John A. Abraham, M.D., Joins Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Rothman Institute
Orthopedic surgeon John A. Abraham, M.D., has joined the Rothman Institute at Jefferson. He has also been named an assistant professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and joins the faculty after serving for the past four years as a musculoskeletal oncology surgeon at the Dana-Farber Cancer Center at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Abraham completed his subspecialty fellowship in Orthopedic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston in 2006.
“We are ecstatic about Dr. Abraham’s arrival at Jefferson and the Rothman Institute,” said Todd J. Albert, M.D., chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. “His expertise in medical musculoskeletal oncology is unparalleled and the ability to collaborate with the clinicians and researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson will really benefit our patients and the Philadelphia community at large. We are very glad to have him.”
Prior to joining Jefferson, Dr. Abraham served on the Harvard Medical School faculty as an instructor in Orthopedic Surgery and had staff appointments at both the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Center, functioning as the primary extremity oncology surgeon for the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology.
Board certified in orthopedic surgery with specialty certification in oncology, Dr. Abraham will be specializing in musculoskeletal oncology with a concentration on management of bone and soft tissue sarcomas, other musculoskeletal malignancies, metastatic disease to the skeleton and extremities, as well as reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Abraham’s research has focused on development and implementation of computer-aided navigation systems to improve surgical resection of musculoskeletal tumors, particularly in difficult locations such as the pelvis. He has modified this highly precise technology for use in bone tumor resection, and believes this may improve the quality of difficult surgical resections beyond what is currently possible. He is currently one of only a few surgeons in the country that have been able to apply this technology to bone tumor resection and has presented his work nationally on the benefits of this type of surgery.
Over his career Dr. Abraham has published numerous articles, abstracts, book chapters and presented at several national and international conferences.
He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, the American Medical Association and the Connective Tissue Oncology Society.
Editor’s Note: Dr. Abraham resides in Rydal, PA.
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Published: 8/19/2010