Dr. Widman recently performed surgery on a 15-month-old patient who sustained a fracture after rolling off her bed. The fracture didn’t heal and Dr. Widman decided operation was necessary. He performed a procedure, running a rod along the patient’s tibia and another across her fibula. After surgery, the patient remained in a full body cast for three months before she healed.
“[Our daughter] was never treated as a condition or a case study — everyone treated her as a human being,” said the patient’s mother in a hospital news release. She also commented, “Dr. Widmann really prepared us for what was ahead.”
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Widmann also participates in orthopedic research on several topics, including pediatric fractures of the medial epicondyle. His publish works include “Advances in the Operative Treatment of Blout’s Disease” and “Arthrofibrosis of the Knee After Tibial Spine Fracture in Children: A Report of Two Complicated Cases.”
Dr. Widmann’s research has earned him the Louis A. Goldstein Award from the Scoliosis Research Society and the Kilfoyle Award from the New England Orthopaedic Society. He has also earned a traveling fellowship from the American and Japanese Orthopaedic Associations. He is also affiliated with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.
Dr. Widmann earned his medical degree from Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His additional training includes a fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery at Children’s Hospital in Boston.
Learn more about Dr. Roger Widmann.
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