John R. Faust

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John R. Faust M.D.

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About Dr. Faust

Dr. John Faust is a board-certified Pediatric Specialist serving patients at BROC’s Bluebonnet Campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dr. John Faust specializes in the non-operative and operative treatment of musculoskeletal (bone and joint) problems in children and adolescents. During medical school, his infant daughter was diagnosed with hip dysplasia. She was treated non-operatively with a harness, and now her hips are normal. This experience inspired Dr. Faust to specialize in pediatric orthopedics. He treats patients with all pediatric orthopedics problems but has a particular interest in spine and hip deformities as well as arthroscopy. His research on early onset scoliosis as well as hip dysplasia, has been presented at national and international medical society meetings. Dr. John Faust performed the first Ganz PAO surgery in Louisiana in 2018 and the first Apifix surgery in Louisiana in 2022.


  • Bachelor of Science 
     The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
  • Doctor of Medicine
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (Washington, D.C.)
  • Residency
    University of Rochester Medical Center (Rochester, NY)
  • Fellowship
    Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
    Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite (Atlanta, GA)


  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery



  • Age Predicts Disruption of the Articular Surface of the Femoral Condyles in Knee OCD: Can We Reduce Usage of Arthroscopy and MRI? (2016)
  • Nonsurgical Management of Early-onset Scoliosis. (2015)


  • “Best of the AAOS,” 2013 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting: Factors Predicting the Cobb Angle after Casting for Progressive Infantile Scoliosis
  • National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Honors Thesis Award, 2004: A Mathematical Model of Direction and Orientation Selectivity in Primary Visual Cortex
  • National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Award, 2002: Effects of Oxidized GTP on DNA Replication: A Model of Cell Aging and Cancer Development
  • Eagle Scout, The Boy Scouts of America
  • Texas Super Doctors Rising Stars 2017, Texas Monthly magazine


  • Career Roundtable Invited Speaker: Louisiana Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Program (Baton Rouge, LA) 
  • International Pediatric Spine Mission- 2013 (San Salvador, El Salvador)
  • Sharing Resources Worldwide/La Providencía- 2014 (Siguatepeque, Honduras)
  • CURE Hospital – 2013 (San Pedro Sula, Honduras) 
  • Merit badge counselor, Boy Scouts of America 
  • Portuguese translator – Primary Children’s Medical Center Emergency Department
  • English as a Second Language instructor – Guadalupe Center (Salt Lake City, UT)
  • Mormon missionary (Curitiba, Brazil)


PEDIATRIC SPINE DEFORMITIES

  • Scoliosis casting (EDF casting)
  • Magnetic lengthening growing rods (MAGEC rod)
  • Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR)

HIP DISORDERS

  • Hip arthroscopy
  • Periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) (a.k.a “Ganz” osteotomy)
  • Surgical hip dislocation

SPORTS MEDICINE

  • Hip, knee, ankle, shoulder, and elbow arthroscopy
  • ACL reconstruction in growing children
  • Patellar stabilization
  • Shoulder stabilization

FOOT DEFORMITY

  • Ponseti casting for clubfoot

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