Overview
Christopher Makarewich, MD is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and Instructor in the University of Utah Department of Orthopaedics, seeing patients at Primary Children's Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Children � Salt Lake City.
Dr. Makarewich specializes in limb lengthening and reconstruction for limb deformities of any cause, including trauma, infection, congenital differences, and genetic/syndromic disorders. In addition, he also focuses on hip disorders including hip dysplasia, Legg-Calves-Perthes disease, and slipped capital femoral epiphysis, as well as pediatric orthopaedic trauma. He finds the process of restoring a child's function and ability to stay or become active to be incredibly rewarding.
Dr. Makarewich graduated cum laude from Colby College in Maine. He received his medical degree with honors from Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society and received the Freddie H. Fu, MD Outstanding Student Award in Orthopaedics as well as the Frederick P. Lord Award in Anatomy. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Utah and went on to a pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He then continued to further subspecialize in pediatric limb lengthening and reconstructive surgery through a fellowship with the International Center for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction at the Rubin Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, and the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society.
When Dr. Makarewich is not working he can be found spending time with his family and enjoying the outdoors while hiking, skiing, and mountain biking.
Dr. Makarewich is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Flat Feet. His top areas of expertise are Knock Knees, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Achondroplasia, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 27 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
100 North Mario Capecchi Drive, Suite 4550, Salt Lake City, UT 84113
450 Williams Way, Moab, UT 84532
1275 East Fairfax Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Makarewich has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
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 Flat Feet. Her top areas of expertise are Spastic Diplegia Infantile Type, Knock Knees, Hereditary Multiple Osteochondromas, Rhizotomy, and Osteotomy.
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 Flat Feet. Her top areas of expertise are Clubfoot, Claw Foot, Knock Knees, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.
Primary Children's Hospital - Orthopedics
Joshua Klatt is a Pediatric Orthopedics provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Klatt has been practicing medicine for over 24 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Flat Feet. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Caudal Regression Syndrome, Spondylocarpotarsal Synostosis Syndrome, Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis, and Osteotomy. Dr. Klatt is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Knock KneesDr. Makarewich isElite. Learn about Knock Knees.
- Advanced
- AchondroplasiaDr. Makarewich isAdvanced. Learn about Achondroplasia.
- BowlegsDr. Makarewich isAdvanced. Learn about Bowlegs.
- Cantu SyndromeDr. Makarewich isAdvanced. Learn about Cantu Syndrome.
- ChondrodystrophyDr. Makarewich isAdvanced. Learn about Chondrodystrophy.
- CHST3-Related Skeletal DysplasiaDr. Makarewich isAdvanced. Learn about CHST3-Related Skeletal Dysplasia.
- Congenital Femoral DeficiencyDr. Makarewich isAdvanced. Learn about Congenital Femoral Deficiency.
- Experienced
- Absence of TibiaDr. Makarewich isExperienced. Learn about Absence of Tibia.
- Achard SyndromeDr. Makarewich isExperienced. Learn about Achard Syndrome.
- Acromesomelic DysplasiaDr. Makarewich isExperienced. Learn about Acromesomelic Dysplasia.
- Acromesomelic Dysplasia Campailla Martinelli Type
- Acromesomelic Dysplasia Hunter Thompson TypeDr. Makarewich isExperienced. Learn about Acromesomelic Dysplasia Hunter Thompson Type.
- Acromesomelic Dysplasia Maroteaux TypeDr. Makarewich isExperienced. Learn about Acromesomelic Dysplasia Maroteaux Type.