Pediatric Orthopaedic Service

The Pediatric Orthopaedic Service has experienced another wonderful year under the direction of Service Chief Dr. Brian Grottkau. Dr. Grottkau is joined on the Service by surgeons Drs. Maurice Albright, Saechin Kim, and Gleeson Rebello along with Jeff Kreher, a Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine Specialist (board certified in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Primary Care Sports Medicine). Our Nurse Practitioners Erin Hart and Alison Turner also assist in providing outstanding patient care. Dr. Grottkau reports that the Pediatric Orthopaedic Service “continues to meet and exceed the benchmarks we have set for ourselves in terms of outpatient visits, volume of surgical cases, patient satisfaction, and quality of care.” Dr. Grottkau and members of the Service enjoyed another productive year of research in the Pediatric Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Working in collaboration with colleagues in the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering, they are exploring a number of orthopaedic applications for the utility of patient-derived stem cells in treating Legg Calve Perthes disease, a major cause of premature arthritis in children and young adults.

The Pediatric Orthopaedic Service also continues to have a competitive clinical fellowship. Dr. Mohan Puttaswamy, who just completed an arthroplasty fellowship in Buffalo, NY, recently joined them.

Congratulations to Dr. Grottkau and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Service on another extremely productive year.