Not Your Average Cast

Kerri Fitzgerald

Ahmed Bazzi, DO, a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, is locally known for the artwork he adds to patients’ casts postoperatively. About eight years ago, Dr. Bazzi began surprising postoperative patients with a decorated cast, and it all stemmed from a young patient named Michael who was anxious about having a significant forearm deformity from acute fractures after a fall. Dr. Bazzi noticed the patient had Elmo pajamas, slippers, and a blanket.