Meet Your Doctor: Jason Anari, Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr, Anari has a special interest in early onset scoliosis treatment including VEPTR and magnetic growing rods; adolescent idiopathic and infantile idiopathic scoliosis; chest wall deformities; and fractures and pediatric trauma.

He is one of the surgeons at the Center for Thoracic Insufficiency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a world leader in treatment for severe spine and chest wall disorders in children.

Thoracic insufficiency syndrome is most often caused by congenital spinal disorders, such as progressive scoliosis and severe rib fusion. It can also be caused by Jeune syndrome (spondylocostal dysplasia), Jarcho-Levin syndrome, cerebrocostomandibular syndrome, arthrogryposis, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), spina bifida and VATER syndrome.