Professor Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedics Office: 414-456-4967 Fax: 414-456-6541 Appointments: 877-607-5280
Dr. Thometz came to the department in 1985 from a Harvard University-affiliated post-graduate fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics at Children's Hospital in Boston. Currently, he is the medical director of the Pediatric Division at the Medical College of Wisconsin and chief of Pediatric Orthopedics at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
Dr. Thometz attended Northwestern University in Chicago and Loyola University in Rome, Italy, during his undergraduate years. He earned his medical degree from Northwestern in 1978 and later served his residency in orthopaedic surgery there.
Dr. Thometz subspecializes in spine-related pediatric orthopaedics such as scoliosis. He also has an interest in pediatric hip and foot deformities and particularly congenital clubfoot. His research publications include articles on hip dysplasia, gait analysis, scoliosis in cerebral palsy, spinal instrumentation, talipes equinovarus, tendon transfers for the spastic hand, and hip dislocation in cerebral palsy, the cavus foot, and neuromuscular scoliosis.
He holds memberships in many professional and honorary societies and is a reviewer for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and American Journal of Orthopeadics.