Dr. Oussama Abousamra
Director; Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
MD
Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, USA
Background
Oussama Abousamra directs the Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, part of the Jackie and Gene Autry Orthopedic Center, and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He earned his MD from Damascus University, then completed a pediatric orthopaedics research fellowship at Children's National Hospital followed by clinical fellowships at Nemours Children's Health/Thomas Jefferson University, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University. He joined CHLA in 2018 and treats congenital limb deficiencies and developmental or post-traumatic limb deformities, including knock knees, bow legs and limb-length discrepancy. He is a member of AAOS, POSNA, the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society, AACPDM and GCMAS.
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