Orthopaedics
John Hunter Children's Hospital Orthopaedic Service delivers a primary and specialist care service to children and young people within the Hunter New England Local Health District. Orthopaedics services provide a 24 hour, acute, tertiary level service for injuries and conditions affecting bones, muscles and joints.
The Department has a multidisciplinary team, consisting of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons', Paediatric Orthopaedic Registrars, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and a Clinical Nurse Consultant.
Orthopaedic Clinics
Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinics are provided by Associate Professor Eric Ho and Dr Sandeep Tewari, along with a Clinical Nurse Consultant.
Paediatric Orthopaedic services treat children from from 0-18 years of age and those who live in the Hunter New England Local Health District area and Northern NSW.
The Paediatric Orthopaedic Service treats children with musculoskeletal disorders and injuries, which include:
- Congenital
- Genetics
- Infectious diseases
- Metabolic
- Neurological
- Oncology
- Spinal
- Trauma
There are a range of specialty clinics for:
- Hip monitoring/treatment
- Cerebral Palsy
- Talipes Equinovarus (Club Foot)
- Spina Bifida
- General Orthopaedic Conditions
No appointment can be made without a referral. Appointments will be allocated after assessment by an Orthopaedic Specialist.
Programs and Services We Offer
- Bone & Extremity Tumours
- Club Foot & Foot Disorders
- Deformity Correction in Lower Limbs
- Genetic Skeletal Disorders
- Growth Disturbances
- Hip Screening & Treatment
- Infectious Diseases Therapy
- Limb Lengthening
- Metabolic Disorders
- Neuromuscular Disorders (including cerebral palsy)
- Spinal Disorders and Scoliosis (including bracing)
- Trauma & Fracture Treatment
Paediatric Orthopaedic conditions treated at John Hunter Children's Hospital
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Referrals
John Hunter Children's Hospital Outpatient Department
Level 2, John Hunter Children's Hospital
Lookout Road
New Lambton Heights
Hours: 8.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday
Telephone: | (02)49 213750 |
Facsimile: | (02)49 223904 |
The Royal Newcastle Centre
For trauma and non-elective related orthopaedic follow-up appointments for patients disharged from John Hunter Children's Hospital who are not Professor Ho or Dr Trewari patients.
The Paediatric Orthopaedic Registrar conducts a paediatric fracture clinic on Tuesday afternoons.
For appointments please contact:
Referral Management Centre (outpatient clinic appointments)
Royal Newcastle Centre
Lookout Road
New Lambton Heights
Hours: 8.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday
Telephone: | (02)49 223912 |
Fax: | (02)49 213301 |
Use SeNT eReferral to send referrals to HNELHD. If your GP management system does not support SeNT, you may FAX referral to (02)49 213301.
There are also other clinics for individual Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Appointments can be arranged by phoning the same number and requesting a clinic appointment under your child's particular surgeon.