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Dror Paley
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| Title: |
Medical Director |
| Industry: |
Healthcare |
| Type of Organization: |
Medical Institute |
| Major Product/Service: |
Orthopedic surgery, limb lengthening and deformity correction |
| Expertise: |
With over 25 years experience, Dr. Paley is the best known and most experienced surgeon nationally and globally for limb lengthening and deformity correction in both children and adults and for both lower and upper limb surgery. He is fluent and lectures in English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Russian and Spanish. Dr. Paley is an Adjunct Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children in Canada and also works at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida since 2009. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
West Palm Beach, Florida, National, International |
| Affiliations: |
Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America; Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society of North America; ASAMI International; Orthopedic Trauma Association; Food and Ankle Society; SICOT; Canadian Orthopedic Association; American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons |
| University/Degree: |
B.S. 1975; M.D., Orthopedic Surgery, 1979; University of Toronto; Internship, John Hopkins Hosp., 1979 ; Residency, Orthopedic Surgery, 1980-1985, University of Toronto Hospitals; 3 Fellowships: Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma, Hand Surgery, Limb Lengthening; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Canada, 1985 |
| Born: |
March 25, 1956 |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Cycling, skiing, scuba diving, rock climbing, fitness training |
| Children: |
2 sons, 1 daughter |
| Work History: |
Dr. Paley served as Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery with the University of Maryland and Kernan Hospitals from 1987 to 2001. He was also the Director of the Rubin Institute and Co-director of the International Center for Limb Lengthening, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, from 2001 to 2009. |
| Honors & Awards: |
Many orthopedic society awards; Honorary Professor of the University of Milano, Italy; Honorary Member, ASAMI Italy, France, and Great Britain; Honorary Member, Polish, Israeli and Chilean Orthopedic Societies |
| Published Works: |
129 peer-reviewed articles; 5 books including the award winning classic, "Principles of Deformity Correction", published by Springer, 2002 and 2005; 51 video productions; 40 book chapters; 8 patents and 1,871 lectures nationally and internationally |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Dr. Paley brought the Ilizarov method to North America in 1987. He developed more than 100 surgical procedures and wrote the bible of deformity correction surgery (Principles of Deformity Correction). He also developed the Multiplier Method to predict height and limb length difference in children. He is the Founder and first President of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society. He trained most of the worlds surgeons in this field. Dr. Paley has operated on children in over 70 countries, most recently, in Haiti, as part of a self-sponsored mission trip. |
