James Kasser | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
- Child and Young Adult Hip Preservation Program
- Lower Extremity Program
- Maternal Fetal Care Center
- Orthopedic Center
- Orthopedic Trauma Program
Languages
- English
James Kasser | Education
Medical School
Tufts University School of Medicine
1976, Boston, MA
Internship
Maine Medical Center
1977, Portland, ME
Residency
New England Medical Center
1981, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Aldred I. Dupont Institute
1982, Wilmington, DE
James Kasser | Certifications
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (General)
James Kasser | Professional History
Dr. James R. Kasser is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, working at Boston Children’s Hospital for the past 33 years. He is the Ormandy Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kasser’s primary clinical focus has been on lower extremity congenital abnormalities and trauma. His academic work has focused on clinical research related to orthopedic practice.
He is presently the Surgeon-in-Chief and has served in this capacity for seven years. He was the Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery from 1994-2013. Nationally, he has served as the President of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) and been on the boards of both POSNA and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). He served as a director of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery for 10 years and was president of that accrediting organization in 2011. He is presently on the boards of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Boston Children’s Hospital.