Klane K. White, MD, MSc

Professional Titles

• Chair, Pediatric Orthopedics, Children’s Hospital Colorado
• The Rose Brown Endowed Chair of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
• Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Orthopedics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Professor of Pediatrics - Clinical Genetics and Metabolism

Recognitions

• Angela S.M. Kuo Memorial Young Investigator Award, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (2011)
• POSNA/EPOS Traveling Fellowship, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (2012)
• Edgar Dawson Traveling Fellowship, Scoliosis Research Society (2009)
• Top Doctor, Seattle Magazine (2022)
• AAOS Achievement Award, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2018)
• T. Boone Pickens Annual Fellows Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research, T. Boone Pickens Foundation (2006)
  “Ultrasonographic predictors of Pavlik harness failure in Ortolani positive hips”
• Smith & Nephew 18th Annual Resident Research Competition Award, Smith & Nephew Foundation (2003)
  “The effect of rhBMP-2 on allograft union and remodeling in a corpectomy model"
• AAOS Clinician-Scientist Development Program, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2003)
• AOA-Zimmer Resident Travel Award, American Orthopaedic Association (2003)
  “Intramuscular and blood pressures in legs positioned in the hemilithotomy position on a fracture table”
• American College of Surgeons - Resident Research Award, American College of Surgeons, San Diego Chapter (2000)
  “Intramuscular and blood pressures in legs positioned in the hemilithotomy position on a fracture table”

Research Interests

Publications

• Broder MS, Chen E, Yan JT, Chang E, Tarbox MH, Larkin AA, White KK. National burden of achondroplasia: an analysis of the National Inpatient and Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Samples. J Comp Eff Res. 2022 Oct;11(15):1135-1146. PubMed PMID: 36039778
• Galambas AK, Krengel WF 3rd, Parker CE, Kolenko AM, Browd SR, White KK, Bauer JM. The pediatric "Spine at Risk" program: 9-year review of a novel safety screening tool. Spine Deform. 2022 Mar;10(2):327-334. PubMed PMID: 34705253
• Roye BD, Fano AN, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Emans JB, Sponseller P, Smith JT, Thompson GH, White KK, Vitale MG. The Impact of Unplanned Return to the Operating Room on Health-related Quality of Life at the End of Growth-friendly Surgical Treatment for Early-onset Scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Jan 1;42(1):17-22. PubMed PMID: 34739432
• Villegas MA, Okenfuss E, Savarirayan R, White K, Hoover-Fong J, Bober MB, Duker A, Legare JM. Multidisciplinary Care of Neurosurgical Patients with Genetic Syndromes. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2022 Jan;33(1):7-15. PubMed PMID: 34801144
• Marrache M, Suresh KV, White KK, Larson AN, Sponseller PD. Connective Tissue Disease Patients Maintain Greater Distraction During Growth Friendly Surgery. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Feb 1;42(2):e188-e191. PubMed PMID: 34995261
• Savarirayan R, Irving M, Harmatz P, Delgado B, Wilcox WR, Philips J, Owen N, Bacino CA, Tofts L, Charrow J, Polgreen LE, Hoover-Fong J, Arundel P, Ginebreda I, Saal HM, Basel D, Font RU, Ozono K, Bober MB, Cormier-Daire V, Le Quan Sang KH, Baujat G, Alanay Y, Rutsch F, Hoernschemeyer D, Mohnike K, Mochizuki H, Tajima A, Kotani Y, Weaver DD, White KK, Army C, Larrimore K, Gregg K, Jeha G, Milligan C, Fisheleva E, Huntsman-Labed A, Day J. Growth parameters in children with achondroplasia: A 7-year, prospective, multinational, observational study. Genet Med. 2022 Dec;24(12):2444-2452. PubMed PMID: 36107167
