Henry Chambers, M.D.

Bio

Dr. Henry Chambers directs the Southern California Cerebral Palsy Center at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, co-directs the 360 Sports Medicine program, and is a professor of clinical orthopedic surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Colorado, Dr. Chambers attended Tulane University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Brooke Army Medical Center, where he was honored for outstanding research, followed by a Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego/ UC San Diego fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery.

Dr. Chambers treats pediatric gait disorders, sports injuries and cerebral palsy. His research areas include cerebral palsy, motion analysis and controlling spasticity with botulinum toxin.

Among his professional affiliations, Dr. Chambers is a member and former president of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, as well as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He also serves on the board of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and is the associate editor of Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology.

Dr. Chambers actively supports children and adults with disabilities. When not practicing medicine, he enjoys travel and studying history.

Publications

Spasticity-related pain in children/adolescents with cerebral palsy. Part 1: Prevalence and clinical characteristics from a pooled analysis.
Heinen F, Bonfert M, Kaňovský P, Schroeder AS, Chambers HG, Dabrowski E, Geister TL, Hanschmann A, Althaus M, Banach M, Gaebler-Spira D

A multidisciplinary approach and consensus statement to establish standards of care for Angelman syndrome.
Duis J, Nespeca M, Summers J, Bird L, Bindels-de Heus KGCB, Valstar MJ, de Wit MY, Navis C, Ten Hooven-Radstaake M, van Iperen-Kolk BM, Ernst S, Dendrinos M, Katz T, Diaz-Medina G, Katyayan A, Nangia S, Thibert R, Glaze D, Keary C, Pelc K, Simon N, Sadhwani A, Heussler H, Wheeler A, Woeber C, DeRamus M, Thomas A, Kertcher E, DeValk L, Kalemeris K, Arps K, Baym C, Harris N, Gorham JP, Bohnsack BL, Chambers RC, Harris S, Chambers HG, Okoniewski K, Jalazo ER, Berent A, Bacino CA, Williams C, Anderson A

Safety and efficacy of repeat long-term incobotulinumtoxinA treatment for lower limb or combined upper/lower limb spasticity in children with cerebral palsy.
Kaňovský P, Heinen F, Schroeder AS, Chambers HG, Dabrowski E, Geister TL, Hanschmann A, Martinez-Torres FJ, Pulte I, Banach M, Gaebler-Spira D

Efficacy and safety of onabotulinumtoxinA with standardized physiotherapy for the treatment of pediatric lower limb spasticity: A randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III clinical trial.
Dimitrova R, Kim H, Meilahn J, Chambers HG, Racette BA, Bonikowski M, Park ES, McCusker E, Liu C, Brin MF

Not another article on selective dorsal rhizotomy?
Chambers HG

Descriptive Epidemiology From the Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee (ROCK) Prospective Cohort.
Nissen CW, Albright JC, Anderson CN, Busch MT, Carlson C, Carsen S, Chambers HG, Edmonds EW, Ellermann JM, Ellis HB Jr, Erickson JB, Fabricant PD, Ganley TJ, Green DW, Grimm NL, Heyworth BE, Po JHH, Kocher MS, Kostyun RO, Krych AJ, Latz KH, Loveland DM, Lyon RM, Mayer SW, Meenen NM, Milewski MD, Myer GD, Nelson BJ, Nepple JJ, Nguyen JC, Pace JL, Paterno MV, Pennock AT, Perkins CA, Polousky JD, Saluan P, Shea KG, Shearier E, Tompkins MA, Wall EJ, Weiss JM, Willimon SC, Wilson PL, Wright RW, Zbojniewicz AM, Carey JL, ROCK Group.

Differential DNA methylation and transcriptional signatures characterize impairment of muscle stem cells in pediatric human muscle contractures after brain injury.
Sibley LA, Broda N, Gross WR, Menezes AF, Embry RB, Swaroop VT, Chambers HG, Schipma MJ, Lieber RL, Domenighetti AA

IncobotulinumtoxinA Efficacy/Safety in Upper-Limb Spasticity in Pediatric Cerebral Palsy: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Dabrowski E, Chambers HG, Gaebler-Spira D, Banach M, Kaňovský P, Dersch H, Althaus M, Geister TL, Heinen F

