Dr. Spence is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic surgery. He is an Associate Professor at University of Tennessee – Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopedics and serves as an active member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA), the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS), the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM), and Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM). In addition, Dr. Spence is a founding member and executive board member of CORTICES, a collaboration of pediatric orthopedic surgeons dedicated to improving the quality, safety and value in the management of emergent orthopedic conditions through education, research and development of optimal care guidelines. Dr. Spence has contributed to multiple textbooks, served as an editor for several journals, and is actively engaged in research that has been published in many peer-reviewed journals. He specializes in pediatric and adolescent sports medicine, pediatric and young adult hip preservation, trauma, deformity correction, and neuromuscular disorders.

Dr. Stephanie Chen is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon who treats patients with a wide range of congenital and traumatic conditions, including fractures and injuries, hip, knee, or foot and ankle conditions, limb deformity, and scoliosis. Following her residency training here at the Campbell Clinic, she completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital followed by additional subspecialty training in neuromuscular pediatric orthopedics at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare. Her primary clinical interests involve the care of children with cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disorders, and other disabilities.

Leslie Rhodes is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and serves as an active member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Practitioners Society, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners where she serves in the Pediatric Ortho Sig group and the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. Leslie is actively engaged in research and has published in multiple peer reviewed journals including The Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. Her specialties include neuromuscular disorders and scoliosis.