International Center for Limb Lengthening, RIAO, Sinai Hospital

International Center for Limb Lengthening, RIAO, Sinai Hospital The Center specializes in successfully treating orthopedic problems, even when previous treatments at other centers have failed.

The ICLL is a global leader in orthopedics, specializing in limb lengthening and reconstruction, and provides compassionate and comprehensive patient-centered care. The International Center for Limb Lengthening (ICLL) in Baltimore, Maryland, provides compassionate, comprehensive care for children and adults with complex orthopedic conditions. The team is made up of world-renowned physicians Drs. John Herzenberg (emeritus faculty), Philip McClure, Janet Conway, Michael Assayag, and Noman Siddiqui. Patients from all 50 United States and over 60 countries from six continents have traveled to the ICLL to receive comprehensive orthopedic treatment. The ICLL is a global leader in limb lengthening and deformity correction. We successfully treat a wide variety of conditions including:
• Upper and lower limb length discrepancies
• Limb deformities
• Nonunions
• Bone defects
• Bone infections
• Foot and ankle deformities
• Joint contractures
• Perthes disease
• Clubfoot
• Charcot and diabetic foot deformities
• Congenital femoral deficiency
• Brachymetatarsia
• Ankle arthritis
• Achondroplasia and other types of dwarfism
• Fibular hemimelia
• Short stature

Josie recently completed lengthening her left leg with Dr. McClure, and she made him this beautiful thank you art for he...
11/14/2025

Josie recently completed lengthening her left leg with Dr. McClure, and she made him this beautiful thank you art for helping her grow!

11/12/2025

Our next series of “Get to Know Our ICLL Team” posts will feature our medical administrative assistants and our surgical schedulers. They schedule our patients for clinic visits and surgeries and handle numerous behind-the-scenes responsibilities to help our doctors and ensure our ICLL patients have a positive experience. First up is Leslie Hresko!

All of us at the ICLL want to express our gratitude to the veterans among our staff, patients, and patient families. Hap...
11/11/2025

All of us at the ICLL want to express our gratitude to the veterans among our staff, patients, and patient families. Happy Veterans Day!

Did you miss a chat? Did you just get a new diagnosis? Or maybe there is a question you always have wanted to ask? Pleas...
11/10/2025

Did you miss a chat? Did you just get a new diagnosis? Or maybe there is a question you always have wanted to ask? Please join us on Thursday, November 13th at 8:30 PM EST for a special OPEN FORUM: ASK THE DOCS live online chat session. The chat session is free and is a typed chat exchange, not a video call. You can ask our doctors about any of the orthopedic conditions we treat. Possible topics are limb length discrepancies, skeletal dysplasias (including achondroplasia), congenital and miscellaneous limb conditions, Perthes, AVN-- you name it!

To receive login information, please *e-mail* icll@lifebridgehealth.org no later than 2:00 PM EST on the day of the chat (preferably sooner!) and please put “Chat - Open Forum” as your subject line. In the body of the email, please provide your name, the patient’s name, age, condition, and any treatment received, and where you are from. We need that brief history and your email address to send the instructions for you to join the chat. Please note that if you want to share X-rays or pictures, we will *not* open any attachments, Dropbox links, etc., unless the above information is included. We hope you can join us on Thursday. We look forward to your questions!

No bones about it—our RIAO Radiology team is the best! National Radiologic Technology Week is celebrated the week of Nov...
11/07/2025

No bones about it—our RIAO Radiology team is the best! National Radiologic Technology Week is celebrated the week of November 8th to commemorate the discovery of the X-ray in 1895. You can count on our rad techs to provide safe and accurate medical imaging examinations to help your surgeon assess your condition and both plan and monitor your orthopedic treatment.

11/06/2025

It’s not too late to do some leaf-peeping in Baltimore! Did you know there is a great way to appreciate the Fall colors right by Sinai Hospital? Just a few minutes from Sinai, right off Greenspring Avenue, is Cylburn Arboretum, a 200-acre urban oasis with beautiful gardens and trails. There are many smoothly paved areas that are wheelchair friendly. During the fall and winter, Cylburn is open from 8 AM – 5 PM every day except for Mondays. We took a trek over to Cylburn so we could share some pictures of the Fall colors with you!

Healio’s Orthopedics Today shared highlights of ICLL Research Fellow Dr. Amir Human Hoveidaei’s Orthopedic Trauma Associ...
11/05/2025

Healio’s Orthopedics Today shared highlights of ICLL Research Fellow Dr. Amir Human Hoveidaei’s Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting presentation on the negative impact of homelessness on postoperative hip fracture surgery outcomes. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/ICLLHip. Congratulations to Dr. Hoveidaei, Dr. Conway and their team!

