Prospective Rod Diameter Prospective Pediatric Kyphosis Study Prospective Study of Deformity Management and Pulmonary Function in Early Onset Scoliosis The Chest Wall and Spine Deformity Registry MRI Analysis of Kyphosis Assessing Outcomes in Children with Neuromuscular Disease Prospective Pediatric Scoliosis Study CT Analysis of Pedicle Screw Placement in Pediatric Patients and Related Quality of Life Issues Treatment of Congenital Idiopathic Clubfoot with the Ponseti Method Past Studies Recent Publications Center for Orthopaedic Research at Columbia University Upcoming Past

Introduction

The Pediatric Orthopedics Research Group at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York - Presbyterian is a recognized leader in many areas of pediatric orthopedic research. In affiliation with the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, the International Center for Health Outcomes & Innovation Research (InCHOIR), and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, our vision is to improve pediatric musculoskeletal health through excellent clinical evaluative research and to gain national and international prominence in this endeavor.

The mission of the Pediatric Orthopedic Research Group is (a) to perform quality clinical research, (b) to improve the quality of clinical care by developing new analytical methods for evaluating medical treatments and applying these methods to innovate approaches to patient care, (c) to promote advancement of health outcomes research in pediatrics, (d) to educate all levels of health care provides in health sciences research, (e) to investigate and disseminate the health policy implications of our research findings and to use these data to empower pediatric health policy advocates. In particular, our group maintains the following research objectives:

1. to design new innovative research projects that promote innovation, public policy, and clinical exposure;
2. to streamline the process of clinical research by modifying and standardizing routine data collection that will incorporate quality of life (QOL) questionnaire into clinical practice and enable every parent and/or child to complete the questionnaire;
3. to strengthen and expand high quality, interdisciplinary, clinical evaluative and policy research at the Health Sciences Campus of Columbia University;
4. to develop a clinical research curriculum;
5. to investigate and disseminate the health policy implications of our research findings and to use these data to empower pediatric health policy advocates.