Pediatric Specialty Care Spotlight

If your child was born with a limb difference or has undergone an amputation due to a disease or an accident, it can be difficult to know where to turn for support.Since Shriners Hospitals for Children — Chicago was founded in 1926; braces, orthotics and prosthetics have been an important part of the services offered to our patients.With the completion of the new Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetic Services (POPS) on-site laboratory, patients now have the option to be measured and fitted for their orthotic and prosthetic needs completely on-site at the Chicago Shriners Hospital.Here to discuss limb differences in children, is Jeffrey Ackman, MD. He is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and co-medical director of the motion analysis center at Shriners Hospitals for Children — Chicago.