10 most recent publications:

1. Manshadi K, Chang TP, Schmidt A, Lau J, Rake A, Pham P, Illingworth KD, Song JL. Validation of a 3-Dimensional-Printed Infant Tibia for Intraosseous Needle Insertion Training. Simul Healthc. 2022 Sep 23. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000689. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36194860

2.  Compton E, Illingworth KD, Stephan S, Skaggs DL, Andras LM. Rate and risk factors for pediatric cervical spine fusion pseudarthrosis: opportunity for improvement. Spine Deform. 2023 Feb 6. doi: 10.1007/s43390-023-00641-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36745301.

3. Compton E, Lin A, Illingworth KD, Bent MA. A Single Education Session of Orthopaedic Residents Does Not Reduce The Rate of Failed Nonoperative Management or Improve Radiographic Outcomes in Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020 Oct 16;4(10):e20.00170. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-20-00170. PMID: 33986207; PMCID: PMC7575193.

4.  Lullo B, Nazareth A, Rethlefsen S, Illingworth KD, Abousamra O, Kay RM. Split Tibialis Anterior Tendon Transfer to The Peroneus Brevis or Tertius for the Treatment of Varus Foot Deformities in Children with Static Encephalopathy: A retrospective case series. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020 May;4(5):e2000044. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-20-00044. PMID: 33970577; PMCID: PMC7434038.

5. Tetreault TA, Illingworth KD, Oetgen M, Skaggs DL. Perioperative Management of Nonorthopaedic Devices in the Pediatric Neuromuscular Patient Population. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2023 Apr 15;31(8):e403-e411. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-22-00634. Epub 2023 Mar 9. PMID: 36853883.

6. Farivar D, Skaggs DL, Gabriel K, Illingworth KD. Breast Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Cost in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients and the Role of Low Dose Biplanar Radiography. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-23-00062. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37432975.

7. Illingworth KD, Siddiqui AA, Skaggs DL, Andras LM. Deformity angular ratio is associated with neuromonitoring changes without a vertebral column resection: spinal deformity is more influential than type of surgery. Spine Deform. 2023 Jul;11(4):951-956. doi: 10.1007/s43390-023-00669-y. Epub 2023 Mar 17. PMID: 36930440; PMCID: PMC10261247.

8. Farivar D, Illingworth KD, Lin AJ, Nigh ED, Finkel R, Skaggs DL. Subject matter predicts where top pediatric spine articles are shared: citations vs. social media. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2023 Oct 9. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000001132. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37811586.

9. Farivar D, Peterman NJ, Narendran N, Illingworth KD, Nuckols TK, Bonda D, Skaggs DL. Geographic access to pediatric neurosurgeons in the USA: an analysis of sociodemographic factors. Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Oct 4. doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-06172-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37794171.

10. Lin A, Skaggs DL, Andras LM, Tolo V, Tamrazi B, Illingworth KD. Increasing Cervical Kyphosis Correlates With Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Sep 11. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004824. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37694562.

Education

• BS: University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

• MD: University Of Tennessee, Memphis TN

• Research Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA

• Residency/Orthopaedics: Southern Illinois University, Springfield IL

• Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA

Leadership Positions

• Director of Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

• Associate Residency Program Director, Department of Orthopaedics. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

• Director of Neuromuscular Scoliosis, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

• Pediatric Orthopaedic Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center

Membership

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

• Scoliosis Research Society

• Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

• Orthopaedic Trauma Association

• Pediatric Spine Study Group

Reviewer

• Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

• Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

• Spine

Invited Lectures

• Educating the Next Generation: Gen Z. Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles 1st Annual Vernon Tolo Days. September 23rd, 2023

• Advances in Teenage Kyphosis and Scoliosis. 1st Annual Summer Spine Symposium. July 14th, 2023. Park City, Utah.

• Pediatric Orthopaedic Society Resident/Fellow Webinar: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. August 17th, 2023

• Etiology, Epidemiology, and Natural History: Spondylolysis/Spondylolisthesis in 2nd Decade of Life. Global Spine Congress. Prague. May 31st, 2023.

• Pediatric Orthopaedics Cases & Careers: Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Webinar. January 31st, 2023

• Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures. Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress. November 3rd, 2022.

• Scoliosis Research Society Webinar: A Practical Approach to Surgeon Preservation. July 23rd, 2022

• Pediatric Transitional Age Ankle Fracture. Orthopaedic Trauma Association Fracture Night in America. September 21st, 2022.

• Sports Related Spine Injuries. Guerin Children’s State of the Art Conference. October 8th 2022

• What I Learned in My First Year of Practice: With a Pediatric Spine Twist. Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Grand Rounds. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. August 11th 2021

• Pediatric Spinal Deformity. Everything you Wanted to Know… and More. Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. August 26th 2021

• Southern Illinois University Pediatric Spine Visiting Professor. What I learned in My First Year of Practice: With a Pediatric Spine Twist. Power Pedicle Preparation and Screw Insertion in Pediatric Spinal Deformity. April 2021

• Damage Control Orthopaedics in Poly-Trauma: Spine and Extremities. Western Pediatric Trauma Conference. July 14th 2021

• Femoral Neck Fractures: Preventing and Tackling Complications: COXA VARA. Annual Conference of the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of India. January 30th 2021

• Sports Related Spine Injuries for the General Practitioner. Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine Quality Program. April 14th 2021

• Treatment of Spine Deformity in Patients with Rett’s Syndrome. American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. September 2019

• Pediatric Orthopaedic Spine Trauma: What We All Should Know. Western Pediatric Trauma Conference. July 2019 

• Building a Pediatric Spine Practice: What I have Learned in my First Year of Practice. NuVasive Fellow/Resident Spinal Deformity Course. April 2019

• Pediatric Orthopaedic Polytrauma for the Operating Room Staff. Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Peri-Operative Grand Rounds. March 2019

• Pediatric Elbow Fractures: Staying out of Trouble. Providence Tarzana Medical Center Educational Series. October 2018

• Pediatric Orthopaedic Spine Trauma. Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Trauma Grand Rounds. June 2018 

• Evidence Based Decision Making on Schroth Therapy. 2nd Annual Conservative Treatment of Childhood Scoliosis. Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. February 24th 2018.