• Bauer JM, Dhillon ES, Kamps SE, Maloney E, Hsu M, Bompadre V, White KK. Classifying vertebral artery anatomy abnormality in children with skeletal dysplasia. Spine Deform. 2021 May;9(3):833-839. PubMed PMID: 33403655
• Georgiadis AG, Koester TM, Mackenzie WG, Nahm NJ, Novotny SA, Rogers KJ, Siljander BR, Sousa TC, White KK, Walker KR. Intraoperative Neurological Monitoring in Lower Limb Surgery for Patients With Mucopolysaccharidoses. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021 Mar 1;41(3):182-189. PubMed PMID: 33323879
• Roye B, Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Campbell M, White KK, Sawyer J, Smith JT, Luhmann S, Sturm P, Sponseller P, Vitale MG. Author's response to letter to the editor regarding "Is rod diameter associated with the rate of rod fracture in patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods?". Spine Deform. 2021 Jul;9(4):1209. PubMed PMID: 34057702
• Matsumoto H, Marciano G, Redding G, Ha J, Luhmann S, Garg S, Roye D, White K. Association between health-related quality of life outcomes and pulmonary function testing. Spine Deform. 2021 Jan;9(1):99-104. PubMed PMID: 32851599
• Matsumoto H, Skaggs DL, Akbarnia BA, Pawelek JB, Hilaire TS, Levine S, Sturm P, Perez-Grueso FJS, Luhmann SJ, Sponseller PD, Smith JT, White KK, Vitale MG. Comparing health-related quality of life and burden of care between early-onset scoliosis patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods and traditional growing rods: a multicenter study. Spine Deform. 2021 Jan;9(1):239-245. PubMed PMID: 32851598
• Savarirayan R, Tofts L, Irving M, Wilcox WR, Bacino CA, Hoover-Fong J, Font RU, Harmatz P, Rutsch F, Bober MB, Polgreen LE, Ginebreda I, Mohnike K, Charrow J, Hoernschemeyer D, Ozono K, Alanay Y, Arundel P, Kotani Y, Yasui N, White KK, Saal HM, Leiva-Gea A, Luna-González F, Mochizuki H, Basel D, Porco DM, Jayaram K, Fisheleva E, Huntsman-Labed A, Day JRS. Safe and persistent growth-promoting effects of vosoritide in children with achondroplasia: 2-year results from an open-label, phase 3 extension study. Genet Med. 2021 Dec;23(12):2443-2447. PubMed PMID: 34341520
• White KK, Bompadre V, Krengel WF, Redding GJ. Low Preoperative Lung Functions in Children With Early Onset Scoliosis Predict Postoperative Length of Stay. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021 Apr 1;41(4):e316-e320. PubMed PMID: 33481478
• Vu CL, Lindberg AW, Bompadre V, White KK, Bauer JM. Prospective spine at risk program for prevalence of intracanal spine lesions in pediatric hereditary multiple osteochondromas. Spine Deform. 2020 Oct;8(5):1069-1074. PubMed PMID: 32367382
• Roye BD, Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Campbell M, White KK, Sawyer J, Smith JT, Luhmann S, Sturm P, Sponseller P, Vitale MG. Is rod diameter associated with the rate of rod fracture in patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods?. Spine Deform. 2020 Dec;8(6):1375-1384. PubMed PMID: 32562099
• Redding GJ, Hurn H, White KK, Bompadre V, Emerson J, Garza RZ, Anigian K, Waldhausen J, Krengel W, Joshi A. Persistence and Progression of Airway Obstruction in Children With Early Onset Scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2020 Apr;40(4):190-195. PubMed PMID: 32132449
• Savarirayan R, Bompadre V, Bober MB, Cho TJ, Goldberg MJ, Hoover-Fong J, Irving M, Kamps SE, Mackenzie WG, Raggio C, Spencer SS, White KK. Best practice guidelines regarding diagnosis and management of patients with type II collagen disorders. Genet Med. 2019 Sep;21(9):2070-2080. PubMed PMID: 30696995
