Peds Ortho

A special episode recorded live at IPOS, the International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium. Esteemed guests include Jon Schoenecker from Vanderbilt, Will Mackenzie from Nemours, Michelle Wellborn from the Portland Shriners Hospital, Tom McPartland from Rutgers, Haemish Crawford from Starship Hospital in New Zealand, and Deborah Eastwood from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. In lieu of spons...

Dustin Greenhill from St. Luke’s in Pennsylvania discusses femur fractures, subspecialty consultation before high-risk spine surgery, forearm fractures in obese children, and a variety of hip-related issues from recent publications. Your hosts are Julia Sanders from Children’s Hospital Colorado, Carter Clement from Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Craig Louer from Vanderbilt, and Josh Holt from...

Heather Kowalski of The University of Iowa joins the show to discuss her recent JPOSNA publications on resident education through state-of-the-art simulation and her efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in our field. She “stirs the pot” on a variety of controversial topics in pediatric trauma and limb length inequality. Your hosts are Josh Holt from University of Iowa, Carter Clement from Ch...

Dr. Maryse Bouchard from The Hospital for Sick Children ("SickKids") in Toronto honors the show with her presence this month. The conversation focuses on her specialties of foot & ankle and limb deformity but also branches into other areas. Thanks to our sponsor, Nemours Children's Health. Your hosts are Craig Louer from Vanderbilt, Carter Clement from Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Josh Holt...

Drs. Peter Waters, Kristen Carroll, and Steven Frick share their personal experiences and wisdom on surgeon wellness. The discussion is led by two members of the POSNA Wellness Committee: Lauren Hyer of the Greenville Shriners Hospital and Brian Scannell of Carolinas Medical Center. Your host is Carter Clement from Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. Music by A. A. Alto.

Jeremy Bauer and Daniel Bouton from the Portland Shriners Hospital are this month’s esteemed guests. They discuss 3 of their recent publications in JPO (listed below). They also weigh in on controversies in sports medicine and spine surgery. Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Josh Holt from University of Iowa, Craig Louer from Vanderbilt, and Julia Sanders from...

Dr. Sponseller from Johns Hopkins joins Peds Ortho this month to discuss his work on long term outcomes and pelvic osteotomies after sacral-alar-iliac (SAI) fixation. Dr. Sponseller shares his expertise on several controversies in spine surgery during our new “stirring the pot” segment, and we highlight recent papers on AIS, trauma, sports medicine, deformity, and infection.   Your hosts are Julia...

Crystal Perkins from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta joins the show to discuss her recent research on pediatric hip dislocations and several additional topics and controversies in pediatric trauma and sports medicine. This episode was sponsored by Orthofix ( www.orthofix.com ). Your hosts are Josh Holt from University of Iowa, Carter Clement from Children's Hospital of New Orleans, and Julia Sand...

Part II of the POSNA 2022 Annual Meeting content.  In this episode, we interview moderators and course chairs from the final days of the POSNA 2022 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada--INCLUDING the Awards Sessions, Friday's Concurrent Spine, Sports, and Hip Sessions, and the Saturday Critical Issues Symposia. Your hosts are Dr. Craig Louer from Vanderbilt , Dr. Carter Clement from Children's...

Part I of the POSNA 2022 Annual Meeting content.  In this episode, we interview moderators and course chairs from the first few days of the POSNA 2022 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada--INCLUDING the Pre-Course, Wednesday Scientific Sessions, POPS (Pediatric Orthopedic Practitioners Society) Conference, and the ever-popular Sub-Specialty Day. Your hosts are Dr. Craig Louer from Vanderbilt ,...

Peter Newton from Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego discusses 15 of his recent studies, spanning many areas of spine surgery as well as trauma. Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Julia Sanders from Children’s Hospital Colorado, Craig Louer from Vanderbilt, and Josh Holt from University of Iowa. Music by A. A. Aalto.   Papers discussed:   1) To tether or fuse...

Brian Scannell from CMC discusses his research on pre-operative antibiotics for CRPP of supracondylar humerus fractures as well as the residency match process and resident education. We also highlight papers on toddler’s fractures, slip progression after in-situ SCFE pinning, and stem cell treatment for physeal injuries.   Your hosts are Julia Sanders from Children’s Hospital Colorado, Craig Louer...

Jennifer Weiss of Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, Dave Bennett of Phoenix Children's Hospital, and Matt Schmitz of San Antonio Military Medical Center are POSNA Social Media Ambassadors and join the show to share some pearls and pitfalls for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and other platforms (including lots of pointers for beginners!). Kaitlyn Petrando, POSNA's social media mastermind, also joins...

