Shawn C. Standard MD

Dr. Shawn C. Standard is Head of Pediatric Orthopedics at the ICLL. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Standard came to the ICLL in 2003 from the distinguished Nemours Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where he started a combined general pediatric orthopedic and limb deformity clinic. He earned his medical degree in 1995 at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He completed his orthopedic residency training at the Medical College of Georgia in July 2000 and a fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery at Nemours, concentrating on general pediatric orthopedics with a special interest in limb deformity correction and limb lengthening. At the ICLL, he has established a clinic with concentrations in pediatric limb deformity correction and limb lengthening, clubfoot and other congenital deformities, general developmental disorders of the pediatric musculoskeletal system, and pediatric orthopedic trauma care. Dr. Standard has special interest in radial clubhand, Perthes disease, and congenital leg length discrepancy. Dr. Standard is married and has three children. His after hours job is coach of his son's pee wee football team. Dr. Standard donates one week of his vacation each year as a volunteer orthopedic surgeon at the Caribbean island of Grenada and the Dominican Republic.