John H. Healey, MD
Appointments
Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery Weill Medical College of Cornell University Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Orthopaedic Surgery 1987, 1997, 2007 MD, University of Vermont Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Orthopaedic Oncology, New York, NY Bone and soft tissue tumors Enhancing prosthetic survival Biopsy and excision of all benign and malignant tumors of the bones and soft tissue Complex bone and joint reconstruction including bone transplantation and custom prosthetic reconstructions of the extremities and sine Bone tumors Metabolic bone disease Tumor micro environment Quality of life in tumor patients Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, University of Vermont, 1978 Zimmer Award for Orthopaedic Research, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, 1985-1987 Clinical Oncology Career Development Award, American Cancer Society, 1988-1990 Philip D. Wilson, Jr., M.D. Award for Teaching Excellence, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1989, 1997, 2004 Kashiwagi-Sumihara Japan - United States Exchange Traveling Fellowship, 1992 (now called JOA-AOA Traveling Fellowship) President, International Society of Limb Salvage Musculoskeletal Tumor Society International Skeletal Society Orthopaedic Research Society Association of Bone Joint Surgeons Editor, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Tumor Journal of Orthopaedic Research Editor, Cancer Annals of Surgical Oncology Seibel NL, Krailo M, Chen Z, Healey J, Breitfeld PP, Drachtman R, Greffe B, Nachman J, Nadel H, Sato JK, Meyers PA, Reaman GH. Upfront Window Trial of Topotecan in Previously Untreated Children and Adolescents with Poor Prognosis in Metastatic Osteosarcoma: Children's Cancer Group (CCG) 7943. Cancer. March, 2007 2;109(8):1646-1653. Chen CM, Disa JJ, Lee HY, Mehrara BJ, Hu QY, Nathan S, Boland P, Healey J, Cordeiro PG. Reconstruction of Extremity Long Bone Defects After Sarcoma Resection with Vascularized Fibula Flaps: A 10-year Review. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Mar;119(3):915-24; discussion 925-6. Yang R, Kolb EA, Qin J, Chou A, Sowers R, Hoang B, Healey JH, Huvos AG, Meyers PA, Gorlick R. The Folate Receptor {alpha} Is Frequently overexpressed in Osteo Sarcoma Samples and Plays a Role in the Uptake of the Physiologic Substrate 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 May 1;13(9):2557-2567. Biermann JS, Adkins D, Benjamin R, Brigman B, Chow W, Conrad EU 3rd, Frassica D, Frassica FJ, George S, Healey JH, Heck R Jr, Letson GD, Mayerson J, McGarry SV, O'Donnell RJ, Patt J, Randall RL, Santana V, Satcher RL, Schmidt G, Siegel HJ, Wong MK, Yasko AW. Bone Cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2007 Apr; 5(4):420-37. Schwab JH, Boland P, Guo T, Brennan MF, Singer S, Healey JH, Antonescu CR. Skeletal Metastases in Myxoid Liposarcoma: An Unusual Pattern of Distant Spread. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Apr;14(4):1507-14. Schwab, JH and Healey JH. FDG-PET Lacks Sufficient Sensitivity to Detect Myxoid Liposarcoma Spinal Metastases Detected by MRI. Sarcoma 2007: 2007 Article ID 36785. 2007. DiResta GR, Aiken SW, Brown HK, Bergman PJ, Hohenhaus A, Ehrhart EJ, Baer K, Healey JH. Use of An Artificial Lymphatic System During Carboplatin Infusion to Improve Canine Osteosarcoma Blood Flow and Clinical Response. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Aug;14(8):2411-421. Diresta GR, Aiken SW, Brown HK, Bergman PJ, Hohenhaus A, Healey JH. Influence of Carboplatin Infusion on Osteosarcoma Blood Flow. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007 Oct 12; [Epub ahead of print] Arkader A, Huvos AG, Healey JH. Multifocal Synchronous Low-Grade Intramedullary and Juxtacortical Osteogenic Sarcoma. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Dec; 465:265-270. Schwab JH, Healey JH, Athanasian EA. Wide En Bloc Extra-Articular Excision of the Elbow for Sarcoma with Complex Reconstruction. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2008 Jan; 90(1):78-83.
Specialty
Orthopedic Surgery
Subspecialty
Orthopedic Surgical Oncology
Tumor
Metabolic disease
Certification
State Licensure
New York
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