The Orthopedic Center for Children provides specialized care and treatment of afflictions of the bones and joints in infants, children and adolescents at the hospital and a network of satellite offices. The staff maintains a special interest in the care of those orthopedic problems that most frequently affect babies, children and adolescents.

Children with multiple problems are treated comprehensively to include:

• Severe injury and infection
• Foot disorders
• Congenital abnormalities such as club feet and congenital disorders of the hand
• Hip disorders such as Perthes disease and slipped capital femoral epiphysis
• Fractures
• Spine deformity such as scoliosis and spondylolisthesis
• Neuromuscular problems, primarily cerebral palsy

The sports medicine program treats acute and chronic sports injuries, including knee and ankle injuries, overuse injuries of the elbow and complex hip problems. It is available to both able-bodied and physically challenged children to promote active participation in athletics. Our physicians are also experienced in the treatment of spinal problems, including scoliosis and spondylolisthesis. Our pediatric experts also are accomplished in advanced techniques of limb lengthening and other methods of limb length equalization.

Our continuum of care extends beyond age 21 with subspecialty outpatient services for patients with cerebral palsy, short stature syndromes, spina bifida and Down syndrome. Also, our advanced Motion Analysis Laboratory allows more precise and documented evaluation of complex motion disorders, such as problems in walking in patients with cerebral palsy or alterations in racing form in able-bodied young athletes.

For more information or to make an appointment, please call 215-427-3131.

Peter D. Pizzutillo, MD
Chief, Orthopedic Surgery Section
Director, Orthopedic Center for Children
Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery
Appointments: 215-427-3131
Office: 215-427-3423

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Training: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Staff Appointment: 1995
Special Interests: Cerebral palsy; pediatric sports medicine' spinal deformity; congenital deformities

Martin Herman, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Pediatrics
Office: 215-427-3422
Appointments: 215-427-3131

Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Training
Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Fellowship: University of Tennessee - Campbell Clinic, Memphis, TN
Staff Appointment: 2001
Special Interests: Spinal conditions in children and adolescents including scoliosis, orthopedic abnormalities in newborns and pediatric orthopedic trauma.

Juan Antonio Realyvasquez, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Appointments: 215-427-3131
Office: 215-427-3423

Medical School: University of Southern California
Training: Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, Alfred I. DuPont Institute
Staff Appointment: 2000
Special Interests: Pediatric orthopedics, scoliosis, growth disturbances after trauma; foot problems with the growing child; cerebral palsy; gait disturbances