Daniel J. Sucato, M.D., M.S.

Chief of Staff

Daniel J. Sucato, M.D., M.S., is the chief of staff, the director of Scottish Rite for Children's Center for Excellence in Spine and a pediatric orthopedic surgeon that sees patients at our Dallas campus.

Specialties:

Scoliosis and Spine Disorders
Hip Disorders

Areas of Treatment:

Pediatric Hip Conditions
Adolescent Hip Conditions
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Adolescent Hip Dysplasia
Perthes Disease
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Femoroacetabular Impingement
Scoliosis and Spine Disorders

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"Dr. Sucato is an amazing physician and person. He was my doctor when I was a patient at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. His care and wonderful bedside manner inspired me to continue to pursue my passion for medicine that I have had since I was a child. Now as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner, I often try to emulate the care that Dr. Sucato provides.”

Academic Appointments

UT Southwestern Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor

Hospital Affiliations

Scottish Rite for Children
Children’s Health Dallas
Parkland Health & Hospital System
UT Southwestern University Hospital – St. Paul
UT Southwestern James W. Aston Ambulatory Care Center

Education and Training

Education

Canisius College, magna cum laude
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, magna cum laude

Internship

State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine General Surgery

Residency

State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery

Fellowships

State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine Basic Science Research
Scottish Rite for Children Dorothy and Bryant Edwards Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis
Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, Professor Reinhold Ganz Hip Preserving Surgery

Honors and Awards

Moe Award – Best Basic Science Poster, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society
Goldstein Award – Best Clinical Poster, 2008 Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society
Best Pediatric Poster, 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Best Clinical Podium Presentation, 2007 Annual Meeting of Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
William Beaumont Award, American Medical Association, 2005
Scoliosis Research Society Traveling Fellow, 2003

Board Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2000 Professional

Professional Organizations

Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
- Board of Directors, President, 2023
- Endowment Committee, chairman, 2008-present
- Program Committee, 2006-2007
- Industry Relations Committee, chairman, 2005-2007
- Awards Committee, 2004-2007
- Long-Range Planning Committee, 2004-2007
- Member-at-large board of directors, 2004-2005
Scoliosis Research Society Education Council
- Education Council Chair, 2010-2014
- Chair, 2010-2014
- Website Committee, chair, 2007-2009; member, 2005-2009
- Endowment Committee, member 2006-2009
American Orthopaedic Association
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, fellow
Texas Orthopaedic Association
Dallas County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
American Medical Association
The United States Golf Association Resource Center for Individuals with Disabilities Resource Center Advisory Board
Research Study Groups
- HARMS Spine Study Group, member
- Spine Deformity Study Group, member
- POSNA/AAOS International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium Advisory Board, 2006-2007
- Spine, reviewer
- The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, reviewer
- Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, reviewer
- Tachdjian’s Pediatric Orthopaedics, Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions, contributing author
- Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, reviewer
- Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, reviewer
- Academic Network of Conservational Hip Outcome Research
- Spine Deformity Journal, reviewer