Niswonger Children’s Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children partner to increase pediatric orthopedic options: 4 takeaways

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Niswonger Children’s Hospital and Chattanooga-based Shriners Hospitals for Children are partnering to open a pediatric orthopedic care clinic, the Johnson City Press reports.

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Here’s what you need to know.

 

1. The clinic will be the first in 89 years to not be located inside a Shriners Hospital.

 

2. Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Brandon Green, MD, will practice outside of the clinic.

 

Dr. Green has a personal attachment to pediatric conditions. His daughter was diagnosed with hip dysplasia and had to travel hours away for proper care.

 

3. The clinic will treat numerous conditions including: scoliosis, hip dysplasia and limb length discrepancy.

 

4. Additional Shriner orthopedic physicians will practice out of the clinic in the future.

 

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