Carrell Clinic Foundation

To honor the legacy of Dr. W.B. Carrell who founded the Carrell Clinic almost 100 years ago with committed resources dedicated to musculoskeletal patients.

Our Four Pillars of Purpose: Charity Care, Research, Education, and Patient Advocacy in the field of musculoskeletal medicine.

We currently are working to provide charity care and patient advocacy to patients who have aged out of charity hospital systems like Scottish Rite for Children and Shriners Hospitals for Children who have ongoing medical needs with limited financial resources. The Carrell Clinic Foundation will assist these young people who have had amputations, spinal deformity and joint replacements due to juvenile arthritis receive the medical care that they need.

We have established contacts at Scottish Rite for Children and Shriners Hospitals for Children. These charity hospital systems have Carrell Clinic Foundation's information and can share with underinsured or uninsured patients when they know of a need. The information is also posted on our website at carrellclinicfoundation.org for all to see.

The Carrell Clinic Foundation was founded by the physician partners of the Carrell Clinic who have a vast experience with musculoskeletal patients. They are knowledgeable in gaining contacts to partner with the Foundation to assist patients in meeting their medical and financial needs.

CCF is in the process of building out a network of providers and has established a geographic course to accomplish this mission. CCF is actively forging domestic partnerships in the orthopedic surgery device industry for monetary support and donation of implants and surgical products to the nonprofit. Currently, CCF has a national network of providers that includes the following partners: Hanger, Inc., with 800 prosthetics and orthotics lab locations nationwide; United Surgical Partners International (USPI), with 460 locations; Baylor Scott and White health systems; Rothman Orthopaedics, with over 100 surgeons in Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut; OrthoForum, with whom CCF has established six orthopedic surgery partners totaling over 300 surgeons in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, and North Carolina ; and OrthoLoneStar with over 30 locations throughout Texas. By forming partnerships nationally, the vision for CCF is to help young adults throughout the United States who have aged out of charity hospital systems like SRC and Shriners Hospitals for Children.

In 2022 alone, CCF has already accepted 20 young adults for charity care. Of these recipients, 14 are amputees needing a prosthesis or other assistance, four needed musculoskeletal surgery and two needed orthotics or brace repairs.

We are excited about meeting the needs for these young adults to improve their quality of life. We look forward to more applications for assistance.