John T. Killian, MD

John Killian, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Studer Family Children's Hospital Pediatric Orthopedics in Pensacola, Florida. Dr. Killian starts by listening to understand your child and their health. Then, he works with you to create a personalized care plan that is right for your child and your family.

As a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Killian diagnoses and treats injuries and birth defects of children’s bones and joints, including fractures, polydactyly, torticollis, hip dysplasia, bowlegs, knock-knees, cerebral palsy and scoliosis.

Dr. Killian is fellowship-trained and board-certified in pediatric orthopedics. He served as commander and pediatric orthopedic surgeon in the U.S. Naval Medical Corps for four years and then was chief of pediatric orthopedic surgery at Children’s Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham for 12 years. He is a former president of the Alabama Orthopaedic Society, a current member of the Scoliosis Research Society and a diplomat of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. His research has been published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, the Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association, Southern Medical Journal and Contemporary Pediatrics..

John Killian, MD, and pediatric orthopedic surgeon Sharon Mayberry, MD, came to Pensacola, having spent two decades as partners at Orthopedics for Kids in Birmingham, Alabama.