US medical regulator was informed of inquiry into Irish paediatric orthopaedic surgeon

The medical regulator in the United States was informed of an inquiry into the paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the centre of concerns around spinal surgeries when he started working abroad, the Irish Medical Council has said.Dr Connor Green, who was on leave from Temple Street children’s hospital for three years before resigning this year, has been the focus of a number of reports relating to the care provided to children with scoliosis, spina bifida and developmental dysplasia of the hip.Concerns were raised in 2023 about high rates of postoperative complications, infections in orthopaedic surgeries and the use of unapproved springs in surgeries.Green is now working in LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, Maryland, with a post on the hospital’s website stating he is “accepting new patients”.According to the hospital’s website, Green is a “fellowship-trained pediatric orthopaedic surgeon joining the International Center for Limb Lengthening at Sinai Hospital, part of LifeBridge Health, in…

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