Robert H. Cho, MD

Robert H. Cho, MD Pediatric Orthopaedic & Spine Surgeon

I love seeing my patients with big smiles on their faces! Hayden is a very active dude who had a big curve in his back. ...
03/04/2026

I love seeing my patients with big smiles on their faces! Hayden is a very active dude who had a big curve in his back. Because he had significant growth remaining, we felt that a hybrid posterior spinal fusion and lumbar anterior vertebral body tethering was the best procedure for him to be able to maintain his lumbar motion throughout his lifetime. I was happy to get his lumbar curvature down from 57° to 11° degrees. But I was even happier that he and his family were thrilled that the result. He’s now about 2 inches taller than I am, even though we started at about the same height.

If you or your child has scoliosis, I would be happy to see you in the clinic for a free initial visit, as long as you have PPO insurance and are under 21. I am the only one who offers motion sparing procedures like anterior vertebral body tethering for scoliosis correction in the Los Angeles area. The key for tethering is timing, because it requires growth remaining to be successful. It is very important to be evaluated quickly so that all options can be available.

Look forward to seeing you in the office soon!

(posted with the patient’s permission)

Happy Valentine’s Day to my one and only. I’m glad you stuck around and my bucket hat did not 🤣🪣
02/16/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day to my one and only. I’m glad you stuck around and my bucket hat did not 🤣🪣

Proud to announce that I was selected to Castle Connelly Top Doctors AND Southern California Super Doctors again this ye...
01/25/2026

Proud to announce that I was selected to Castle Connelly Top Doctors AND Southern California Super Doctors again this year! This award goes out to the top 5-7% of all physicians and I am really honored to be part of this prestigious group. Looking forward to providing great care for patients again in 2026!

I was so excited to see my longtime patient Camila in clinic today. I had been taking care of her for about a decade and...
12/12/2025

I was so excited to see my longtime patient Camila in clinic today. I had been taking care of her for about a decade and she’s near the end of her surgical journey. One of the best parts of what I do is to develop long-term, meaningful relationships with my patients and families. So glad I was able to see her thriving along the whole way!

Posted with permission

Another awesome Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium m...
12/12/2025

Another awesome Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium meeting in the books! This is always my favorite meeting of the year, as it’s devoted to teaching and mentoring, my two favorite things to do in medicine (besides taking care of children with spine problems of course). Had so much fun seeing all of my friends and making some new ones too. If you haven’t been in a while, you should come and see what you’re missing. The program changes every year and there is something available for everyone at every level. I got a ton out of the Practicing Pedipod Program and look forward to implementing positive changes for my practice immediately. Apologies in advance for the singing in the last slide 🤣

Hot off the press! This paper was a true labor of love. It took many years to get this done with so much help from the f...
10/21/2025

Hot off the press! This paper was a true labor of love. It took many years to get this done with so much help from the fine folks at and the surgeons listed. Special thanks to Dr. Tom Ricketts, our health policy expert, for helping us with the advanced modeling to predict pediatric orthopaedic workforce trends in the future. Extra special thanks to my co-authors, who put a ton of time and thought into this paper. And extra extra thanks to Dr. Woody Sankar for getting this project off the ground and doing the lions share of the ideation and data analysis, as well as getting aligning the Board of Directors of POSNA with this effort.

Key points:
(1) The supply of POS and physician extenders continues to increase. Growth of the number of POS in the United
States is expected to occur with the current rate of 57.5 fellows trained per year.
(2) Based on our model, a rate of 49 fellows trained per year shows neither an increase nor decrease in POS supply
in the United States. Thus, there is projected to be a slight surplus of POS supply over the next decade.
(3) Because of the age–gender distribution of the POS workforce, as well as the increasing proportion of females
entering the specialty, gender parity is expected by 2050.
(4) The population of children under 18 years of age will likely continue to decline because of declining birth and
immigration rates. This decrease in demand may possibly be offset by the increasing amount of subspecialization among nonpediatric orthopaedic surgeons and the subsequent decrease in pediatric cases
performed by them, leading to more surgical cases being available for POS over time.
(5) There continues to be an expansion in the scope of practice of POS, most commonly in sports, hand, and spine
surgery. There is also a trend toward treatment of traditionally pediatric orthopaedic conditions through early
adulthood (transitional care), which can lead to an expansion in the number of patients available for the
pediatric orthopaedist.

