Karl Rathjen, M.D. Professor School Medical School Department Orthopaedic Surgery Biography Dr. Karl Rathjen is an assistant chief of staff at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. He is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Rathjen is an honor graduate of The Univeristy of Texas at Austin and received his medical degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Parkland Hospital / The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a fellowship in pediatric othopaedic surgery at Rady Children's Hospital/University of California San Diego. Education Medical School UT Southwestern Medical School (1990) Internship UT Southwestern Medical Center (1991), Surgery Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (1995), Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego (1996), Pediatric Orthopaedics Research Interest Clubfoot Developmental dysplasia of the hip Limb deformity and reconstruction Physeal Injuries and growth disturbance Spinal deformity Publications The Effect of Implant Density on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Fusion: Results of the Minimize Implants Maximize Outcomes Randomized Clinical Trial Author Collaboration MI, Larson AN, Polly DW, Sponseller PD, Kelly MP, Richards BS, Garg S, Parent S, Shah SA, Weinstein SL, Crawford CH, Sanders JO, Blakemore LC, Oetgen ME, Fletcher ND, Kremers WK, Marks MC, Brearley AM, Aubin CE, Sucato DJ, Labelle H, Erickson MA, Polly DW, Sponseller PD, Kelly MP, Richards BS, Garg S, Parent S, Shah SA, Weinstein SL, Crawford CH, Sanders JO, Blakemore LC, Oetgen ME, Fletcher ND, Marks MC, Aubin CE, Sucato DJ, Labelle H, Erickson MA, Glassman SD, Lenke LG, McIntosh AL, Carreon LY, Dolan LA, Nuckley DJ, Luhmann S, Karol L, Rathjen K, Johnston CE, Ramo B Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2024 Feb 106 180-189 Letter to the Editor: Grauberger et al, J Pediatr Orthop, 2020 and Sullivan et al, J Pediatr Orthop, 2020 Blakemore L, Garg S, Goodwin R, Gordon JE, Hahn G, Mehlman CT, Mencio G, Rathjen K, Sabatini C, Schmale G, Skaggs DL Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2023 Nov 43 E828 An Analysis of Scoliosis in Autism Spectrum Disorder Orland K, Harvey K, Klinkerman LN, Corrales A, Jamnik A, Zale C, Jo CH, Rathjen K, McIntosh A, Petrasic J, Sucato DJ, Ramo B, Johnson M, Brooks JT Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2023 Nov 43 E804-E808 Do Children With Medicaid Insurance Have Increased Revision Rates 5 Years After Posterior Spinal Fusions? Moore HG, Patibandla SD, Mcclung AM, Grauer JN, Sucato DJ, Wise CA, Johnson ME, Rathjen KE, Mcintosh AL, Ramo BA, Brooks JT Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2023 Nov 43 615-619 Clinical and Radiographic Assessment of Adult Function After Blount Disease in Childhood: An Exercise in Futility Makarov MR, Polk JL, Shivers CR, Jo CH, Rathjen KE, Birch JG Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2023 Oct 43 E757-E760 Spinal Fusion in Patients With Classic Amyoplasia and General Arthrogryposis Riepen D, Lachmann EE, Wahlig B, Thornberg DC, Rathjen KE Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2023 Oct 43 E751-E756 Pain Catastrophizing Influences Preoperative and Postoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Ramo BA, Collins-Jones TL, Thornberg D, Klinkerman L, Rathjen K, Jo CH Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2022 Nov 104 1859-1868 Scoliosis in children Rathjen K 2022 Jun 549-666 The Efficacy of Intra-articular Subtalar Steroid Injection for Symptomatic Talocalcaneal Coalitions: A 30-Year Single Institution Experience Zide JR, Shivers C, Adair C, Le T, Kanaan Y, Rathjen K, Jo CH, Riccio AI Journal of pediatric orthopedics 2022 May 42 e453-e458 Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita: a 28-year retrospective study Wahlig B, Poppino K, Jo CH, Rathjen K Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 2022 Apr 64 476-480 Results 1-10 of 51 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Scoliosis Research Society
