Our Experts
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
"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
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
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, fellow
- Mid-America Orthopaedic Association
- Texas Orthopaedic Association
- Dallas County Medical Society
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
- 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
- Chair, 2010-present
- Website Committee, chair, 2007-2009; member, 2005-2009
- Endowment Committee, member 2006-2009
- Texas Medical Association
- American Medical Association
- North American Spine Society
- The United States Golf Association Resource Center for Individuals with Disabilities Resource Center Advisory Board
- American Orthopaedic Association
- 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
