed Chair of Pediatric Spinal Disorders
Attending Physician
Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Robert Kay, MD

Vice Chief of Children’s Orthopaedic Center | Director of Neuromuscular Program | Clinical Scholar and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Keck School of Medicine of USC
Attending Physician
Professor of Surgery (Clinical Scholar), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Expert Physicians

Oussama Abousamra, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Daniel Allison, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Lindsay Andras, MD

Associate Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Melissa Bent, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Non-Operative Pediatric Orthopaedics

Phone: 323-361-2142

Alexander Christ, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Oncology

Phone: 323-361-2142

Bianca Edison, MD, MS

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Sports Medicine

Phone: 323-361-2142

Rachel Goldstein, MD, MPH

Director, Hip Preservation Program
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Kenneth Illingworth, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Ryan Kelln, DO, FAAP

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Primary Care Sports Medicine

Phone: 323-361-2142

Nina Lightdale-Miric, MD

Director of Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Program
Founder and Director of "CATCH" Hand Differences Program
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Erin Meisel, MD

Director, Brachial Plexus Program
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Milan Stevanovic, MD

Attending Physician
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Vernon Tolo, MD

Chief Emeritus, Children's Orthopaedic Center
Attending Physician
Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Curtis VandenBerg, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Tishya Wren, PhD

Investigator, Orthopaedics
Associate Professor of Research Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Phone: 323-361-2142

Joan Wright, MD

Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Phone: 323-361-2142

Tracy Zaslow, MD

Director of Children’s Orthopaedics Center Sports Concussion Program
Medical Director of Children’s Orthopaedic Center Sports Medicine Program
Fellowship Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Specialty: Primary Care Sports Medicine

Phone: 323-361-2142