Stretch-induced satellite cell deformation incontracturedmuscles in children with cerebral palsy.
Dykstra PB, Dayanidhi S, Chambers HG, Lieber RL

Should doctors work with the pharmaceutical industry? An ethical miasma.
Chambers HG

Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction for Adolescents With Acute First-Time Patellar Dislocation With an Associated Loose Body.
Gurusamy P, Pedowitz JM, Carroll AN, Johnson K, Chambers HG, Edmonds EW, Pennock AT

IncobotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of lower-limb spasticity in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: A phase 3 study.
Heinen F, Kanovský P, Schroeder AS, Chambers HG, Dabrowski E, Geister TL, Hanschmann A, Martinez-Torres FJ, Pulte I, Banach M, Gaebler-Spira D

Assessment of Skeletal Maturity and Postoperative Growth Disturbance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients: A Systematic Review.
Fury MS, Paschos NK, Fabricant PD, PLUTO Study Group., Anderson CN, Busch MT, Chambers HG, Christino MA, Cordasco FA, Edmonds EW, Ganley TJ, Green DW, Heyworth BE, Lawrence JTR, Matava MJ, Micheli LJ, Milewski MD, Nepple JJ, Parikh SN, Pennock AT, Perkins CA, Saluan PM, Shea KG, Wall EJ, Willimon SC, Kocher MS

Intra-articular Morphine and Ropivacaine Injection Provides Efficacious Analgesia As Compared With Femoral Nerve Block in the First 24 Hours After ACL Reconstruction: Results From a Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Graft in an Adolescent Population.
Mitchell BC, Siow MY, Pennock AT, Edmonds EW, Bastrom TP, Chambers HG

Early Operative Versus Delayed Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
James EW, Dawkins BJ, Schachne JM, Ganley TJ, Kocher MS, PLUTO Study Group., Anderson CN, Busch MT, Chambers HG, Christino MA, Cordasco FA, Edmonds EW, Green DW, Heyworth BE, Lawrence JTR, Micheli LJ, Milewski MD, Matava MJ, Nepple JJ, Parikh SN, Pennock AT, Perkins CA, Saluan PM, Shea KG, Wall EJ, Willimon SC, Fabricant PD

Skeletal muscle maximal mitochondrial activity in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.
Dayanidhi S, Buckner EH, Redmond RS, Chambers HG, Schenk S, Lieber RL

Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: An Interrater Reliability Study of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics.
Fabricant PD, Milewski MD, Kostyun RO, Wall EJ, Zbojniewicz AM, Research in Osteochondritis of the Knee (ROCK) Study Group., Albright JC, Bauer KL, Carey JL, Chambers HG, Edmonds EW, Ellis HB, Ganley TJ, Green DW, Grimm NL, Heyworth BE, Kocher MS, Krych AJ, Lyon RM, Mayer SW, Nepple JJ, Nissen CW, Pennock AT, Polousky JD, Saluan P, Shea KG, Tompkins MA, Weiss J, Clifton Willimon S, Wilson PL, Wright RW, Myer GD

Comparison of Staged Versus Same-day Bilateral Hip Surgery in Nonambulatory Children With Cerebral Palsy.
Louer CR, Nunez J, Bomar JD, Fischer-Colbrie ME, Chambers HG, Upasani VV

Knee pain in children with cerebral palsy.
Chambers HG

Prophylaxis for Pediatric Venous Thromboembolism: Current Status and Changes Across Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America From 2011.
Murphy RF, Williams D, Hogue GD, Spence DD, Epps H, Chambers HG, Shore BJ

Stable childhood osteochondral lesions of the talus: short-term radiographic outcomes suggest risk for early osteoarthritis.
Edmonds EW, Phillips L, Roocroft JH, Bastrom TP, Pennock AT, Chambers HG

Contribution of extracellular matrix components to the stiffness of skeletal muscle contractures in patients with cerebral palsy.
Smith LR, Pichika R, Meza RC, Gillies AR, Baliki MN, Chambers HG, Lieber RL

Transphyseal Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature: Quadriceps Tendon Autograft Versus Hamstring Tendon Autograft.
Pennock AT, Johnson KP, Turk RD, Bastrom TP, Chambers HG, Boutelle KE, Edmonds EW

The Natural History of Meniscus Tears.
Chambers HG, Chambers RC

Complexity of gait in a child with spasticity.
Chambers HG

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