Capped off an awesome week in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting. Was fortunat...
09/25/2025

Capped off an awesome week in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting. Was fortunate to be asked to moderate the early onset scoliosis scientific session, and had two papers and an e-poster presented from some scientific research I was involved in this year. I was also asked to be the vice chair of the development committee. But most importantly, I got to hang out with some of my closest friends who care deeply about helping patients with scoliosis and spinal deformity. This meeting re-energizes me every year and gives me new ideas on how to best treat kids and adults in the safest and most effective ways possible. It was awesome to see my good friend take over the presidency this year from another good friend , who had a really awesome year as SRS President. The future for the SRS looks bright!

UPDATE! I am now offering free initial in-person consultations and x-rays for all new patients under 21 with scoliosis w...
09/22/2025

UPDATE! I am now offering free initial in-person consultations and x-rays for all new patients under 21 with scoliosis with PPO insurance. I want to make it easy for as many patients as possible to come see me to discuss all of the options available for treatment, both non-surgical and surgical.

In addition, I have talked to a lot of my patients from my former practice, and I want to make sure they have the opportunity to continue their care with me if they so choose. So I am now offering all of my former scoliosis patients a free in-person consultation and x-rays as well. I will also see all of my postoperative spine patients free of charge for two years after their last surgery. This allows me to make sure they have the best result possible with the highest level of surveillance and care. I am honored that you trusted me to take care of your child, and I want to make sure that I do everything I can to keep that trust going forward.

I’ve compiled some frequently asked questions—please swipe through for details!

Hot off the press! New book chapter on pediatric cervical spine congenital conditions that I wrote with other world-cla...
09/11/2025

Hot off the press! New book chapter on pediatric cervical spine congenital conditions that I wrote with other world-class pediatric spine surgeons.

Writing surgical book chapters are a true labor of love. There is so much that goes into the production of these including: understanding the underlying pathology, expertise in the both nonsurgical and surgical solutions, identifying and addressing complications, and maximizing potential outcomes. Most importantly, it requires teamwork to get it across the finish line. My hope is that this helps other surgeons help other kids with difficult cervical spine pathology safely in the future, with some innovative tips and tricks to maximize correction and minimize complications.

Thanks to my co-authors for contributing to this important work and especially for including me on this!

Just did my first century! For all of you non bike nerds, that’s a 100 mile bike ride. I can’t believe I actually did ...
08/25/2025

Just did my first century! For all of you non bike nerds, that’s a 100 mile bike ride. I can’t believe I actually did it. Gotta give props to for pushing me every week to get there. It all came down to managing my effort, carb intake, electrolytes, and fluids. Even the two flat tires or the 104 degree weather couldn’t hold us down today. Just goes to show that if you put in the work, you can achieve things that you never would have thought possible!

I had the pleasure of taking care of a really awesome patient this week. He's a 13-year-old young man who is into baseba...
08/22/2025

I had the pleasure of taking care of a really awesome patient this week. He's a 13-year-old young man who is into baseball and diving that I had been treating for scoliosis for some time. He just started his growth spurt (Sanders 3A) and his curve went from 32 degrees to 46 degrees in 6 months. We discussed the different options for treatment and the patient and parents wanted to have an anterior vertebral body tethering procedure to have a fusionless procedure that maximizes spinal motion. We had a great correction on the table to 10 degrees with a minimally invasive thorascopic surgery. We intentionally corrected him to this amount knowing that he has a lot of growth remaining and that his growth would correct the rest out over time. He was discharged from the hospital 1 day after surgery with pain averaging 1 or 2 out of 10 the entire time.

For patients and parents: although this isn't an option for every child with scoliosis, this is my preferred solution for patients who have flexible curves and lots of growth remaining. And although the revision rate is higher, this does not burn any bridges for future spinal fusion if needed. The most important thing is early diagnosis of the scoliosis and consultation with your pediatric orthopaedic spinal surgeon so that you can have the most options available for treatment. As patients get older and the spine gets stiffer, there are less options for correction available.

BONUS: Dr. Cathy Shin is my Goose (or Rooster) for every tethering case. She's an absolute wizard with the scope. And I love wearing my lucky socks with Ruby, Coco, and Sticky on OR days!

SUPER RANDOM PRODUCT REVIEW! “We go FULL GAS all the time!”Picked up a Ninja Creami Swirl on sale at Amazon. All in all...
08/14/2025

SUPER RANDOM PRODUCT REVIEW!
“We go FULL GAS all the time!”

Picked up a Ninja Creami Swirl on sale at Amazon. All in all, this machine is rated 10 out of 10 by the Cho family. It’s so easy and so much fun. The kids helped me make the chocolate ice cream base last night which was great because we were able to pick out the ingredients we wanted and there was no random crap in there. We froze the container overnight in the freezer. The next day, we put it in the machine to mix and we had soft serve less than five minutes later. The soft serve was truly creamy (pun intended) and delicious. I can see why this has gone viral. Great job — this product is a banger!

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