Pediatric Orthopedics

At Mount Sinai Doctors-Five Towns, our pediatric orthopedic team including surgeon, David Godfried, MD, are dedicated to providing personalized and comprehensive family-centered care. We offer evaluation, medical treatment, and surgery for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents. Our dedicated orthopedic team talk with our young patients and their families in a friendly and welcoming setting. Whether your child needs surgery or another type of treatment, we handle everything from simple bone fractures to serious spine problems like scoliosis.

Recognizing the individual needs of children with orthopedic conditions, Mount Sinai has built a team of pediatric orthopedic specialists to provide advanced care for a range of conditions.

Our Team Approach to Treating Children

Because caring for a young, growing patient requires specialized treatment, our team of highly skilled doctors has a record of positive outcomes, using a range of advanced, complex surgeries as well as therapies such as bracing, casting, and injections.

Mount Sinai Health System has a diverse and experienced staff, including clinical researchers, allowing us to provide direct access to the specialties your child may need.

Compassionate, Family-Centered Care

We offer the groundbreaking expertise of a large academic medical institution as well as a comfortable, friendly environment. If your child needs long-term care, our team provides continuous oversight to ensure personal and consistent treatment for as long as necessary. We offer support services for children and families of children to make you all feel as comfortable as possible whenever you visit your Mount Sinai Health System doctors.

At Mount Sinai Doctors-Five Towns we provide specialized, family-centered care for infants, children, and teens with orthopedic conditions. Conditions we treat includes:

  • Club Foot
  • Hip dysplasia
  • Bone/Joint Infections
  • Limb deformities
  • Leg length discrepancy
  • Pediatric Fractures
  • Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
  • Blount Disease and Bowlegs
  • Torticollis
  • Scoliosis
  • Gait Abnormalities
  • Limping Child
  • Sports Injuries
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Skeletal Dysplasia
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta
  • Blount’s Disease
  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
  • Osgood-Schlatter
  • Benign Bone Tumors
  • Polydactyly
  • More