Karl Rathjen, M.D.
Professor

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.

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

• Clubfoot
• Developmental dysplasia of the hip
• Limb deformity and reconstruction
• Physeal Injuries and growth disturbance
• Spinal deformity

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

• 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