The Pediatric and Adolescent Hip : Essentials and Evidence

Includes easily digestible, essential points and common pitfalls to be avoided
Excellent reference guide for the busy paediatric orthopaedic surgeon in clinical practice
Highly illustrated throughout with medical diagrams, drawings and clinical images

Sattar Alshryda (MBChB, MRCP(UK), MRCS, EBOT, SICOT, FRCS (T&O), MSc, PhD) is a consultant paediatric trauma and orthopaedic surgeon. He holds several positions including the clinical director of trauma and paediatric orthopaedic surgery at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, UK, an executive board member of the British Society of the Children Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS), a surgical tutor of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Lead for research and education for children's trauma and orthopaedic surgery in Central Manchester University Hospital and honorary lecturer at the University of Manchester. Dr Alshryda is also the paediatric section editor for the British Orthopaedic Association e-learning modules (Wikipedia). He edited several textbooks, authored more than 20 book chapters, and several papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Jason J. Howard, B.Eng., M.D. F.R.C.S.C. is the Division Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Sidra Medicine and is Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, in Doha, Qatar. He is a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon specializing in the treatment of cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular diagnoses, pediatric hip disorders, and spinal deformities. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency training at the University of Calgary (Calgary, Canada) and holds clinical fellowships in pediatric orthopaedics (Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia) and pediatric spine (Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand). In 2017, he took sabbatical leave to train in pediatric hip preservation surgery at Inselspital in Bern, Switzerland. An electrical engineer in addition to his medical training, Dr. Howard has also completed a graduate program in Biodesign at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, USA).

James S. Huntley MA MCh DPhil (Oxon) FRCSEd (Tr&Orth) FRCSGlas FRCPEdin FFSTEd is Senior Attending Physician in Paediatric Orthopaedics at Sidra Medicine Qatar. Previously, he was a full-time NHS Consultant at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill, Glasgow) and was Honorary Clinical Associate Professor and Barclay Lecturer at the University. The essence of his practice is in the paediatric hip, general paediatric orthopaedics, trauma, neuromuscular conditions (in particular cerebral palsy), foot deformities and clubfeet. He has two research degrees (Doctorate of Philosophy and Master of Surgery) from Oxford University. He did his surgical training in Edinburgh, and his formative Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship at the Starship Hospital New Zealand. Subsequently he went on two travelling fellowships: the British Orthopaedic Research Society-ORS 2009, and the American-British-Canadian 2012.

Jonathan G. Schoenecker MD, PhD, FAAOS, FAOA is an associate professor and Jeffrey Mast Chair of Orthopaedic Hip and Trauma Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee USA. He is an orthopaedic surgeon-scientist dedicated to caring for children with orthopaedic hip conditions, trauma and infection, educating future surgeon-scientists, and conducting high impact translational research. The overarching theme of his clinical and basic science research program is to determine the biological mechanisms by which bone develops and musculoskeletal tissue responds to and recovers from tissue injury. His completed his medical and graduate training at Duke University Medical School, surgical residency at Vanderbilt and Pediatric Orthopaedic fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital.