Dr. Charles Chan

Biography

Charles Chan is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University. He specializes in the treatment of sports injuries in pediatric and adolescent patients, focusing on helping athletes return to sports through both surgical and non-surgical methods, with an emphasis on injury prevention. His areas of expertise include tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), meniscus injuries, shoulder instability, patellar instability, cartilage defects, osteochondritis dissecans lesions, and pediatric trauma. Dr. Chan offers both arthroscopic and open treatment options for sports injuries in athletes with open and closed growth plates. He completed his undergraduate and medical education at Brown University and underwent orthopaedic surgery residency at Stony Brook University Medical Center, where he developed his interest in treating growing athletes. Following his residency, he pursued a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center and a second fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics at Columbia University Medical Center's Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. His current research interests focus on identifying risk factors for growth plate injuries, improving ACL reconstruction techniques, and developing strategies to prevent pediatric sports injuries while evaluating the clinical outcomes of surgical reconstructions in pediatric athletes.

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