Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Led by Dr. Christopher D. Souder, MD. Chief of Orthopedic Trauma Service; Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UC San Diego
What this score measuresThis is the public score for the entire hospital — wards, admissions, emergency department — not for its limb reconstruction unit. Read it as a comment on the building, not on the surgery.
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About Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, affiliated with UC San Diego School of Medicine, gained a limb lengthening surgeon when Christopher D. Souder, MD, joined as Chief of the Orthopedic Trauma Service effective 1 July 2024; he is also Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at UC San Diego. A Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society member, he explicitly specialises in limb lengthening and limb reconstruction and performed magnetic internal lengthening nail surgery at his previous post at Dell Children's in Austin.
The service is paediatric and reconstructive and sits within general orthopaedics rather than a named lengthening programme. No device is recorded for Rady itself. A personal email for Dr Souder circulates on a third-party profile; it is not an official booking channel and is deliberately not recorded here. Care is offered in English and Spanish. No price, international patient services or review data are published.
Paediatric, reconstructive. A personal email address for Dr Souder is published on a third-party profile; it is not an official booking channel and is deliberately not recorded. Added 2026-08-12 in the US roster expansion; provenance in docs/research/us-expansion-2026-08/.
Why we listed this clinic
Dr Souder is an LLRS member who explicitly specialises in limb lengthening and limb reconstruction, and who performed magnetic internal lengthening nail surgery at his previous post at Dell Children's in Austin. He joined Rady as Chief of the Orthopedic Trauma Service effective 1 July 2024. Dr. Souder's 1 July 2024 appointment as Chief of the Orthopedic Trauma Service is independently confirmed by both Rady's own press release and Orthopedics This Week, corroborating the existing record.
Surgeons
- Dr. Christopher D. Souder, MDChief of Orthopedic Trauma Service; Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UC San DiegoView profile →
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Common questions about Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Answers are built from this clinic's verified record — not from the clinic's marketing.
How do patients rate Rady Children's Hospital San Diego?
Across independent platforms Rady Children's Hospital San Diego holds Google 3.4/5 (1,000 reviews). We show each platform separately rather than blending them into one score; figures were last checked 2026-09-11. Read the reviews themselves, not just the number — limb lengthening reviews cluster at the extremes.
How much does limb lengthening cost at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego?
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego does not publish a price, and we do not invent one. Comparable USA clinics in this directory range widely by method; use the cost estimator or contact the clinic for a written quote before travelling.
Which limb lengthening methods does Rady Children's Hospital San Diego offer?
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego has not publicly listed which lengthening device it uses. Ask directly — the device (internal nail vs external frame) changes cost, recovery and risk profile.
What does recovery look like after surgery at Rady Children's Hospital San Diego?
Distraction runs at roughly 1 mm per day for 4–8 weeks, consolidation takes another 3–6 months while the new bone hardens, and physiotherapy-led return to full activity is usually 6–12 months from surgery. The clinic has not published which device it uses, and the recovery curve depends on it — internal nails and external frames differ materially.
Does Rady Children's Hospital San Diego treat international patients?
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego did not explicitly advertise international-patient services on its website when we verified it. Consultation languages on record: English, Spanish. Confirm travel logistics, translation and follow-up arrangements directly before booking.
How was Rady Children's Hospital San Diego verified for this directory?
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego is listed at Tier 2 — surgeon name, address and methods are verified, but full outcome and regulatory review is not yet complete. We hold 4 source URLs for this entry. Last verified 2026-09-11. The clinic cannot pay to change its tier, ranking or reviews; paid options only affect presentation and are always labelled.
Where is Rady Children's Hospital San Diego and where are operations performed?
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego is in San Diego, California, USA. Hospital affiliation on record: Rady Children's Hospital San Diego; UC San Diego School of Medicine
How we verified this clinic
- Tier
- Tier 2 — verified basics
- Last verified
- 2 days ago
- Hospital affiliation
- Rady Children's Hospital San Diego; UC San Diego School of Medicine
- Languages at consultation
- English, Spanish
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