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Appointments:
| (504) 896-9569
(504) 896-9572 (Dr. Faust) | | Office Hours: | 8:15 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Monday - Friday | | Locations: | Children's Hospital, Main Campus Children's Hospital Metairie Center Children's Hospital Outpatient Center of Baton Rouge Children's Hosptial Burdin-Riehl Clinic in Lafayette Satellite clinics: Covington, Monroe, Houma, and Alexandria |
Physicians:
Stephen D. Heinrich, MS MD William K. Accousti, MD Donald Faust, MD
Joseph "Tony” A. Gonzales, MD Andrew King, MD
Prerana Patel, MD Edward P. Southern, MD
Manuel E. Chavez, PA Theresa K. Lago, PA Raven Lee, PA Jessica Nguyen, PA-C |
The Orthopaedics Department provides evaluation, diagnosis and treatment for the entire spectrum of orthopaedic conditions and disorders in infants, children and adolescents. Orthopaedics offers services to patients with congenital and acquired malformations of the musculoskeletal system (clubfoot, congenital dislocation of the hip, Legg-Perthes, cerebral palsy), fractures and their late sequelae, scoliosis and other spinal abnormalities, and hand injuries.State-of-the-art sports medicine services are also available. A specialized 13-bed, critical care spinal unit is available to all patients who undergo a spine related surgical procedure. Management expertise includes, but is not limited to: - Clubfoot and other foot disorders
Fractures Reconstruction of skeletal malformations resulting from trauma Reconstruction of developmental skeletal malformations - Neuromuscular disorders - cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy
- Developmental dislocation of the hip
- Acquired and congenital hand disorders
- Musculoskeletal tumors
- Spinal disorders - Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Spondylothesis
Limb lengthening Pediatric/adolescent sports medicine
| Stephen Heinrich, MS MD Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital
Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Specialty Training:
Medical College of Virginia
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Shands Teaching Hospitalat the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Special Interests:
Pediatric orthopaedic oncology, pediatric and adolescent fractures, pediatric orthopaedic surgery
| | William K. Accousti, MD Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Specialty Training:
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Scoliosis and spinal deformity, minimally invasive scoliosis surgery, clubfoot using Ponseti Method, pediatric trauma
In Area Since: 2001 In Practice Since: 2002 |  | Donald Faust, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital Associate Clinical Professor,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Special Interests:
Congenital anomalies, Cerebral Palsy In Area Since: 1978 In Practice Since: 1977 | | Joseph A. Gonzales, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital Clinical Professor,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Professional School:
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa, AL
Specialty Training:
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL Scottish Rite Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Special Interests:
Adolescent and childhood sports injuries, scoliosis, neuromuscular scoliosis
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| Andrew King, MD Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital
Professor and Robert D'Ambrosia Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
University of Otago Medical School, Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Specialty Training:
Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, Exeter, England
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Spinal deformities, scoliosis In Area Since: 1980 In Practice Since: 1980 | 
| Prerana Patel, MD Assistant professor, Pediatric Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery
Professional School: Duke Univerity School of Medicine
Residency: University of Michigan
Fellowship: Children's Hospital San Diego
Specialty Training: Pediatric Orthopaedic and Scoliosis Surgery
Special Interests: Scoliosis, Pediatric Trauma, Pediatric Sports Medicine
In Area Since: 2010
In Practic Since: 2006
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| Edward P. Southern, MD Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professional School: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Residency: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Fellowship: Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Special Interests: Pediatric Orthopaedics, Spinal Deformity, Spinal Tumours and infections, Hip Dysplasia, Neuromuscular Disorders
In Area Since: 2012 In Practice Since: 1996
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| Manuel E. Chavez, PA Board certified physician assistant, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
Hahnemann Physician Assistant Program, Drexel University, Philadelphia
Special Interests:
Pediatric orthopaedics In Area Since: 1995 In Practice Since: 1995 | 
| Theresa K. Lago, PA Board certified physician assistant, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va.
Special Interests:
Pediatric orthopaedics In Area Since: 2009 In Practice Since: 2003 |
| Jessica M. Nguyen, PA-C Board certified physician assistant, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
Physician Assistant Program, Drexel University, Philadelphia
In Area Since: 2012 In Practice Since: 2008 |
| Raven R. Lee, PA-C Board certified physician assistant, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
Masters of Medical Science in Physician Associate Studies, Our Lady of the Lake College
Special Interests: Pediatric Orthopaedics
In Area Since: 2008 In Practice Since: 2008 |
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