• Acosta AM, Steinman SE, White KK. Orthopaedic Manifestations in Turner Syndrome. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019 Dec 1;27(23):e1021-e1028. PubMed PMID: 31567543
• Helenius IJ, Saarinen AJ, White KK, McClung A, Yazici M, Garg S, Thompson GH, Johnston CE, Pahys JM, Vitale MG, Akbarnia BA, Sponseller PD. Results of growth-friendly management of early-onset scoliosis in children with and without skeletal dysplasias: a matched comparison. Bone Joint J. 2019 Dec;101-B(12):1563-1569. PubMed PMID: 31787003
• Savarirayan R, Tofts L, Irving M, Wilcox W, Bacino CA, Hoover-Fong J, Ullot Font R, Harmatz P, Rutsch F, Bober MB, Polgreen LE, Ginebreda I, Mohnike K, Charrow J, Hoernschemeyer D, Ozono K, Alanay Y, Arundel P, Kagami S, Yasui N, White KK, Saal HM, Leiva-Gea A, Luna-González F, Mochizuki H, Basel D, Porco DM, Jayaram K, Fisheleva E, Huntsman-Labed A, Day J. Once-daily, subcutaneous vosoritide therapy in children with achondroplasia: a randomised, double-blind, phase 3, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial. Lancet. 2020 Sep 5;396(10252):684-692. PubMed PMID: 32891212
• Ghotme KA, Alvarado-Gomez F, Lampe C, White KK, Solano-Villareal M, Giugliani R, Harmatz PR. Spinal cord issues in adult patients with MPS: transition of care survey. Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 Sep;34(9):1759-1765. PubMed PMID: 29804213
• Savarirayan R, Irving M, Harmatz P, Delgado B, Wilcox WR, Philips J, Owen N, Bacino CA, Tofts L, Charrow J, Polgreen LE, Hoover-Fong J, Arundel P, Ginebreda I, Saal HM, Basel D, Font RU, Ozono K, Bober MB, Cormier-Daire V, Le Quan Sang KH, Baujat G, Alanay Y, Rutsch F, Hoernschemeyer D, Mohnike K, Mochizuki H, Tajima A, Kotani Y, Weaver DD, White KK, Army C, Larrimore K, Gregg K, Jeha G, Milligan C, Fisheleva E, Huntsman-Labed A, Day J. Growth parameters in children with achondroplasia: A 7-year, prospective, multinational, observational study. Genet Med. 2022 Dec;24(12):2444-2452. PubMed PMID: 36107167
• White KK, Bompadre V, Shah SA, Redding GJ, Krengel WF 3rd, Mackenzie WG. Early-Onset Spinal Deformity in Skeletal Dysplasias: A Multicenter Study of Growth-Friendly Systems. Spine Deform. 2018 Jul-Aug;6(4):478-482. PubMed PMID: 29886923
• Broder MS, Chen E, Yan JT, Chang E, Tarbox MH, Larkin AA, White KK. National burden of achondroplasia: an analysis of the National Inpatient and Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Samples. J Comp Eff Res. 2022 Oct;11(15):1135-1146. PubMed PMID: 36039778
• Eby SF, Hilaire TS, Glotzbecker M, Smith J, White KK, Larson AN. Thoracogenic spinal deformity: a rare cause of early-onset scoliosis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2018 Dec 1;29(6):674-679. PubMed PMID: 30192221
• Savarirayan R, Rossiter JP, Hoover-Fong JE, Irving M, Bompadre V, Goldberg MJ, Bober MB, Cho TJ, Kamps SE, Mackenzie WG, Raggio C, Spencer SS, White KK. Best practice guidelines regarding prenatal evaluation and delivery of patients with skeletal dysplasia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Dec;219(6):545-562. PubMed PMID: 30048634
• White KK, Bompadre V, Goldberg MJ, Bober MB, Cho TJ, Hoover-Fong JE, Irving M, Mackenzie WG, Kamps SE, Raggio C, Redding GJ, Spencer SS, Savarirayan R, Theroux MC. Best practices in peri-operative management of patients with skeletal dysplasias. Am J Med Genet A. 2017 Oct;173(10):2584-2595. PubMed PMID: 28763154
• Savarirayan R, Baratela W, Butt T, Cormier-Daire V, Irving M, Miller BS, Mohnike K, Ozono K, Rosenfeld R, Selicorni A, Thompson D, White KK, Wright M, Fredwall SO. Literature review and expert opinion on the impact of achondroplasia on medical complications and health-related quality of life and expectations for long-term impact of vosoritide: a modified Delphi study. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Jun 13;17(1):224. PubMed PMID: 35698202
