Claire Shannon,
MD
Claire Shannon, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Shannon joined the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute in 2019. She completed a Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where she was an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and the Director of the Pediatric Limb Reconstruction Program. Dr. Shannon is an active committee member with the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, as well as the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society, and is involved in numerous multicenter research projects and education of other physicians in pediatric orthopedics and limb reconstruction techniques.
Bradley Lamm,
DPM,FACFAS
Bradley Lamm, DPM,FACFAS
Dr. Bradley Lamm joined Paley Orthopedic & SpineInstitute in 2016 to lead the Foot & Ankle Deformity Correction Center. Dr. Lamm is an expert in treating diabetic foot deformities, ankle disorders, sports or athletic injuries, arthritis, flatfoot, bunions, hammertoes, and various other foot and ankle ailments.
Dr. Lamm has been awarded numerous grants, published medical research in national and international journals on foot and ankle research(he has over 75 book chapters and peer review research articles), and has participated as an invited lecturer at dozens of medical conferences, meetings, and symposia. Dr. Lamm is the editor of the Research Section of the Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery and a peer reviewer for various medical journals. Dr. Lamm was voted “Top Doctor” in Baltimore Magazine numerous times and appeared on the television show The Doctors to discuss foot and toe lengthening. Dr. Lamm serves as a medical advisor on the Board of Directors for the Board ofCertification/Accreditation, International. He is a Rotation Director and Professor at Harvard Medical School and trains physician residents from many surgical programs across the United States.
Craig Robbins,
MD
Craig Robbins, MD
Craig Robbins was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He attended the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in English, and then ultimately returned home to graduate from the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1999. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Tulane University in New Orleans in 2004. Dr. Robbins then completed his pediatric orthopedic fellowship in Memphis, TN, at the Campbell Clinic, in 2005. Following this, he completed a mini-fellowship in limb deformity correction with Dr. Paley in Baltimore.
After training Dr. Robbins and his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 4 years in private practice and then in 2009 transitioned to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In that same year he was named “Doctor of the Year” by DrScore.com for having the highest patient satisfaction rating of all physicians in their database. Dr. Robbins enjoys all aspects of pediatric orthopedics, but his specialty is treating children with congenital and acquired limb abnormalities. These include femoral deficiency, tibial and fibular hemimelia, congenital pseudo arthrosis, post-traumatic growth arrest, malunions, nonunions, and various angular and axial deformities. Dr. Robbins has lectured around the country and regularly serves as an expert faculty member teaching techniques of external fixation and deformity correction to orthopedic surgeons.
Dror Paley,
MD, FRCSC
Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC
Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC, is the founder the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute in 2009 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prior to that he was the founder (2001) and director of the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, and the director of the International Center for Limb Lengthening (ICLL)at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore from 2001-2009. He was the Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics at theUniversity of Maryland in Baltimore 1987-2001. He is internationally recognized for his expertise in limb lengthening and reconstruction.
Dr. Paley trained under the guidance of Professor Ilizarov of Russia (Ilizarov method) and Professor Debastiani of Italy (Orthofix method). He organized the first Ilizarov course in 1987 and the first ASAMI North America (Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society) meeting in 1989. He serves the first president of this subspecialty society(now called the LLRS-Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society). He was the past president-elect of the International Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society and the Chairman of the Combined Meeting of ILLRS, LLRS, and ASAM IInternational-BR. He organized and ran the internationally attended Annual Baltimore Limb Deformity Course from 1989-2008. Dr. Paley has lectured and demonstrated surgery in more than 80 countries and provides training for specialists from around the world through a fellowship program.
David Feldman,
MD
David Feldman, MD
In 2015 Dr. David Feldman joined Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute to lead the new Spine Deformity Center and Hip Pain Center. He was previously Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery and a professor of Orthopedic Surgery and pediatrics at NYU Langone Medical Center/ NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. Dr. Feldman specializes in pediatric orthopedic surgery and sub-specializes in children with scoliosis and severe limb and hip deformities as well as hip and knee arthroscopy and advanced joint preservation techniques in children and adults.
