Orthopedics

Who We Treat

The pediatric orthopedic specialists at NewYork-Presbyterian care for children of all ages with disorders and injuries such as:

• Blount's Disease (a rare growth disorder that causes the legs to bow outward just below the knees)
• Bowleg and knock knees
• Cerebral palsy
• Clubfoot
• Fractures and other trauma
• Hand disorders
• Hip dysplasia
• In-toeing and out-toeing
• Leg length discrepancy (one leg shorter than the other)
• Motor neuron diseases
• Muscular dystrophy
• Osteogenesis imperfecta (a genetic disorder that predisposes someone to fractures)
• Perthes disease (reduced blood flow to the head of the thighbone)
• Prader Willi syndrome (a genetic disorder that affects musculoskeletal development)
• Spine deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis, with a special focus on early-onset scoliosis
• Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (an adolescent hip disorder)
• Spina bifida (myelodysplasia)
• Sports injuries
• Tibial pseudoarthrosis (a rare disorder in which the shinbone fractures and does not heal properly)
• Tumors of the bones and soft tissues