Please join us on Thursday, November 6th at 8:30 PM EST for a free online group chat to discuss congenital orthopedic co...
11/03/2025

Please join us on Thursday, November 6th at 8:30 PM EST for a free online group chat to discuss congenital orthopedic conditions (e.g., fibular/tibial hemimelia, congenital femoral deficiency, radial club hand, posteromedial tibial bow, congenital pseudarthrosis, etc.). Please note this is a group, typed (not video) chat room. The chat will give families a chance to ask our doctors questions about these conditions in themselves or their child.

To receive login information, *e-mail* icll@lifebridgehealth.org no later than 2 PM EST on the day of the chat (earlier is better!) and put “Chat - Congenital” in the subject line of your email. Please include your name, the patient’s name, age, diagnosis, and any treatment received, and where you are from. We need this brief history and your email address to send the instructions for you to join the chat. Please note that if you want to share X-rays or pictures, we can *not* open any attachments, Dropbox links, etc., unless the above information is included. We hope to chat with you on Thursday!

10/31/2025

All of us at the ICLL wish you a happy Halloween full of tricks & treats!

10/30/2025

We had a wonderful day at the Robert I. Damie Race for Our Kids event at the Maryland Zoo on Sunday! Team RIAO/LBR/Batman, captained by Pediatric Liaison Marilyn Richardson, included many RIAO staff members and their families. Several amazing ICLL patient families’ teams raised significant donations for the Rubin Institute’s Save-A-Limb Fund. Join us in a shout out to the Magnolia Flowers and Adonis’ Army teams that joined Team RIAO/LBR/Batman among the top 10 fundraising teams!
Thank you to everyone who came out for the event, raised funds and made donations to support our patients with complex limb conditions. If you didn’t get a chance to participate, it’s not too late to make a donation to Team RIAO/LBR/Batman to support the Save-A-Limb Fund here: https://bit.ly/SupportSAL25 Please be sure to designate the Save-A-Limb Fund as the beneficiary of your donation.

October is National Physical Therapy Month!  We introduced you to our pediatric orthopedic physical therapists over the ...
10/29/2025

October is National Physical Therapy Month! We introduced you to our pediatric orthopedic physical therapists over the last two months, but we want to give a shout-out to the entire ICLL PT Team now! These team members play a critical role in helping our patients of all ages gain mobility and strength to get back to doing the activities they love after surgery.

10/28/2025

Thank you to everyone who helped make our Save-A-Limb Fund Night at the National Aquarium such a great splash! RIAO team members and patient families enjoyed delicious food, winning prizes, and seeing the aquarium’s spectacular Blue Wonders exhibit. Special thanks to all our staff who contributed such wonderful prize baskets. Together, we raised support to better the lives of ICLL patients with complex limb conditions.

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2401 West Belvedere Avenue, Sinai Hospital, Rubin Institute For Advanced Orthopedics, Schoeneman, 2nd Floor
Baltimore, MD
21215

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14106012663

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The International Center for Limb Lengthening (ICLL) of the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics in Baltimore, Maryland is a global leader in limb lengthening and deformity correction, providing comprehensive orthopedic treatment to children and adults from all 50 states and more than 60 countries. The Center specializes in successfully treating complex orthopedic problems, even when previous treatments at other centers have failed. Orthopedic surgeons from around the world come to learn from our team of expert, fellowship-trained surgeons, Dr. John Herzenberg, Dr. Shawn Standard, Dr. Janet Conway, Dr. Christopher Bibbo, Dr. Noman Siddiqui, Dr. Michael Assayag and Dr. Philip McClure. Conditions treated at the ICLL include upper and lower limb length discrepancies, limb deformities, fractures, nonunions, malunions, bone defects, bone and joint infections, foot and ankle deformities, Perthes disease, clubfoot, radial club hand, Charcot and diabetic foot deformities, congenital femoral deficiency, proximal femoral focal deficiency, fibular hemimelia, ankle arthritis, achondroplasia and other types of dwarfism, and short stature (cosmetic lengthening) among other conditions. We use cutting-edge technology and the latest proven techniques to treat our patients’ complex orthopedic conditions. The International Center for Limb Lengthening is located on the second floor of the Schoeneman Building of Sinai Hospital. Some of our doctors also see patients on the first floor of Sinai Hospital's Morton Mower Building, at LifeBridge Health at Foundry Row in Owings Mills, at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown and in Westminster.