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Wudbhav N. Sankar, MD
Director of the Young Adult Hip Preservation Program
Dr. Sankar is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and director of the Young Adult Hip Preservation Program at CHOP and professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Penn. His research focuses on hip conditions in children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as scoliosis and other spinal disorders.
Education and Training
BS, Cornell University (Materials Science And Engineering), 1998
MD, Perelman School Of Medicine, University Of Pennsylvania, 2002
Internship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Surgery)
Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital (Adolescent and Young Adult Hip Preservation)
Fellowship, Shriners Hospitals for Children (Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery)
Fellowship, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery)
Titles and Academic Titles
Director, Young Adult Hip Preservation Program
Director, Pediatric Hip Disorders Program
Pediatric Orthaepedic Surgeon
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professional Awards
South Jersey Magazine's Top Physicians in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, 2022
Special Effort and Excellence Award, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, 2019
Young investigator award, AAOS/ORS Femoroacetabular impingement research symposium, 2012
AAOS Clinician-Scientist Development Program, 2010
Stuart L. Weinstein Award for best E-poster POSNA, 2010
Forrest Whittaker Award, 2007
Stanley Chung Resident Research Award, 2007
AOA-OREF-Zimmer Resident Leader, 2006
OREF-Orthopaedic Overseas Traveling Fellowship, 2006
William G. Munns prize, 2001
Publication Highlights
J Pediatr Orthop · August, 2022
J Pediatr Orthop · April, 2022
J Pediatr Orthop · January, 2022
Spine Deform · January, 2022
Skeletal Radiol · February, 2021