ORLANDO, Florida (Sept. 16, 2025) Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida, announced the creation of the Nemours Children's International Limb Correction Center, and welcomed Shawn C. Standard, MD, to the orthopedic team.
Dr. Standard serves as Chief of the Nemours Children's International Limb Correction Center. Orthopedic surgeon Jason Malone, DO, will be Assistant Director of the center.
"Dr. Standard is well known for advancing care and innovation, shifting the treatment paradigm for children with limb deformities," said John Lovejoy, MD, Chair of Orthopedics for Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. "His surgical expertise and vision will drive clinical excellence for the children and families we serve in Central Florida and beyond."
The Nemours Children's International Limb Correction Center provides an advanced level of care for pediatric patients with congenital limb deformities, complex joint reconstruction, and limb length discrepancies and abnormalities, the treatment of which can sometimes require multiple procedures and months-long stays for follow-up and physical therapy. The dedicated, multidisciplinary team of surgeons, as well as physical and occupational therapists and specialists, will collaborate to ensure the most effective treatment. This approach ensures the delivery of personalized, comprehensive care tailored to each patient's specific needs
Dr. Standard brings extensive experience in pediatric orthopedics, limb lengthening, limb reconstruction, and deformity correction to Nemours Children’s. He previously served as head of pediatric orthopedics at the International Center for Limb Lengthening, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, and has been a pediatric orthopedic surgeon since 2001. Before his tenure at Sinai Hospital, he was a staff physician and fellow in the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics at Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville. He is actively involved in medical innovation and research, having co-developed several medical devices and apps, including the WishBone external fixation system, the Smart Taylor spatial frame, the Precice intramedullary lengthening nail, the LolliPOP locking pediatric osteotomy plate system, and the Bone Ninja Sensei and Multiplier apps. He has received numerous awards, including the Maryland General Assembly Innovator of the Year in 2014.
"We enthusiastically welcome Dr. Standard to the Nemours Children's Health orthopedic team," said Dr. Malone. "His drive and experience with limb deformities will enhance the already high-quality care that our patients receive here at Nemours. This new center is just the beginning of that forward progress."
The Center, now seeing patients from across the country and internationally, will eventually be located in a new 75,000-square-foot facility at the hospital, to be completed in 2028. This state-of-the-art patient care center will house Nemours Children’s rapidly growing orthopedics division, as well as a new Gait and Motion Analysis Lab, the first and only accredited Gait and Motion Analysis Lab in Florida. The Center is the first fully dedicated limb deformity correction and limb lengthening center at Nemours Children’s Health.
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