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Orthopedic Fellowship

Meet Our Team

Fellowship Program Director
Michael Heffernan, MD

Michael Heffernan, MD

Director, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Fellowship Program
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Leadership
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Robert M. Kay, MD

Chief, Division of Orthopedic Surgery
Director, Jackie and Gene Autry Orthopedic Center
Director, Neuromuscular Program
Associates Chair in Orthopedics
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Clinical Scholar and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Lindsay Andras, MD

Associate Division Chief
Director of the Spine Program
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Expert Doctors
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Oussama Abousamra, MD

Director, Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Program
Attending Surgeon
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Daniel Allison, MD

Attending Surgeon
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Melissa Bent, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Keck School of Medicine of USC

Alexander Christ, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Bianca Edison, MD, MS

Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Surgery
Attending Physician, Jackie and Gene Autry Orthopedic Center
The Hearthland Chair in Health Equity in Surgery
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Rachel Goldstein, MD, MPH

Director, Hip Preservation Program
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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H. Paco Kang, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Ryan Kelln, DO, FAAP

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopedics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Nina Lightdale-Miric, MD

Director of Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Program
Founder and Director of "CATCH" Hand Differences Program
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Jennah Mann, MD, FRCSC, MHCDS

Surgical Director, Sports Medicine Program
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Erin Meisel, MD

Erin Meisel, MD

Director, Brachial Plexus Program
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Jonas Owen, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Jonathan Santana, DO

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopedics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Milan Stevanovic, MD

Attending Physician
Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Tyler Tetreault, MD

Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Tishya Wren, PhD

Investigator, Orthopedics
Professor of Research Orthopedic Surgery and Radiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC