Overview
Amanda Purcell is an Orthopedics specialist and a Pediatric Orthopedics provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Purcell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Clubfoot. Her top areas of expertise are Spinal Cord Abscess, Claw Foot, Clubfoot, and Symphalangism Distal.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Primary Children's Hospital - Orthopedics
Dr. Theresa Hennessey, Associate Professor (clinical), specializes in pediatric orthopaedic surgery, with fellowship training in the full spectrum of childhood orthopaedic conditions. Dr. Hennessey's clinical interests include the treatment of children with congenital and developmental orthopaedic conditions, clubfoot, hip dysplasia, arthrogryposis, deformity of the feet and lower extremities, and the acute management of fractures and injuries. She received his medical degree from the University of Colorado Health Science Center. She completed orthopaedic residency training at Case Western Reserve/University Hospitals, in Cleveland, Ohio., and received subspecialty training with a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at Primary Children's Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Children. Dr. Hennessey practices at Shriners Hospital for Children and through the University of Utah School of Medicine at the Primary Children's Hospital (both the main campus and the Lehi campus). Dr. Hennessey is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Clubfoot. Her top areas of expertise are Clubfoot, Claw Foot, Knock Knees, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.
University Of Utah Adult Services
Kristen Carroll is a Pediatric Orthopedics specialist and an Orthopedics provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Carroll is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Clubfoot. Her top areas of expertise are Spastic Diplegia Infantile Type, Knock Knees, Hereditary Multiple Osteochondromas, Rhizotomy, and Osteotomy.
Primary Children's Orthopedics - Provo
Dr. Joshua N. Speirs is a fellowship trained pediatric orthopaedic surgeon. He has an interest in treating patients with fractures, limb deformities, clubfeet, scoliosis and other congenital spinal deformities.Dr. Speirs grew up in California and attended Brigham Young University after high school, participating as an athlete on the BYU Track and Field team. He attended medical school at Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso, TX. He then completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA. During his residency training, he served multiple international medical missions to Haiti. Dr. Speirs completed an additional year of training specializing in pediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis at Rady Children Hospital in San Diego, CA. Dr. Speirs is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Clubfoot. His top areas of expertise are Claw Foot, Clubfoot, Scoliosis, Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia, and Osteotomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Beukes Familial Hip DysplasiaDr. Purcell isExperienced. Learn about Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia.
- Claw FootDr. Purcell isExperienced. Learn about Claw Foot.
- ClubfootDr. Purcell isExperienced. Learn about Clubfoot.
- Hypoplasia of the Tibia with PolydactylyDr. Purcell isExperienced. Learn about Hypoplasia of the Tibia with Polydactyly.
- ScoliosisDr. Purcell isExperienced. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Spinal Cord AbscessDr. Purcell isExperienced. Learn about Spinal Cord Abscess.