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Orthopedics

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Diagnosis, evaluation and treatment for all orthopedic conditions and disorders in infants, children and adolescents. Nationwide Children’s Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to patients with a wide range of developmental, congenital, neuromuscular and post-traumatic problems of the musculoskeletal system, trauma and fractures, scoliosis and other spinal abnormalities.

Orthopedic Clinics

Orthopedic Clinic
Children’s Orthopedic Center
479 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 722-5175
FAX (614) 355-1395
Mon. – Fri. 8 am – 4:30 pm

Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Clinic
584 County Line Road
Westerville, OH 43082
(614) 355-6000
FAX (614) 355-6010

Orthopedic Resources

Orthopaedic Surgery faculty participates in the education of health care professionals at several levels. Residents, medical students and nurses from The Ohio State University, OhioHealth and Mount Carmel Health System receive all of their pediatric orthopedic surgical experience in Orthopaedics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited fellowship program rounds out the extensive educational program.

Orthopedic surgical and management expertise includes:

• Clubfoot
• Fractures, pediatric trauma and fracture care
• Neuromuscular disorders, including cerebral palsy and myelomeningocele
• Scoliosis
• Musculoskeletal tumors
• Spinal disorders
• Pediatric hand and foot disorders
• Limb length discrepancy
• Bone and joint trauma and infections
• Kyphosis
• Pediatric and adolescent sports medicine
• Pediatric and adolescent hip reconstruction including developmental hip dysplasia, Legg Calve Perthes disease and slipped capital femoral epiphysis
• Pediatric congenital hand conditions

The formation of the new Hand Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is an exciting benefit to our program. Dr. James E. Popp, co-director, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He specializes in surgery of the hand and upper extremity in adult and pediatric patients. His expertise includes common hand problems (such as carpal tunnel syndrome), wrist arthroscopy, joint replacement surgery for arthritis, and complex pediatric and adult reconstructive micro vascular surgery. The other co-director, Dr. Maya C. Spaeth, is with the Plastic Surgery Section at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. This program enhances our ability to serve a broader patient population in the area of vascular surgery as well as pediatric congenital anomalies.