Our Experts
John G. Birch, M.D., FRCSC
Consulting Staff
Specialties:
- Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction
“Dr. Birch is my hero, and by far my favorite doctor ever. I have him to thank for where I am today.”
Hospital Affiliations
- Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
- Children’s Health Dallas
Education and Training
Education
- University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Internship
- Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Residencies
- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- University of Florida
Fellowships
- Newington Children’s Hospital, Newington, Connecticut
- Alfred I. DuPont Institute, Wilmington, Delaware
- Scottish Rite for Children Harrington Fellowship of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis
- University of Ottawa – Sports Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Honors and Awards
- Achievement Award in recognition of outstanding contributions of Orthopaedic Surgery, AAOS, 2012
- Best Clinical Scientific Paper Award, POSNA, 2010
- Vernon T. Tolo Clinical Paper Award, Pediatric Society of North America, 2009
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oral Examinations, examiner
Board Certification
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, fellow, 1980
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1987; recertified, 1994 and 2008
Professional Organizations
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, fellow
- Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society, ongoing member
- ASAMI-NA president, 2003
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
- Board of directors, 2005–2007
- Dallas County Medical Society
- Texas Medical Association
- American Medical Association
- Texas Orthopaedic Association
- Associazione per lo Studio e Applicazione del Methodo di Ilizarov-Italia (ASAMI), ongoing member
- Association for the Study and Application of the Method of Ilizarov International and External Fixation (ASAMI), ongoing member
- Vice president, 2004-2006
- American Academy of Pediatrics Orthopaedic Section
- Tachdjian’s Pediatric Orthopaedics, Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions, contributing author
- The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, reviewer
- Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, reviewer
- Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics, reviewer
- The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, associate editor, 2012-present
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, fellow
- The Canadian Orthopaedic Association
- International Pediatric Orthopaedic Society Advisory Board, 2012
- The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2012-present