• White K, Viviana B, Ramirez N, Varakitsomboon S, Garg S, Redding G, Krengel W. Paper #2: Classification of Early Onset Scoliosis (C-EOS) and Pulmonary Function Outcomes. Spine Deform. 2017 Nov;5(6):440-441. PubMed PMID: 31997208
• Redding G, Ho M, Viviana B, White K, Krengel W, Chen M. Paper #4: Referral Patterns and Prevalence of Sleep Abnormalities in Children with EOS. Spine Deform. 2017 Nov;5(6):441-442. PubMed PMID: 31997206
• Marrache M, Suresh KV, White KK, Larson AN, Sponseller PD. Connective Tissue Disease Patients Maintain Greater Distraction During Growth Friendly Surgery. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Feb 1;42(2):e188-e191. PubMed PMID: 34995261
• Villegas MA, Okenfuss E, Savarirayan R, White K, Hoover-Fong J, Bober MB, Duker A, Legare JM. Multidisciplinary Care of Neurosurgical Patients with Genetic Syndromes. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2022 Jan;33(1):7-15. PubMed PMID: 34801144
• Roye BD, Fano AN, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Emans JB, Sponseller P, Smith JT, Thompson GH, White KK, Vitale MG. The Impact of Unplanned Return to the Operating Room on Health-related Quality of Life at the End of Growth-friendly Surgical Treatment for Early-onset Scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Jan 1;42(1):17-22. PubMed PMID: 34739432
• Galambas AK, Krengel WF 3rd, Parker CE, Kolenko AM, Browd SR, White KK, Bauer JM. The pediatric "Spine at Risk" program: 9-year review of a novel safety screening tool. Spine Deform. 2022 Mar;10(2):327-334. PubMed PMID: 34705253
• Skaggs D, Akbarnia B, Pawelek J, Matsumoto H, St Hilaire T, Sturm PF, Pérez-Grueso FJS, Luhmann S, Sponseller P, Smith J, White K, Vitale M. Paper #41: Two Year HRQOL Measures are Similar Between Magnetically-Controlled Growing Rod Patients and Traditional Growing Rod Patients. Spine Deform. 2017 Nov;5(6):461-462. PubMed PMID: 31997169
• Redding G, Mayer OH, White K, Bompadre V, Emerson J, Krengel W, Campbell R. Maximal Respiratory Muscle Strength and Vital Capacity in Children With Early Onset Scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Dec 1;42(23):1799-1804. PubMed PMID: 28858191
• White KK. Carpal tunnel syndrome in mucopolysaccharidosis: the value of rare disease registries. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2017 Dec;59(12):1213-1214. PubMed PMID: 28940237
• Mitchell J, Berger KI, Borgo A, Braunlin EA, Burton BK, Ghotme KA, Kircher SG, Molter D, Orchard PJ, Palmer J, Pastores GM, Rapoport DM, Wang RY, White K. Unique medical issues in adult patients with mucopolysaccharidoses. Eur J Intern Med. 2016 Oct;34:2-10. PubMed PMID: 27296591
• Waldhausen JH, Redding G, White K, Song K. Complications in using the vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Nov;51(11):1747-1750. PubMed PMID: 27397045
• Langereis EJ, den Os MM, Breen C, Jones SA, Knaven OC, Mercer J, Miller WP, Kelly PM, Kennedy J, Ketterl TG, O'Meara A, Orchard PJ, Lund TC, van Rijn RR, Sakkers RJ, White KK, Wijburg FA. Progression of Hip Dysplasia in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I Hurler After Successful Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2016 Mar 2;98(5):386-95. PubMed PMID: 26935461
• Montaño AM, Lock-Hock N, Steiner RD, Graham BH, Szlago M, Greenstein R, Pineda M, Gonzalez-Meneses A, Çoker M, Bartholomew D, Sands MS, Wang R, Giugliani R, Macaya A, Pastores G, Ketko AK, Ezgü F, Tanaka A, Arash L, Beck M, Falk RE, Bhattacharya K, Franco J, White KK, Mitchell GA, Cimbalistiene L, Holtz M, Sly WS. Clinical course of sly syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type VII). J Med Genet. 2016 Jun;53(6):403-18. PubMed PMID: 26908836
