Dr. James Moyer, MD

I am writing this out of concern for anyone considering Moyer. My niece was referred to Moyer as an infant; her pediatrician noticed a hip click at birth. Moyer saw my niece at the age of 3 months & put her in a Pavlick harness and diagnosed her with hip dysplasia. She was told to wear for 3 weeks and then come back for a check-up. At the check-up they decided to go down to 23 hours and he would see her again in a couple weeks and they would go down to 18 hours a day and so on. At 6 month check-up he told them the dysplasia had healed and could remove the Pavlick and go to a rhino cruiser at night. They went to her 6 month check-up this week and had x-rays done. Moyer read the scans and said the dysplasia was now severe and she would need to wear the rhino brace for 18 hours a day until she was 2 and then possibly surgery with a spica cast after that. Luckily, my sister took my niece for a second opinion at Vanderbilt and Moyer had misdiagnosed and had the wrong x-rays taken! My niece… is free of hip dysplasia.