
Karl Rathjen, M.D.
Professor
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
Featured Publications
- Distal Junctional Failure Following Pediatric Spinal Fusion.
- Floccari LV, Su AW, McIntosh AL, Rathjen K, Shaughnessy WJ, Larson AN J Pediatr Orthop 2017 May
- Outcomes of Spinal Fusion for Cervical Kyphosis in Children with Neurofibromatosis.
- Helenius IJ, Sponseller PD, Mackenzie W, Odent T, Dormans JP, Asghar J, Rathjen K, Pahys JM, Miyanji F, Hedequist D, Phillips JH J Bone Joint Surg Am 2016 Nov 98 21 e95
- Complications Associated With Epiphysiodesis for Management of Leg Length Discrepancy.
- Makarov MR, Dunn SH, Singer DE, Rathjen KE, Ramo BA, Chukwunyerenwa CK, Birch JG J Pediatr Orthop 2016 Aug
- Pediatric cervical kyphosis: a comparison of arthrodesis techniques.
- Martus JE, Griffith TE, Dear JC, Rathjen KE Spine 2011 Aug 36 17 E1145-53
- Kyphectomy Improves Sitting and Skin Problems in Patients with Myelomeningocele
- Garg S, Oetgen M, Rathjen K, Richards BS Clin Orthop Relat Res May 2011 469 (5) 1279-1285
- Treatment of Limb-Length Discrepancy with Epiphysiodesis
- Rathjen, KE, Saran, N Management of Limb-Length Discrepancies 2011 Monograph Series 45 27-31
- Treatment of Limb-Length Discrepancy with Epiphysiodesis
- Rathjen, KE, Saran, N Management of Limb-Length Discrepancies 2011 Monograph Series 45 27-31
- Pediatric Trauma:Pelvis and Hip
- Rathjen, KE, McIntosh, AL Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 2011 10 727-737
- Asymmetrical Arthrogryposis of the Upper Extremity Associated With Congenital Spine Anomalies.
- Fletcher, Nicholas D., Rathjen, Karl E., Bush, Patricia, Ezaki, Marybeth. J Ped Ortho. December 2010 30 (8) 936-941.
- Guided Growth for the Correction of Pediatric Lower Limb Angular Deformity
- Saran, N.; Rathjen, KE J Am Acad Orthop Surg September 2010 18 528-536
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