Pediatric Orthotics & Prosthetics

Lurie Children’s has one of the largest teams of highly skilled orthotists and prosthetists in a freestanding children’s hospital in the Midwest. Our team is onsite with a laboratory and is ready to create customized, state-of-the-art orthoses and prostheses for your child.

The orthotics and prosthetics program is named after its founding director Moira Tobin Wickes, an orthotist who dedicated her life to helping children gain function and independence. During her 25 years of work at the hospital, her passion and expertise for serial casting developed into a department dedicated to orthotics in the early 1990's. Under her leadership the department continued to expand into many of the services we offer today.

We are an accredited facility in good standing by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics; a member of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association; and accredited as a residency training site by the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education.

In the News

Employee Spotlight

After a rare diagnosis led to the amputation of his right leg at just 14 months, Dakari is walking for the first time thanks to his prosthetic leg and the care provided by our Orthotics & Prosthetics team. 

Watch his story on Good Morning America