Patrick J. Cahill, MD

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Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery

Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dept. of Orthopaedics, 2nd Floor Wood Bldg.
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1527
Fax: 215-590-1501
Education:
B.S. (Mathematics)
Vanderbilt University, 1996.
M.D.
University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2001.
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Selected Publications

Monroig-Rivera C, Okonta I, Bauer JM, Jain A, Miyanji F, Parent S, Newton P, Upasani VV, Cahill P, Sucato D, Sponseller P, Samdani A, McLean D, Harms Study Group, Brooks JT: Should the C7-T1 Junction Be Feared? The Effect of a T1 Upper Instrumented Vertebra on Development of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis. Spine Deformity 13(2): 595-601, March 2025.

Benes G, Gabos PG, Redding GJ, Hunsberger J, Cahill P, Sponseller PD, Harms Study Group: Changes in diaphragm intrusion and thoracic dimensions after posterior spinal fusion in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 45(3): e254-e260, March 2025.

Devlin VJ, Sepulveda JM, Gebben D, Larson N, Marks MC, Newton P, Peat RP, Tarver M, Babalola O, Cahill PJ, Shah S, Samdani A, Bachmann K, Lonner B: Fusion versus Non-fusion Surgery for Pediatric Idiopathic Scoliosis: Preferences of Patients, Caregivers, and Patient-Caregiver Dyads. Global Spine Journal Page: 1-10, 2025.

Truong WH, Matsumoto H, Brooks JT, Guillaume TJ, Andras LM, Cahill PJ, Fitzgerald RE, Li Y, Ramo BA, Soumekh B, Blakemore LC, Carter C, Christie MR, Cortez D, Dimas V, Hardesty CK, Javia LR, Kennedy BC, Kim PD, Murphy RF, Perra JH, Polly DW, Sawyer JR, Snyder B, Sponseller PD, Sturm P, Yaszay B, Feyma T, Morgan SJ: Development of Consensus-Based Best Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative and Postoperative Care of Pediatric Patients with Spinal Deformity and Programmable Implanted Devices. Spine 49(23): 1636-1644, December 2024.

Falkner DA, Miller KJ, Emans JB, Thompson GH, Smith JT, Flynn JM, Sawyer, JR: How Will Early Onset Scoliosis Surgery Affect My Child's Future as a Young Adult? A follow-up Study Using Patient-reported Outcome Measures. Spine Deformity 12(6): 1813-1822, November 2024.

Hoo Y, Udupa J, Tong Y, Wu C, McDonough JM, Gogel S, Mayer OH, Alnoury M, Cahill PJ, Anari JB, Torigian DA: Quantifying Normal Diaphragmatic Motion and Shape and Their Developmental Changes via Dynamic MRI. Chest Pulmonary October 2024.

Bryson BA, Albarran M, Vaughan M, McIntosh AL, Ramo BA, Bouton D, Snyder B, Vitale M, Smith JT, Roye B, Cahill PJ, Hollyer I, Brooks J, El-Hawary R, Pediatric Spine Study Group: "A CHANGING EOS PHENOTYPE IN SMA: NUSINERSEN USE IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED CURVE MAGNITUDE AND KYPHOSIS AT THE TIME OF INDEX SURGERY" (podium), Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting, Barcelona, Spain September 2024.

Saarinen AJ, Sponseller P, Thompson GH, White KK, Emans J, Cahill PJ, Hwang S, Pediatric Spine Study Group, Helenius I: Outcomes after completing growth-friendly surgical treatment for early-onset scoliosis in patients with skeletal dysplasia. Bone & Joint Journal 106-B(6): 596-602, June 2024.

Desai V, Bowen M, Anari J, Flynn JM, Brooks JT, Snyder BD, Ramo BA, Howard J, Li Y, Andras L, Truong W, Fitzgerald R, El-Hawary R, Roye BD, Yaszay B, Kwan K, McIntosh A, Nelson S, Cahill PJ, Pediatric Spine Study Group: Do Neuromuscular Early-Onset Scoliosis Patients with Rib-on-Pelvis Deformity Have Decreased Reported Pain after Surgery? EPOSNA annual meeting May 2024.

Syed A, Zheng J, Goodbody C, Cahill PJ, Spiegel D, Baldwin, K: Rotation and Asymmetry of the Axial Plane Pelvis in Cerebral Palsy: A CT-Based Study (poster). EPOSNA annual meeting May 2024.

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