Chris Souder, MD

Bio

Chris Souder, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Rady Children’s Hospital—San Diego and specializes in orthopedic trauma as well as limb lengthening and limb reconstruction.  He is also an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Dr. Souder’s focus of practice includes the treatment of fractures and traumatic injuries, as well as limb deformities and limb differences.  This includes abnormalities secondary to traumatic injuries and infection, in addition to those associated with congenital (present at birth) and developmental conditions (secondary to growth abnormalities or bone disease).  These conditions commonly result in differences of lower extremity alignment and growth requiring treatment.  He also has a special interest in patients with complex conditions including malunion and nonunion of the upper and lower extremities.

Before joining the team at Rady Children’s Hospital—San Diego, Dr. Souder practiced for ten years in his home state of Texas.   Most recently, he served as the Director of Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas.  There, he was also an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.  Prior to this, he was the Director of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, Texas, and Assistant Professor within the Department of Orthopaedics at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Souder completed his pediatric orthopedic fellowship here at Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego.  His internship and orthopedic surgery residency training were obtained at Scott & White Memorial Hospital/Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center.  Prior to this, he obtained both his undergraduate degree and medical degree at Texas Tech University.

He is a member of and has served as a chair of national committees focusing on pediatric orthopedic trauma and limb reconstruction.  He continues to remain active in research in these two areas and has presented both nationally and internationally.  He also has multiple publications focusing on improvement in the treatment of pediatric fractures.  In addition, he serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics and the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics-B.

Dr. Souder is an active member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA), Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA), Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS), and American Orthopaedic Association (AOA).

Outside of work, Dr. Souder enjoys spending time outside with his wife and four kids.

Publications

An Anatomic Reduction Technique for Salter-Harris Type III Medial Femoral Condyle Fractures.
Tran A, Kha ST, Farnsworth CL, Edmonds EW, Souder CD

Safety of Rigid Intramedullary Nailing in Skeletally Immature Tibia Fractures-Risk of Growth Disturbance is Not Zero.
Souder CD, McHorse GS, Bomar JD, Serbin RP, Scannell BP

Quantifying Proximal Tibial Physeal Injury in Rigid Intramedullary Nailing in Adolescent Patients.
Kha ST, Johnston M, Ryan JR, Farnsworth CL, Schmitz MR, Jackson ME, Souder CD

Ketorolac Administration During Admission Is Not Associated With Nonunion Following Treatment of Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures.
Ellingwood AA, Woo D, Campbell RE, Souder CD, Curran PF, Bomar JD, Thompson RM

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Process Variation During Musculoskeletal Infection Evaluation at 6 Pediatric Centers.
Liu Y, Tareen NG, Kishan S, LaMont LE, Loveland DM, Rosenfeld SB, Souder CD, Hammer MR, Lapin NA, Reyes K, McMahon N, Anand GS, Kasay J, Copley LA

Factors Associated With Premature Physeal Closure After Distal Femur Physeal Fracture.
Hulbert MA, Chun L, Bryan TP, Souder CD, Pennock AT

International Pediatric Orthopedics Research: The POSNA POGO Scholars Initiative.
Su AW, Mo M, Thacker MM, Souder C, Qudsi R, Gill CS, McCoy AJ, Bovid K

Long Leg Versus Short Leg Cast Immobilization for Treatment of Salter-Harris II Distal Tibial Fractures After Closed Reduction: A Multisite Retrospective Study.
Souder CD, Spearman JD Jr, Garza HH, Thornton LA, Treiber JM, Bloomer A, Scannell BP, Ho CA

Unsuspected tarsal coalitions in equinus and varus foot deformities.
Van Rysselberghe NL, Souder CD, Mubarak SJ

Factors in Surgical Decision Making for Thoracolumbar/Lumbar AIS: It's About More Than Just the Curve Magnitude.
Souder C, Newton PO, Shah SA, Lonner BS, Bastrom TP, Yaszay B

Significance of the Lateral Humeral Line for Evaluating Radiocapitellar Alignment in Children.
Souder CD, Roocroft JH, Edmonds EW

The Distal Humerus Axial View: Assessment of Displacement in Medial Epicondyle Fractures.
Souder CD, Farnsworth CL, McNeil NP, Bomar JD, Edmonds EW

The role of capital realignment versus in situ stabilization for the treatment of slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
Souder CD, Bomar JD, Wenger DR

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