Children's Hospital, New Orleans

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 Vinitha Shenava, MD Manny Chavez, PA

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 malfunctions
Neuromuscular disorders - cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy
Developmental dislocation of the hip
Aquired and congenital hand disorders
Musculoskeletal tumors
Spinal disorders - scoliosis, Kyphosis, Spondylothesis
Limb lengthening
Pediatric/adolescent sports medicine

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, Newark, NJ

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, 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 Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Special Interests:
Pediatric orthopaedic oncology, pediatric and adolescent fractures, pediatric orthopaedic surgery

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 Shenava, 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 Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Special Interests:
Cerebral palsy, lower extremity deformities, ponseti clubfoot correction, pediatric trauma