ORTHOPAEDICS

ORTHOPAEDIC ONCOLOGY

Location — Akron General Medical Center
Duration — 4 weeks
Number of Students — 1

Director(s) —
Mark C. Leeson, MD, Chairman, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
400 Wabash Ave. 224/430
Akron, Ohio 44307
1-330-344-6055

Teaching Faculty —
Mark C. Leeson, MD, Chairman, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Objectives:

• To expose the student to the study and treatment of bone and soft tissue neoplasms, both benign and malignant, primary and metastatic, in both adults and children.

Prerequisite:

• M4 student
• Previous orthopaedic rotation (2 weeks minimum)

Description:

• Participate in all surgeries relating to orthopaedic oncology which occur during the elective period.
• Review with the director and the pathologist(s) the histopathology of all neoplasms treated during the elective period, as well as certain “classic” orthopaedic neoplasms.
• Receive exposure to ongoing local research in orthopaedic oncology.