• White KK, Bompadre V, Goldberg MJ, Bober MB, Campbell JW, Cho TJ, Hoover-Fong J, Mackenzie W, Parnell SE, Raggio C, Rapoport DM, Spencer SA, Savarirayan R. Best practices in the evaluation and treatment of foramen magnum stenosis in achondroplasia during infancy. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Jan;170A(1):42-51. PubMed PMID: 26394886
• White KK, Parnell SE, Kifle Y, Blackledge M, Bompadre V. Is there a correlation between sleep disordered breathing and foramen magnum stenosis in children with achondroplasia?. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Jan;170A(1):32-41. PubMed PMID: 26394798
• White KK, Savarirayan R, Goldberg MJ, MacKenzie W, Bompadre V, Bober MB, Cho TJ, Hoover-Fong J, Parnell SE, Raggio C, Spencer SA, Campbell JW, Rapoport DM, Kifle Y, Blackledge M. Response: "Best practices in the evaluation and treatment of foramen magnum stenosis in achondroplasia during infancy" and "Is there a correlation between sleep disordered breathing and foramen magnum stenosis in children with achondroplasia?". Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Apr;170A(4):1101-3. PubMed PMID: 26754314
• Swanson JO, Alessio AM, White KK, Krengel WF, Friedman SD, Vining NC, Song KM. Spine Computed Tomography Radiation Dose Reduction: Protocol Refinement Based on Measurement Variation at Simulated Lower Radiation Acquisitions. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Oct 15;40(20):1613-9. PubMed PMID: 26731706
• Pruszczynski B, Mackenzie WG, Rogers K, White KK. Spinal Cord Injury After Extremity Surgery in Children With Thoracic Kyphosis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Oct;473(10):3315-20. PubMed PMID: 26242281
• Scully WF, White KK, Song KM, Mosca VS. Injection-induced gluteus muscle contractures: diagnosis with the "reverse Ober test" and surgical management. J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Mar;35(2):192-8. PubMed PMID: 24992345
• O'Brien A, Bompadre V, Hale S, White KK. Musculoskeletal function in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis using the pediatric outcomes data collection instrument. J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Sep;34(6):650-4. PubMed PMID: 24598580
• Lachman RS, Burton BK, Clarke LA, Hoffinger S, Ikegawa S, Jin DK, Kano H, Kim OH, Lampe C, Mendelsohn NJ, Shediac R, Tanpaiboon P, White KK. Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (Morquio A syndrome) and VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome): under-recognized and challenging to diagnose. Skeletal Radiol. 2014 Mar;43(3):359-69. PubMed PMID: 24389823
• Sousa T, Bompadre V, White KK. Musculoskeletal functional outcomes in children with osteogenesis imperfecta: associations with disease severity and pamidronate therapy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Jan;34(1):118-22. PubMed PMID: 23863411
• White KK, Jester A, Bache CE, Harmatz PR, Shediac R, Thacker MM, Mackenzie WG. Orthopedic management of the extremities in patients with Morquio A syndrome. J Child Orthop. 2014 Aug;8(4):295-304. PubMed PMID: 25001525
• Roof AC, Jinguji TM, White KK. Musculoskeletal screening: developmental dysplasia of the hip. Pediatr Ann. 2013 Nov;42(11):229-35. PubMed PMID: 24168117
• Solanki GA, Martin KW, Theroux MC, Lampe C, White KK, Shediac R, Lampe CG, Beck M, Mackenzie WG, Hendriksz CJ, Harmatz PR. Spinal involvement in mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (Morquio-Brailsford or Morquio A syndrome): presentation, diagnosis and management. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2013 Mar;36(2):339-55. PubMed PMID: 23385297
