John P. Dormans, M.D., is Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and is Research Associate of the Stokes Research Institute at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Dormans has served as President of the Medical Staff of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and President of Children's Surgical Associates (CHOP surgical group) for three terms.

 

Dr. Dormans did a pediatric orthopaedic fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Dormans has been at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania since 1990 and has been the recipient of both the Jesse T. Nicholson Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching (awarded by the senior Orthopaedic Residency Class of 1993) and also the Dean's Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. He is also the Co-director of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He was an American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Orthopaedic Association Kashewagi Suzuki traveling fellow to Japan in 1996.

 

Dr. Dormans has published more than 220 peer-reviewed articles, has authored more than 95 chapters and written or edited 4 books. Dr. Dormans is certified by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and is a Fellow of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the Scoliosis Research Society and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Societies.   He is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors Orthopaedics Overseas and a member of the Board of Directors for Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the Scoliosis Research Society, and the Decade of the Bone and Joint Project. He was just elected into the Presidential Line of POSNA.

 

Dr. Dormans has a strong interest in orthopaedic care of children in developing countries. He has worked in various countries, including Ethiopia, Bulgaria, and Indonesia and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Orthopaedics Overseas. He serves as an advisory editor to Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, an Associate Editor to the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.