Sports Medicine Program for kids
Providing specialized care for growing bodies
According to the National Youth Sports Safety Foundation, up to 5 million children in the U.S. are treated in emergency rooms each year for sports-related injuries.
The new Sports Medicine Program at Phoenix Children's – part of the Center for Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery – focuses on injury prevention and dedicated pediatric care for young athletes.
Phoenix Children's has the only comprehensive pediatric Sports Medicine Program in the state.
Our commitment to kids
In growing children, injuries and medical problems in the bones, growth plates, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints are often quite different from conditions more commonly seen in adults.
The sports medicine team at Phoenix Children's can not only recognize those injuries, but also treat those injuries while understanding these kids are still growing.
Through a comprehensive assessment, treatment, and follow-up care, kids get the support and treatment they need to recover and participate in physical activity.
The program also focuses heavily on sports injury prevention for kids. Considering that most sports injuries are preventable, education is a vital component to the program.
Read our sports injuries prevention information.
Bringing in top talent
Jeffrey Vaughn, DO - pediatric-trained sports medicine specialist - leads the Sports Medicine Program at Phoenix Children's. He joins the department's list of talented doctors that includes Lee S. Segal, MD, who is guiding the growth of the Hospital's in-house pediatric orthopaedic program.
Dr. Vaughn received his sub-specialty training in pediatric/adolescent sports medicine and arthroscopy, through the only pediatric sports medicine fellowship program in the nation - Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Read more about Dr. Vaughn.
With a nationwide shortage of physicians in the field (fewer than four percent of orthopaedists specialize in pediatrics), a rapidly growing community, and weather that supports year-round activity, this much-needed sports medicine program will serve pediatric orthopaedic patients throughout the Southwest.
Related information
Orthopaedic surgeons
Sports medicine injuries, services, and conditions
The Fracture Clinic
Sports injury prevention
Contact us
For more information or to make a referral, please call (602) 241-0276.
