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 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 a postgraduate fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology and bone cancer surgery at the Harvard University - Massachusetts General hospital - Children's Hospital in Boston Massachusetts, and was a visiting professor in orthopedic oncology at the Rizzoli Institute in Bologna, Italy. He completed an observership in foot and ankle surgery at the Union Memorial Hospital - Johns Hopkins Hospital affiliated foot and ankle program in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. DeGroot is clinical associate professor of orthopedic surgery. He 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 an editor or member of the scientific advisory board of numerous significant educational websites, including Medscape - WebMD, Orthoteers, and Bone Cancer International, and is the principal author of the website Bonetumor.org, the most comprehensive on-line resource for orthopedic tumors. Dr. DeGroot lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and four children.
Please scroll down for a complete curriculum vitae on Dr. DeGroot (last updated with new scientific publications from 2004)
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
2005-present Scientific Advisory Committee
Orthoteers Website http://www.orthoteers.co.uk/
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
19. Update needed - new research presented in 2003, 2004, and 2005 on topics relating to foot and ankle surgery and bone tumors. Two papers submitted for publication in 2005 - update due 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
8. DeGroot H, Donati D, Di Liddo M, Gozzi E, Mercuri M: The use of cement in osteoarticular allografts for proximal humeral bone tumors. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2004 Oct;(427):190-7
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