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Specialty:: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Department Affiliation:: Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
State License:: A64980
Phone:: 424-259-6593
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Department Affiliations

Executive Vice Chair, Orthopaedic Surgery
Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Links

uclahealth.org/ortho

Primary Office: Orthopaedic Surgery
1225 15th St.
Suite 2100
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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Phone: 424-259-6593

Medical Board Certifications: Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2005
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopedics, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, 2002-2003
Residency: Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1997-2002
Internship: Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1996-1997
Degree: UCLA School of Medicine, MD, 1996

Interests

Achondroplasia
Achondroplasia in Children
Achondroplasia is a rare genetic (inherited) bone disorder. It was once called dwarfism. Achondroplasia causes the strong, flexible tissue called cartilage to not be made into bone as normal. This causes a series of signs, such as short arms and legs and a large head.
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Cerebral Palsy
Clubfoot
Clubfoot in Children
Clubfoot is a deformity of the foot. It's when one or both feet are turned inward. The condition affects the bones, muscles, tendons, and blood vessels. Read on to learn more about this condition.
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Congenital limb anomalies and deficiencies
Congenital Limb Defect in Children
A congenital limb defect is when an arm or leg doesn’t form normally as a baby grows in the uterus. The baby is born with the defect. Treatment depends on the type of congenital limb defect. It may include an artificial limb, surgery, or rehab.
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Femoroacetabular Impingement
Hip Dysplasia and dislocation
Kyphosis
Kyphosis
A spine affected by kyphosis has a forward curvature of the back bones (vertebrae) in the upper back area, giving an abnormally rounded or humpback" appearance."
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Leg Length Discrepancy
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease in Children
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (or Perthes disease) is a rare hip condition that affects children. Over a number of years, the ball-shaped top of a child’s thighbone (femoral head) breaks down and re-forms.
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Limb Reconstruction
Neurofibromatosis
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Osteogenesis Imperfecta in Children
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is an inherited (genetic) bone disorder that is present at birth. It is also known as brittle bone disease. A child born with OI may have soft bones that break (fracture) easily, bones that are not formed normally, and other problems. Signs and symptoms may range from mild to severe.
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Pediatric and adolescent fractures
Fractures in Children
A fracture is a partial or complete break in the bone. When a fracture happens, it is classified as either open or closed. Fractures happen when more force is applied to the bone than the bone can absorb. Breaks in bones can happen from falls or trauma, or as a result of a direct hit to the body.
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Pediatric and adolescent spinal deformity
Pediatric and adolescent sports injuries
Sports Injuries and Children
Detailed information on sports injuries in children, including prevention, overuse injuries, sprains, strains, and heat-related illnesses (Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke).
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Pediatric Foot and Ankle
Pediatric Scoliosis
Scoliosis in Children
Scoliosis is a deformity of the backbone (spine). A normal spine appears straight when looked at from behind. But a child with scoliosis has a spine with an S or C shape. The child may look like he or she is leaning to one side.
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Skeletal dysplasia/dwarfing conditions
Achondroplasia in Children
Achondroplasia is a rare genetic (inherited) bone disorder. It was once called dwarfism. Achondroplasia causes the strong, flexible tissue called cartilage to not be made into bone as normal. This causes a series of signs, such as short arms and legs and a large head.
Learn more >
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis in Children
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition of the hip joint that affects children. In SCFE, the ball of the thighbone (femoral head) slips off the neck of the thighbone.
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Spondylolisthesis
Overuse Injuries
Detailed information on overuse injuries in children, including jumper's knee, patellar tendonitis, little leaguers' elbow, little leaguers' shoulder, osteochondritis dissecans, Sever's disease, shin splints, Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease, spondylolisthesis, and spondylolysis
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Tendonitis
Tendonitis and Tenosynovitis
Tendonitis is when a tendon is inflamed. When a tendon is inflamed, it can cause swelling, pain, and discomfort. Another problem called tenosynovitis is linked to tendonitis. This is the inflammation of the lining of the tendon sheath around a tendon.
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Research Interests

Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity
Limb Deficiency
Limb Deformity
Clubfoot
Hip Dysplasia

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Achondroplasia in Children

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Kyphosis

Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease in Children

Osteogenesis Imperfecta in Children

Fractures in Children

Sports Injuries and Children

Scoliosis in Children

Achondroplasia in Children

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis in Children

Overuse Injuries

Tendonitis and Tenosynovitis