• White KK, Sousa T. Mucopolysaccharide disorders in orthopaedic surgery. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2013 Jan;21(1):12-22. PubMed PMID: 23281467
• Mendelsohn NJ, Wood T, Olson RA, Temme R, Hale S, Zhang H, Read L, White KK. Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasias and bilateral legg-calvé-perthes disease: diagnostic considerations for mucopolysaccharidoses. JIMD Rep. 2013;11:125-32. PubMed PMID: 23657977
• Solanki GA, Alden TD, Burton BK, Giugliani R, Horovitz DD, Jones SA, Lampe C, Martin KW, Ryan ME, Schaefer MK, Siddiqui A, White KK, Harmatz P. A multinational, multidisciplinary consensus for the diagnosis and management of spinal cord compression among patients with mucopolysaccharidosis VI. Mol Genet Metab. 2012 Sep;107(1-2):15-24. PubMed PMID: 22938833
• White KK, Song KM, Frost N, Daines BK. VEPTR™ growing rods for early-onset neuromuscular scoliosis: feasible and effective. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 May;469(5):1335-41. PubMed PMID: 21213088
• White KK, Karol LA, White DR, Hale S. Musculoskeletal manifestations of Sanfilippo Syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type III). J Pediatr Orthop. 2011 Jul-Aug;31(5):594-8. PubMed PMID: 21654471
• Semler O, Cormier-Daire V, Lausch E, Bober MB, Carroll R, Sousa SB, Deyle D, Faden M, Hartmann G, Huser AJ, Legare JM, Mohnike K, Rohrer TR, Rutsch F, Smith P, Travessa AM, Verardo A, White KK, Wilcox WR, Hoover-Fong J. Vosoritide Therapy in Children with Achondroplasia: Early Experience and Practical Considerations for Clinical Practice. Adv Ther. 2023 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37882884
• White KK. Orthopaedic aspects of mucopolysaccharidoses. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Dec;50 Suppl 5:v26-33. PubMed PMID: 22210667
• White KK, Sucato DJ, Agrawal S, Browne R. Ultrasonographic findings in hips with a positive Ortolani sign and their relationship to Pavlik harness failure. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Jan;92(1):113-20. PubMed PMID: 20048103
• White KK, Hale S, Goldberg MJ. Musculoskeletal health in Hunter disease (MPS II): ERT improves functional outcomes. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2010;3(2):101-7. PubMed PMID: 21791837
• Garcia P, Sousa SB, Ling TP, Conceição M, Seabra J, White KK, Diogo L. Skeletal complications in mucopolysaccharidosis VI patients: Case reports. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2010;3(1):63-9. PubMed PMID: 21791831
• White K, Kim T, Neufeld JA. Clinical assessment and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome in the mucopolysaccharidoses. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2010;3(1):57-62. PubMed PMID: 21791830
• White KK, Harmatz P. Orthopedic management of mucopolysaccharide disease. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2010;3(1):47-56. PubMed PMID: 21791829
• Bamford NS, White KK, Robinett SA, Otto RK, Gospe SM Jr. Neuromuscular hip dysplasia in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2009 May;51(5):408-11. PubMed PMID: 19388151
• Savarirayan R, Hoernschemeyer DG, Ljungberg M, Zarate YA, Bacino CA, Bober MB, Legare JM, Högler W, Quattrin T, Abuzzahab MJ, Hofman PL, White KK, Ma NS, Schnabel D, Sousa SB, Mao M, Smith A, Chakraborty M, Giwa A, Winding B, Volck B, Shu AD, McDonnell C. Once-weekly TransCon CNP (navepegritide) in children with achondroplasia (ACcomplisH): a phase 2, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Nov;65:102258. PubMed PMID: 37823031
