John P. Dormans, MD, is the chief of orthopedic surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He holds the Richard M. Armstrong, Jr. Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgery at the hospital and is a professor of orthopedic surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also currently the vice president of the Scoliosis Research Society.
Dr. Dormans is board certified and his clinical interests include tumors, scoliosis, cervical spine disorders, trauma, general pediatric orthopedic surgery and musculoskeletal disorders.
"My practice is 50 percent pediatric spine deformity and 50 percent pediatric tumor surgery here at CHOP/Penn," said Dr. Dormans in a Becker's Spine Review article. "Spine surgery, while challenging intellectually and technically is rewarding in that one can make a huge difference in the life of a child or young adult. Often the benefit is preventative in the sense that the deformity surgery correction prevents progressive deformity and associated conditions that would ultimately affect the quality of a patient's life."
Dr. Dormans earned his medical degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He has completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in Grand Rapids and a fellowship in clinical pediatric orthopedics at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
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Dr. Dormans is board certified and his clinical interests include tumors, scoliosis, cervical spine disorders, trauma, general pediatric orthopedic surgery and musculoskeletal disorders.
"My practice is 50 percent pediatric spine deformity and 50 percent pediatric tumor surgery here at CHOP/Penn," said Dr. Dormans in a Becker's Spine Review article. "Spine surgery, while challenging intellectually and technically is rewarding in that one can make a huge difference in the life of a child or young adult. Often the benefit is preventative in the sense that the deformity surgery correction prevents progressive deformity and associated conditions that would ultimately affect the quality of a patient's life."
Dr. Dormans earned his medical degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He has completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in Grand Rapids and a fellowship in clinical pediatric orthopedics at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
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