Penn Medicine
Led by Dr. Samir Mehta, MD. Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma & Fracture Service; Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Adult, mostly reconstructive with a small aesthetic share — roughly two purely cosmetic cases a year by the surgeon's own account. Penn's own limb lengthening page names no surgeon; the attribution to Dr Mehta comes from Penn Orthopaedics' social account, the Penn Orthopaedic Journal and press. That page also claims surgery 'can add up to six inches of height' without qualification. Programme write-ups name the STRYDE nail, a device generation no longer in use — confirm the current implant before relying on it. Press-quoted patient costs of about $100,000 are journalism, not a published price. Added 2026-08-12 in the US roster expansion; provenance in docs/research/us-expansion-2026-08/.
Why we listed this clinic
The only cosmetic stature lengthening offering in New York, New Jersey or Pennsylvania outside HSS. Press coverage puts the volume at roughly 20 limb-lengthening cases a year, of which about 10% are purely aesthetic.
Surgeons
- Dr. Samir Mehta, MDChief, Orthopaedic Trauma & Fracture Service; Associate Professor of Orthopaedic SurgeryView profile →
- Dr. L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, FAOAPrincipal, Penn Orthoplastic Limb Salvage Center
How we verified this clinic
- Tier
- Tier 2 — verified basics
- Last verified
- yesterday
- Hospital affiliation
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Presbyterian / Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia PA
- Languages at consultation
- English
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