• Miller BS, Fung EB, White KK, Lund TC, Harmatz P, Orchard PJ, Whitley CB, Polgreen LE. Persistent bone and joint disease despite current treatments for mucopolysaccharidosis types I, II, and VI: Data from a 10-year prospective study. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2023 Jul;46(4):695-704. PubMed PMID: 36840680
• Savarirayan R, Irving M, Harmatz P, Delgado B, Wilcox WR, Philips J, Owen N, Bacino CA, Tofts L, Charrow J, Polgreen LE, Hoover-Fong J, Arundel P, Ginebreda I, Saal HM, Basel D, Font RU, Ozono K, Bober MB, Cormier-Daire V, Le Quan Sang KH, Baujat G, Alanay Y, Rutsch F, Hoernschemeyer D, Mohnike K, Mochizuki H, Tajima A, Kotani Y, Weaver DD, White KK, Army C, Larrimore K, Gregg K, Jeha G, Milligan C, Fisheleva E, Huntsman-Labed A, Day J. Growth parameters in children with achondroplasia: A 7-year, prospective, multinational, observational study. Genet Med. 2022 Dec;24(12):2444-2452. PubMed PMID: 36107167
• Broder MS, Chen E, Yan JT, Chang E, Tarbox MH, Larkin AA, White KK. National burden of achondroplasia: an analysis of the National Inpatient and Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Samples. J Comp Eff Res. 2022 Oct;11(15):1135-1146. PubMed PMID: 36039778
• Savarirayan R, Baratela W, Butt T, Cormier-Daire V, Irving M, Miller BS, Mohnike K, Ozono K, Rosenfeld R, Selicorni A, Thompson D, White KK, Wright M, Fredwall SO. Literature review and expert opinion on the impact of achondroplasia on medical complications and health-related quality of life and expectations for long-term impact of vosoritide: a modified Delphi study. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Jun 13;17(1):224. PubMed PMID: 35698202
• Marrache M, Suresh KV, White KK, Larson AN, Sponseller PD. Connective Tissue Disease Patients Maintain Greater Distraction During Growth Friendly Surgery. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Feb 1;42(2):e188-e191. PubMed PMID: 34995261
• Villegas MA, Okenfuss E, Savarirayan R, White K, Hoover-Fong J, Bober MB, Duker A, Legare JM. Multidisciplinary Care of Neurosurgical Patients with Genetic Syndromes. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2022 Jan;33(1):7-15. PubMed PMID: 34801144
• Roye BD, Fano AN, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Emans JB, Sponseller P, Smith JT, Thompson GH, White KK, Vitale MG. The Impact of Unplanned Return to the Operating Room on Health-related Quality of Life at the End of Growth-friendly Surgical Treatment for Early-onset Scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Jan 1;42(1):17-22. PubMed PMID: 34739432
• Galambas AK, Krengel WF 3rd, Parker CE, Kolenko AM, Browd SR, White KK, Bauer JM. The pediatric "Spine at Risk" program: 9-year review of a novel safety screening tool. Spine Deform. 2022 Mar;10(2):327-334. PubMed PMID: 34705253
• White KK, Steinman S, Mubarak SJ. Cervical stenosis and spastic quadriparesis in Morquio disease (MPS IV). A case report with twenty-six-year follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Feb;91(2):438-42. PubMed PMID: 19181990
• Bono CM, Bawa M, White KK, Mahar A, Vives M, Kauffman C, Garfin SR. Residual motion on flexion-extension radiographs after simulated lumbar arthrodesis in human cadavers. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2008 Jul;21(5):364-71. PubMed PMID: 18600148
• Cutuk A, Groppo ER, Quigley EJ, White KW, Pedowitz RA, Hargens AR. Ambulation in simulated fractional gravity using lower body positive pressure: cardiovascular safety and gait analyses. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2006 Sep;101(3):771-7. PubMed PMID: 16777997
