Daniel J. Sucato, M.D., M.S., is the chief of staff, the director of Scottish Rite for Children's Center for Excellence in Spine and a pediatric orthopedic surgeon that sees patients at our Dallas campus.

Daniel J. Sucato, M.D., M.S.

Chief of Staff

Daniel J. Sucato, M.D., M.S., is the chief of staff, the director of Scottish Rite for Children's Center for Excellence in Spine and a pediatric orthopedic surgeon that sees patients at our Dallas campus.

Specialties:

  • Scoliosis and Spine Disorders
  • Hip Disorders

Areas of Treatment:

  • Pediatric Hip Conditions
  • Adolescent Hip Conditions
  • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
  • Adolescent Hip Dysplasia
  • Perthes Disease
  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
  • Femoroacetabular Impingement
  • Scoliosis and Spine Disorders
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"Dr. Sucato is an amazing physician and person. He was my doctor when I was a patient at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. His care and wonderful bedside manner inspired me to continue to pursue my passion for medicine that I have had since I was a child. Now as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner, I often try to emulate the care that Dr. Sucato provides.”

  • Scottish Rite for Children
  • Children’s Health Dallas
  • Parkland Health & Hospital System
  • UT Southwestern University Hospital – St. Paul
  • UT Southwestern James W. Aston Ambulatory Care Center

Education

  • Canisius College, magna cum laude
  • State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, magna cum laude

Internship

  • State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine General Surgery

Residency

  • State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery

Fellowships

  • State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine Basic Science Research
  • Scottish Rite for Children Dorothy and Bryant Edwards Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis
  • Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, Professor Reinhold Ganz Hip Preserving Surgery

  • Moe Award – Best Basic Science Poster, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society
  • Goldstein Award – Best Clinical Poster, 2008 Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society
  • Best Pediatric Poster, 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Best Clinical Podium Presentation, 2007 Annual Meeting of Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 
  • William Beaumont Award, American Medical Association, 2005
  • Scoliosis Research Society Traveling Fellow, 2003

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2000 Professional

  • Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 
    • Board of Directors, President, 2023
    • Endowment Committee, chairman, 2008-present 
    • Program Committee, 2006-2007
    • Industry Relations Committee, chairman, 2005-2007 
    • Awards Committee, 2004-2007 
    • Long-Range Planning Committee, 2004-2007
    • Member-at-large board of directors, 2004-2005 
  • Scoliosis Research Society Education Council 
    • Education Council Chair, 2010-2014
    • Chair, 2010-2014 
    • Website Committee, chair, 2007-2009; member, 2005-2009 
    • Endowment Committee, member 2006-2009 
  • American Orthopaedic Association 
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, fellow 
  • Texas Orthopaedic Association 
  • Dallas County Medical Society 
  • Texas Medical Association 
  • American Medical Association 
  • The United States Golf Association Resource Center for Individuals with Disabilities Resource Center Advisory Board 
  • Research Study Groups
    • HARMS Spine Study Group, member 
    • Spine Deformity Study Group, member 
    • POSNA/AAOS International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium Advisory Board, 2006-2007
    • Spine, reviewer 
    • The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, reviewer 
    • Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, reviewer 
    • Tachdjian’s Pediatric Orthopaedics, Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions, contributing author 
    • Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, reviewer 
    • Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, reviewer
    • Academic Network of Conservational Hip Outcome Research
    • Spine Deformity Journal, reviewer

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