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Office
225 E Chicago Ave # 69
Lurie Children's Hospital Of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 312-227-6190Fax+1 312-227-9404
Summary
- Dr. Erik King is an orthopaedic surgeon based in Chicago, IL, specializing in pediatric orthopedics. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University from 1993 to 1998 and pursued a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from 1998 to 1999, after graduating from Stanford University School of Medicine. He has expertise in pediatric orthopaedics and pediatric shoulder surgery. Dr. King has contributed to multiple publications, including research on enhanced recovery pathways, patient-reported outcomes after syndactyly reconstruction, computational motion analysis of the spastic upper limb, treatment of proximal humerus fractures in skeletally immature patients, and radiofrequency ablation for osteoid osteoma, which have been cited numerous times in other scholarly work.
Education & Training
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Orthopaedics, 1998 - 1999
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1993 - 1998
- Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1993
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 1997 - 2026
- TX State Medical License 1998 - 2001
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 9 citationsIntroduction of an enhanced recovery pathway results in decreased length of stay in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis undergoing posterior spinal fusion: A...Kristen E. Rao, David J. Krodel, Erin Elizabeth Toaz, Jennifer Fanelli, John Hajduk
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2021-09-02 - 5 citationsPatient-Reported Outcomes after Syndactyly Reconstruction.Eugene Park, Andrew Bi, Erik King, Joshua M. Adkinson
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2020-05-01 - 3 citationsAssessment of the Spastic Upper Limb with Computational Motion Analysis.Tasos Karakostas, Kelsey Watters, Erik King
Hand Clinics. 2018-11-01
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