Our team of world-renowned orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, therapists, athletic trainers and others work together to provide complete and individualized care for your child.
Nov 11, 2015
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Division of Orthopedics was recently named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s 100 Hospitals with Great Orthopedic Programs for 2015.
Aug 26, 2015
Zion Harvey, the world’s first child to receive a bilateral hand transplant earlier this summer, was discharged from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) earlier today.
Jul 28, 2015
Surgeons at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia joined with colleagues from Penn Medicine recently to complete the world’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child.
Jun 17, 2015
When clinicians in CHOP’s ED found that patients were sometimes waiting more than an hour for pain relief — too long by CHOP’s standards — they addressed the issue by implementing a quality improvement project.
Apr 28, 2015
Can children head home just a few days after major spine surgery, with their pain under control? Healthcare providers at CHOP changed their method of care to make it possible for their adolescent patients.
Dec 1, 2014
Since 2005, Dr. Flynn has served as the associate chief of Orthopedics at CHOP, which is one of the nation’s largest and most active pediatric orthopedic centers and has a 120-year history of caring for children.
CHOP's Spine Program provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment to thousands of children with spinal deformities, trauma-related spinal conditions, musculoskeletal tumors, genetic cervical spine conditions, and other conditions that affect the spine.