The International Center for Limb Lengthening (ICLL) is internationally recognized as the most experienced center for limb lengthening and reconstruction in the world, committed to providing the most comprehensive and technologically advanced treatments available for children and adults with upper and lower limb length discrepancies, short stature, limb deformities, nonunions, bone defects, bone infections, joint contractures, and arthritis. In addition, the ICLL has become a major referral center for the Ponseti method of clubfoot treatment and distraction treatment of Perthes disease, two new methods for the treatment of two common pediatric disorders. The ICLL also offers a state-of-the-art gait laboratory for motion and function analysis and other specialized studies. With an international reputation for excellence, the Center's physicians have treated patients from all 50 United States and more than 40 countries from six continents around the world.

The Most Experienced Limb Lengthening Center in the World.

The ICLL, part of the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, opened at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in July 2001 in a brand new six-story facility designed by the Center's co-founders, Drs. Dror Paley, John E. Herzenberg, and Michael Mont. Drs. Paley and Herzenberg were previously part of the Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction at Kernan Hospital for 14 and 10 years, respectively, and were the first team in the United States to dedicate their practices to limb lengthening and deformity reconstruction. To expand their facility and offer new and improved clinical and research services, they moved their operation to the new Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics and added a third limb lengthening surgeon, Dr. Janet Conway. By teaming with Dr. Mont, the new Center is able to offer state-of-the-art joint replacement and joint preservation techniques that were not available at the MCLLR.

The ICLL is part of Sinai's Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics (RIAO), which provides state-of-the-art orthopedic expertise in various subspecialties of orthopedic surgery, such as total joint replacement and treatments for avascular necrosis. The ICLL also has access to the full array of medical services available at Sinai Hospital, a 428-bed community teaching hospital with residency training programs in pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and rehabilitation medicine. Sinai Hospital offers all the benefits of a modern teaching hospital, including up-to-date state-of-the-art anesthesia, pain management, radiology, and emergency and intensive care facilities, with the warmth and feel of a community hospital.

The International Center for Limb Lengthening
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215, USA
phone: 410-601-8700
toll-free: 800-221-8425
fax: 410-601-9575