Best Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon Tucson Near Me

4worldlovers: Dr. Kent Vincent is originally from Pleasant Valley, Iowa. He graduated #1 in his field of Biology with a B.S. from Iowa State University (’80). After medical school at the University of Iowa (’84), Dr Vincent completed an internship in general surgery followed by residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of California, Davis (’89). Dr. Vincent finished his formal training with a fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery at Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Los Angeles (’90).

Dr. Vincent then practiced in Portland, Oregon as a staff pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Shriner’s Hospital and as an assistant professor of orthopedics at Oregon Health Sciences University for 11 years. In 1996, he completed a fellowship in the Illizarov technique of limb deformity correction in Lecco, Italy.

Children’s Orthopedic Specialists welcomed Dr. Vincent to Tucson in 2001. Dr. Vincent has had a positive impact on the level of pediatric orthopedic care in our community and beyond. His philosophy of care is centered on the child and family.

Dr. Vincent is comfortable with all aspects of pediatric orthopedic care. As well as fracture care and general orthopedics, his special interest areas include neuromuscular shoulder and brachial plexus injuries, management of limb-length discrepancies and spinal deformity & scoliosis. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, four book chapters, and made frequent national and regional scientific presentations.

Dr. Vincent is the only pediatric orthopedic surgeon in Arizona personally trained by Dr Ponseti himself in the Ponseti method of clubfoot treatment.

Dr. Vincent has helped train medical students, pediatric and orthopedic residents and fellows, in an exchange program from New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, Austria, Canada and Armenia. He continues to remain very active in all aspects of medical education and works with residents from the University of Arizona orthopedic and pediatrics departments.

4worldlovers:
Our team of 33 providers include specialists in General, Orthopedic, Plastic, Podiatric, Colorectal, Endocrine, Oncology, Breast, Joint, and Hand Surgery, and Sports Medicine.

Our network of 14 locations throughout Tucson and the surrounding communities are conveniently located to serve patients across Southern Arizona. We perform over 10,000 surgeries a year at every major hospital in Tucson and our clinics.

4worldlovers:
Dr. Nielsen has over 20 years of expertise and specializes in Pediatric Orthopaedic surgery, scoliosis and childhood spinal deformity, limb lengthening and deformity correction. There are so many benefits from playing sports at a young age. With the benefits, there are also risks of injury. Dr. Nielsen and his team can assist you with sprains and strains, growth plate injuries, repetitive motion injuries, and other incidental injuries and get you back in the game!


Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery; Scoliosis and Childhood Spinal Deformity; Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction; Sports Injuries


Residency – Orthopaedic Surgery - The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

Fellowship – Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery - The Nemours Children's Clinic, Orlando Regional Health System, Orlando, FL

Internship – General Surgery - The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

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