Dr. Christopher D. Souder
Chief of Orthopedic Trauma Service; Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UC San Diego
MD
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego — San Diego, California, USA
Background
Souder is Chief of the Orthopedic Trauma Service at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and an Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine, a role he took on 1 July 2024. He graduated summa cum laude from Texas Tech University, earned his medical degree at Texas Tech University School of Medicine, completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Scott & White Memorial Hospital/Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center in Temple, Texas, and a pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. His practice covers pediatric fractures, trauma, and limb deformities and differences, including intramedullary lengthening nails and bone-transport reconstruction.
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