Roger F. Widmann, MD

Dr. Roger Widmann completed his medical degree at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1989, and his orthopaedic surgery residency at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program based at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1994. He completed his pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship training at Children's Hospital in Boston in 1995.

He has been a member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Service at Hospital for Special Surgery since 1995 and the Chief of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Service since 2004. Dr. Widmann is Co-Chief of the Limb-Lengthening Service at Hospital for Special Surgery. He is the Director of Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma at New York Hospital, and is a member of the Scoliosis Service at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Dr. Widmann has office locations in both Manhattan, at Hospital for Special Surgery, and in White Plains, at the Burke Rehabilitation Office.

Appointments

Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery
Co-Chief of Limb Lengthening Service, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Specialty

Pediatrics
Pediatric Orthopedics
Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Limb Lengthening
Pediatrics
Scoliosis
Orthopedic Surgery

Special Expertise

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Scoliosis
Hip DysplasiaPediatric
Orthopaedic Trauma
Pediatric Limb-Lengthening

Awards

Phi Beta Kappa, Yale College, 1985. Sigma Xi, 1985
Donjoy Prize for M.D. thesis, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, 1989. "Effects of Prefracture Irradiation on the Biomechanical Parameters of Fracture Healing."
Kilfoyle Award, for best resident/fellow paper at New England Orthopaedic Society, November, 1994. "Complications of closed treatment of distal radius fractures in children."
Louis A. Goldstein Award, for the best Clinical Poster presentation at the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting, September 25, 1999. "Routine Preoperative MRI in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Prospective Study of 327 Patients."
AOA-JOA Traveling Fellowship Award to Japan from the American and Japanese Orthopaedic Associations, May – June 2002

Affiliations

American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
American Medical Association

Specialized Centers

• Spine Care Institute
  

Education

MD, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Residency

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Program, Massachusetts

Fellowship

Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure

New York  

Roger F. Widmann, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Willis AA, Widmann RF, Flynn JM, Green DW, Onel KB. Lyme Arthritis Presenting as Acute Septic Arthritis in Children. J Pediatr Orthop, 23(1): 114-118, 2003.

Laplaza FJ, Widmann RF, Fealy S, Moustafellos E, Illueca M, Burke SW, Boachie-Adjei O. Pancreatitis After Surgery in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Incidence and Risk Factors. J Pediatr Orthop, 22(1): 80-83, 2002.

Widmann RF, Laplaza FJ, Bitan FD, Brooks CE, Root L. Quality of Life in Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Int Orthop, 26(1): 3-6, 2002.

Flynn JM, Widmann RF. The Limping Child: Evaluation and Diagnosis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg, 9(2): 89-98, 2001.

Bae H, Widmann RF, Hotchkiss RN. Extreme Rotational Malunion of the Humerus: A Case Report. J Bone Joint Surg Am, 83-A(3): 424-427, 2001.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Clinical Trials

• Outcomes in Pediatric Fractures of the Medial Epicondyle: A Prospective Registry
• The Center for Hip Pain and Preservation Outcomes Registry

 

Patient Information

• Guide to the Pediatric Pre-Operative Process (pdf)

Brochures

• Guide to Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery
• Guide to Pediatric External Fixators

Forms

• Patient Registration (pdf)
• SRS-22 Patient Survey (pdf)