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Jochen Son-Hing, MD

Jochen Son-Hing, MD

  • Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Specialty: Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopedic Spine Surgery
  • Location:
    UH Cleveland Medical Center Bolwell Health Center
    11100 Euclid Ave
    Cleveland, OH 44106

Biography: Jochen Son-Hing, MD

Expertise

  • Children's Orthopaedics
  • Fractures
  • Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • Pediatric Scoliosis
  • Pediatric Spinal Deformity Correction
  • Spinal Deformity

Certifications & Memberships

  • Orthopaedic Surgery - American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Education

Fellowship | Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - University Hospitals Of Cleveland (2005 - 2006)

Residency | Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery - University Of British Columbia Faculty Of Medicine (2000 - 2005)

Medical Education
University Of British Columbia Faculty Of Medicine (2000)

Undergraduate
Mcgill University (1994)

About

Jochen Son-Hing, MD, FRCSC, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center. He also sees patients at UH Westlake and UH Mentor health centers. He is Assistant Professor, Orthopedics and Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Dr. Son-Hing is board-certified in orthopedics and is certified in advanced trauma life support. His research interests include the correction of pediatric scoliosis, acute and chronic fracture/trauma care and and other pediatric spinal deformities. He joined the UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital staff in 2006.

Dr. Son-Hing graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology from McGill University in Montreal and earned his medical degree from the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He completed a residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of British Columbia followed by a fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. He received further subspecialty training in spinal deformity surgery at Washington University, St. Louis.

Dr. Son-Hing’s research interest is the surgical correction of scoliosis. He has numerous peer-reviewed publications and coauthored 10 textbook chapters on pediatric orthopedic problems. He is a frequent presenter at medical meetings and conferences in the United States, Canada and internationally, speaking on innovations and outcomes in scoliosis surgery.

Honors and Achievements

Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2005
International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium (IPOS) Scholarship, 2005
Edward Kampschuur Award (UBC Division of Orthopaedic Trauma), 2003
AONA Basic Fracture Management Preceptorship, 2003
Chinese Canadian Medical Society (BC) Scholarship, 2000
Medical Research Council Summer Research Award, 1998
Appleton & Lange Medical Publications Prize, 1998
Parke-Davis Prize (Medicine), 1998
Dorothy and Arthur Holt Scholarship, 1998
Samuel Diamond Scholarship, 1998
Louis Lipsey Toohill Scholarship, 1998
Florence E. Heighway Summer Research Award, 1997
Dr. John S. Monteith Prize in Family Medicine, 1997
Joseph David Stringer Memorial Scholarship, 1997

Research Interest

Scoliosis

Research & Publications

Research Interests

spinal deformity, acute and chronic fracture/trauma care, surgical correction of scoliosis

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