Dr. DeGroot's education and training in
brief:
Dr. DeGroot is a native of Massachusetts.
He got his medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker
school of medicine in 1987. He was resident and Chief resident
in orthopedics surgery at the Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore
Maryland, completing his training in 1992.
He completed postgraduate fellowships in musculoskeletal
oncology and bone cancer surgery at the Harvard University
- Massachusetts General hospital - Children's Hospital in
Boston Massachusetts, as well as a fellowship at the Rizzoli
Orthopedic Institute in Bologna, Italy, and special foot and
ankle observership in foot and ankle surgery at the Union
Memorial Hospital - Johns Hopkins Hospital affiliated foot
and ankle program in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. DeGroot teaches orthopedic surgery, orthopedic oncology,
and foot and ankle surgery at the University of Massachusetts
Medical School and at the Tufts University medical school.
He is clinical associate professor of orthopedic surgery.
Dr. DeGroot lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and
four children.
Please scroll down for a complete curriculum vitae on Dr.
DeGroot (updated as time allows)
EDUCATION:
1978 - 1982 B.A. Biology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
1983 - 1987 Medical Degree
Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
1987 - 1989 Intern and Assistant Resident
Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
1989 - 1992 Resident and Chief Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
1994 - 1995 Orthopaedic Oncology & Musculoskeletal Tumors
Fellowship
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
BOARD CERTIFICATION: July 15, 1994
Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
(re-certified in 2003)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Eastern Orthopedic Association
New England Orthopaedic Society
Massachusetts Orthopaedic Association
Society of Fellows of Henry J. Mankin
SPECIAL CLINICAL ACTIVITIES:
2002- June Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Clinical and Surgical
Observership
Dr. Mark Meyerson, Dr. Lew Schon, Dr. Stewart Miller
Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
2001 Orthopaedic Oncology Research Fellowship
Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, April-July,
2001
Orthopedic Consultant to the Gaucher Disease Center at the
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
1998 - Present Orthopaedic Editorial Board: Medscape
(http://www.medscape.com) (now WebMD)
1999 -Scientific Committee: www.bonecancer.to (http://www.bonecancer.to)
Informational web site on bone cancer and sarcoma
Creator and principal author "bonetumor.org internet
site (http://www.bonetumor.org)
TEAM PHYSICIAN ACTIVITIES:
Team physician - Baltimore Thunder MILL Lacrosse team
League Physician - Major Indoor Lacrosse League
Covering Physician - Baltimore Orioles (1988 -1992)
Team Physician - Dover Polytech High School
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (* INDICATES PRESENTATION BY CO-AUTHOR):
1. *Anterior Spinal Instrumentation After Lumbar Corpectomy,
North American Spine Society, 5th Annual Meeting, Monterey,
CA, August 1990.
2. Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with an
Existing Massive Osteoarticular Allograft Around the Knee.
Presented by the Harvard Combined Residency Reunion and Osgood
Celebration at Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA, May 31,
1996.
3. Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty on an Existing Massive
Allograft About the Knee. New England Orthopedic Society June
1, 1996.
4. Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Having
an Existing Massive Osteoarticular Allograft Around the Knee.
Poster Presentation for AAOS meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1997.
5. Primary Lymphoma of Bone: Report of Six Cases and Review
of Orthopedic Management. Fall Meeting of the New England
Orthopedic Society, Boston, MA, November 21, 1998.
6. *Variables Affecting the Length of Stay in Total Hip Arthroplasty.
Presented at the AOA Residents Conference, Chapel Hill, NC,
March 1999.
7. *Posterior vs. Anterolateral Approach in Primary Total
Hip Arthroplasty: A Patient Based Outcome Analysis. Presented
at the AAHKS Meeting, Orlando, FL, Fall 1999.
8. *Effect of Obesity on Revision Total Joint Arthroplasty.
Presented at the AAHKS Meeting, Orlando, FL, Fall 1999.
9. Current Concepts in THR Surgery. Presented by UMASS Memorial
Healthcare, Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA, October
8, 1999.
10. Lower Extremity Neoplasia: Evaluation and Treatment. Presented
by UMASS Memorial Healthcare, Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge,
MA, October 8, 1999.
11. *Posterior versus Anterolateral Approach in Primary Total
Hip Arthroplasty: A Patient-based Outcome Analysis,. Presented
at the Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Vienna Hilton Hotel,
Vienna, Austria, October 14, 1999.
12. Multimedia education demonstration: www.bonetumor.org
presented at the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 15-19, 2000.
13. *Posterior vs. Anterolateral Approach in Total Hip Arthroplasty:
A Patient-Based Outcome Analysis. Presented at the American
Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting,
Orlando, FL, March 15-19, 2000.
14. Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Who Have Massive
Osteoarticular Allografts. Papers presented at the Combine
Meeting of the American and European Musculoskeletal Societies,
April 2000.
15. New, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure for Bone Tumors.
New England Orthopedic Society, Monhonk Mountain House, New
Paul, NY, June 3, 2000.
16. Orthopaedic Oncology Education Via the World Wide Web,
First 2 Years. Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Grand Pavilion,
Orlando, FL, October 11-15, 2000.
17. *Clinical and Oncologic Features of 119 Patients with
Malignant Lymphoma in Bone. 68th Annual Meeting of the AAOS,
San Francisco, CA, February 28-March 4, 2001.
18. *Allografts for Proximal Humeral Bone Tumors New England
Orthopedic Society November 15th, 2001
(many new publications and presentations since 2001 --- update coming soon!)
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:
1. DeGroot, Mass: Hand Injury Patterns in Softball Players.
Am J Sports Med 16:260, 1988.
2. Zdeblick, DeGroot, McAfee: Anterior Spinal Fixation After
Lumbar Corpectomy: A Canine Study. J Bone Joint Surg [Am]
73-A:527, 1991.
3. Shirado O, Zdeblick TA, McAfee PC, Cunningham BW, DeGroot
H: Quantitative Histologic Study of the Influence of Anterior
Spinal Instrumentation and Biodegradable Polymer on Lumbar
Interbody Fusion Corpectomy. Spine 17(7):795, 1992.
4. DeGroot, H: Orthopaedic Oncology for the Primary Care
Physician. In: Steinberg, G.G., Akins, C.M., Baran, D.T. (eds.),
Orthopaedics in Primary Care, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott,
Williams and Wilkins. 1999.
5. O'Brien T, Mortimer E, DeGroot H: Shoulder Pain in an
8-Year-Old Girl. Clin Orthop 372:314-22, 2000.
6. DeGroot H, Mankin H: Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients
Who Have Massive Osteoarticular Allografts. Clin Orthop
373:62-72, 2000
7. Patel B DeGroot H: Evaluation of the Risk of Pathologic
Fractures Secondary to Metastatic Bone Disease. Orthopedics
24:612-619, June 2001
(many new publications and presentations since 2001 --- update coming soon!)
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