• White KK, Oka R, Mahar AT, Lowry A, Garfin SR. Pullout strength of thoracic pedicle screw instrumentation: comparison of the transpedicular and extrapedicular techniques. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 May 20;31(12):E355-8. PubMed PMID: 16721279
• Faro FD, Farnsworth CL, Shapiro GS, Mohamad F, White KK, Breisch E, Mahar AT, Tomlinson T, Bawa M, Gomez M, Newton PO. Thoracic vertebral screw impingement on the aorta in an in vivo bovine model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005 Nov 1;30(21):2406-13. PubMed PMID: 16261117
• White KK, Bawa M, Ahn JS, Farnsworth CL, Faro FD, Mahar AT, Wedemeyer M, Garfin SR, Newton PO. Strut allograft union and remodeling using rhBMP-2 in a spinal corpectomy model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005 Jun 15;30(12):1386-95. PubMed PMID: 15959367
• Newton PO, White KK, Faro F, Gaynor T. The success of thoracoscopic anterior fusion in a consecutive series of 112 pediatric spinal deformity cases. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005 Feb 15;30(4):392-8. PubMed PMID: 15706335
• Eastlack RK, Hargens AR, Groppo ER, Steinbach GC, White KK, Pedowitz RA. Lower body positive-pressure exercise after knee surgery. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Feb;(431):213-9. PubMed PMID: 15685078
• Faro FD, White KK, Ahn JS, Oka RS, Mahar AT, Bawa M, Farnsworth CL, Garfin SR, Newton PO. Biomechanical analysis of anterior instrumentation for lumbar corpectomy. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Nov 15;28(22):E468-71. PubMed PMID: 14624096
• White KK, Williams SK, Mubarak SJ. Definition of two types of anterior superior iliac spine avulsion fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 2002 Sep-Oct;22(5):578-82. PubMed PMID: 12198457
• White KK, Lee SS, Cutuk A, Hargens AR, Pedowitz RA. EMG power spectra of intercollegiate athletes and anterior cruciate ligament injury risk in females. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 Mar;35(3):371-6. PubMed PMID: 12618565
• Meyer RS, White KK, Smith JM, Groppo ER, Mubarak SJ, Hargens AR. Intramuscular and blood pressures in legs positioned in the hemilithotomy position : clarification of risk factors for well-leg acute compartment syndrome. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2002 Oct;84(10):1829-35. PubMed PMID: 12377915
• Early SD, Newton PO, White KK, Wenger DR, Mubarak SJ. The feasibility of anterior thoracoscopic spine surgery in children under 30 kilograms. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2002 Nov 1;27(21):2368-73. PubMed PMID: 12438986

Professional Memberships

• Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, Active Member
• Scoliosis Research Society, Active Member
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fellow
• American Orthopaedic Association, Fellow
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
• Pediatric Spine Study Group, Principal Researcher, Research Interest Group Leader
• Skeletal Dysplasia Management Consortium (www.skeletaldysplasia.org), President, Executive Founding Member

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado
• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Orthopedics, Board Certification (2009, 2019)
• Pediatric Orthopedics and Scoliosis, Specialized Training (2006)

• Bones, Joints and Muscles
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Fractures
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Scoliosis
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Osteoporosis
• Spinal Deformity
• Genetic Conditions and Testing
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Skeletal Dysplasia
• Bones, Joints and Muscles - Osteogenesis Imperfecta