Nationally ranked
U.S. News & World Report ranked our pediatric orthopaedic program 32nd nationally in 2024–2025, in collaboration with Shriners Children’s Northern California, our longstanding partner on orthopedic disorders and spinal injuries.
Perry Initiative hosts workshop for prospective orthopedic surgeons
More than 30 teenage girls from local Sacramento high schools had the chance to explore careers in orthopedic surgery — specifically in the field of pediatrics — during a day-long event hosted by the Perry Initiative, a UC Davis Health and Shriners Children’s-sponsored program designed to encourage and empower young women to pursue careers in orthopedic surgery and engineering. Attendees engaged in six hands-on mock surgical exercises, from suturing to casting, and heard lectures from local women surgeons, gaining insights into their experiences and journeys in these fields.
Exceptionally rare procedure helps pediatric patient avoid amputation
R. Lor Randall, M.D., F.A.C.S., pediatric musculoskeletal surgical oncologist and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, is one of few physicians who have performed the clavicula pro humero procedure. In this procedure, the clavicle of the young osteosarcoma patient was transposed with its blood supply off the central vessels to function as the upper arm and attachment to the rest of the body.