Special guests and hosts of "The Upper Hand" Podcast, Dr. Charles Goldfarb and Dr. Chris Dy from Washington University in St. Louis, join the podcast crew for a wide-ranging discussion on upper extremity conditions and the role of information technology in modern orthopedic care.  We review a recent article from the Wash U group about thematic analysis of online message boards for congenital upper...

Dr. Aristides "JR" Cruz of Brown University returns to the podcast for a 2nd JPOSNA episode. This installment focuses on sports medicine (and you may also catch it on Peds Sports, which is available on all the same podcast platforms as Peds Ortho). Dr. Cruz serves as Deputy Editor of JPOSNA, and on today's episode, he shares his thoughts on 4 recent sports-related JPOSNA articles as well as some o...

Special guest Dr. Steven Frick of Stanford Children’s Health, and past President of POSNA, joins the podcast crew for a discussion on clubfoot, centered on his recent study assessing the physical activity levels in children after treatment for relapse of clubfoot deformity. Dr. Frick remains on the show to add his thoughtful insights in the lightening round conversation on hip dysplasia, lower lim...

Drs. Ken Noonan of U. Wisconsin and Aristides "JR" Cruz of Brown join the podcast for a special JPOSNA episode. They serve as Editor-in-chief and Deputy Editor of the journal, respectively, and they have exciting news to share about JPOSNA. We also discuss some of our favorite JPOSNA content from 2021. Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children’s Hospital of New Orleans and Josh Holt from Univers...

Dr. Pooya Hosseinzadeh from Wash. U. discusses the risk factors for failure of hip reconstruction in children with cerebral palsy. We also highlight papers on Pavlik harness complication rates and comparisons of magnetically controlled growing rods with traditional growing rods from the newest editions of JBJS, JCO and JPO.   Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, C...

FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC EPISODE featuring special guest and SRS immediate past-president Dr. Muharrem Yazici from Ankara, Turkey.  Featured discussion focuses on graduation strategies for Early-Onset scoliosis patients treated with distraction-based growing rods. We also dive into other recent studies in the lightning round discussing long-term follow-up of discoid meniscus surgery, THA in patients w...

Special live session from the 2021 AAOS Meeting in San Diego. Featuring special guest Rachel Goldstein from CHLA who joins us to discuss DDH. Discussion focuses on ultrasound assessment of children with dysplasia and the ominous finding of an inverted labrum. We also dive into other recent studies in the lightning round discussing the femoral head-shaft angle in children with Cerebral Palsy, NOF o...

Jennifer Beck from UCLA and the Orthopaedic Institute for Children joins us to discuss bone health in children including how to incentivize patients to take their vitamin D and relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S). We also discuss some of Dr. Beck's preferences for ACL reconstruction and highlight new literature on screening for cervical instability in Down Syndrome, implant selection for T...

Jeff Nepple from Wash U in St Louis joins us to discuss cartilage wear patterns in FAI and SCFE and implications for treatment from the most recent JPO. We also highlight new literature regarding resorbable implants in pediatrics, Pavlik harness success in hip dysplasia patients with irreducible dislocations, and much more. Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children's Hospital of New Orleans, Cra...

Todd Milbrandt of Mayo discusses his recent research on vertebral body tethering and bending films from Spine Deformity. We also highlight papers from the newest editions of JBJS, JPO, JPO-B, and JPOSNA. Your hosts are Carter Clement from Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, Craig Louer from Vanderbilt, Josh Holt from Iowa, and Julia Sanders from Children's Hospital Colorado. Music by A. A. Alto.  ...

Sumeet Garg of Children’s Hospital Colorado and Craig Eberson of University Orthopedics at Brown University moderate the POSNA 2021 Virtual Spine Subspecialty Day episode, discussing key abstracts from this years meeting in Dallas. Featured authors include Vishal Sarwahi of Cohen Children’s Medical Center and Burt Yaszay of Rady Children’s Hospital. Your host is Josh Holt from the Stead Family Chi...

The Arabella Leet Memorial Young Member Forum of the 2021 POSNA Annual Meeting is hosted by Dan Miller of Gillette and Siobhan Murphy-Zane of Children's Hospital Colorado. This session features three POSNA allstars who grew up as the children of pediatric orthopedists: Benjamin Roye of Columbia, Jonathan Schoenecker of Vanderbilt, and Craig Birch of Boston Children's. Produced by Carter Clement an...