Appointments:
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(504) 896-9569
(504) 896-9572 (Dr. Faust) |
| Office Hours: |
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday - Friday |
| Locations: |
Children's Hospital, Main Campus
Children's Hospital Metairie Center
Children's Hospital Outpatient Center of Baton Rouge
Childrne's Hosptial Burdin-Riehl Clinic in Lafayette |
| Physicians: |
Stephen Heinrich, MD
William K. Accousti, MD
Donald Faust, MD
Joseph “Tony” A. Gonzales, MD
Andrew King, MD
Vinitha Shenava, MD
Manny Chavez, PA |
The Orthopaedics Department provides diagnosis, evaluation 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), trauma and fractures, scoliosis and other spinal abnormalities, and performs hand surgeries. Sports injury and sports medicine services are also available through the Sports Medicine Department.
Specialized critical care beds dedicated to the management of post-operative spinal and neurosurgical patients is available.
Management expertise includes, but is not limited to:
- Clubfoot
- Fractures
- Neuromuscular disorders - cerebral palsy, spina bifida
- Trauma reconstruction
- Developmental dislocation of the hip
- Scoliosis
- Musculoskeletal tumors
- Spinal disorders
- Pediatric hand disorders
William K. Accousti, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital
Assistant 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
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Scoliosis and spinal deformity, minimally invasive scoliosis surgery, clubfoot deformity, pediatric trauma
Donald Faust, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital
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
Special Interests:
Congenital and acquired deformities of the hand, Cerebral Palsy - upper extremity, microvascular surgery, peripheral nerve compression, arthritic conditions
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
Stephen Heinrich, 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:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Shands at the University of Florida, Gainsville, FL
Special Interests:
Orthopaedic oncology, post trauma reconstruction
Andrew King, MD
Director of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital
Professor, 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 deformity
Vinitha Shenave, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
Specialty Training:
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Baylor Collge of Medicine, Houston
Special Interests:
Lower extremitites