After graduating from the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in 1988, he interned in general surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery in June 1993 and spent the next year in fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto with a special interest in pediatric orthopedic surgery and pediatric spine surgery. Dr. Feldman brings over 20 years of experience in pediatric orthopedics, spinal deformity, and joint preservation to the practice. Dr. Feldman’s expertise with advanced non-surgical and surgical techniques has allowed hundreds of children to resume their normal activities after recovery times that are shorter than those of other methods.
Christina Schilero,
DPM,AACFAS
Christina Schilero, DPM, AACFAS
Dr. Schilero joined the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute in 2016 after completing her residency in foot and reconstructive rear foot and ankle surgery at West Houston Medical Center.She has completed a fellowship with Dr. Paley and performs specialized treatments for a variety of foot and ankle conditions. She also specializes in an innovative approach to complex wounds.
Tom Minas,
MD, MS, FACS,FRCS(C)
Tom Minas, MD, MS, FACS,FRCS(C)
Dr. Minas joined Paley Orthopedic & SpineInstitute in 2018 after 30 years at Harvard Medical School, where he was a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery. He is a founding member of the ICRS(International Cartilage Repair Society-1997) and present Vice President of the Society. He brought Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation(ACI) to the United States in 1995 from Sweden and has done the most Cartilage Transplants in the world. He has further innovated many surgical techniques to treat osteoarthritis in the young and old arthritic patient and has developed and patented customized individually made knee replacements.
Dr. Minas has written a book on cartilage repair and joint preservation of the knee as well as over 100 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. He has directed multiple international conferences on biologic repair of arthritic joints. Dr. Minas was awarded by the America Knee Society the prestigious Install Award in 2013 for his work on the Long-Term Outcomes assessment of ACI in the knee.
Claire Shannon, MD
Claire Shannon, MD
Dr. Shannon joined the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute in 2019. She completed a Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where she was an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and the Director of the Pediatric Limb Reconstruction Program. Dr. Shannon is an active committee member with the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, as well as the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society, and is involved in numerous multicenter research projects and education of other physicians in pediatric orthopedics and limb reconstruction techniques.
Bradley Lamm, DPM,FACFAS
Bradley Lamm, DPM,FACFAS
Dr. Bradley Lamm joined Paley Orthopedic & SpineInstitute in 2016 to lead the Foot & Ankle Deformity Correction Center. Dr. Lamm is an expert in treating diabetic foot deformities, ankle disorders, sports or athletic injuries, arthritis, flatfoot, bunions, hammertoes, and various other foot and ankle ailments.
Dr. Lamm has been awarded numerous grants, published medical research in national and international journals on foot and ankle research(he has over 75 book chapters and peer review research articles), and has participated as an invited lecturer at dozens of medical conferences, meetings, and symposia. Dr. Lamm is the editor of the Research Section of the Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery and a peer reviewer for various medical journals. Dr. Lamm was voted “Top Doctor” in Baltimore Magazine numerous times and appeared on the television show The Doctors to discuss foot and toe lengthening. Dr. Lamm serves as a medical advisor on the Board of Directors for the Board of Certification/Accreditation, International. He is a Rotation Director and Professor at Harvard MedicalSchool and trains physician residents from many surgical programs across the United States.
Craig Robbins, MD
Craig Robbins, MD
Craig Robbins was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He attended the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in English, and then ultimately returned home to graduate from the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1999. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Tulane University in New Orleans in 2004. Dr. Robbins then completed his pediatric orthopedic fellowship in Memphis,TN, at the Campbell Clinic, in 2005. Following this, he completed a mini-fellowship in limb deformity correction with Dr. Paley in Baltimore.
After training Dr. Robbins and his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 4 years in private practice and then in 2009 transitioned to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In that same year he was named “Doctor of the Year” by DrScore.com for having the highest patient satisfaction rating of all physicians in their database. Dr. Robbins enjoys all aspects of pediatric orthopedics, but his specialty is treating children with congenital and acquired limb abnormalities. These include femoral deficiency, tibial and fibular hemimelia, congenital pseudo arthrosis, post-traumatic growth arrest, malunions, nonunions, and various angular and axialdeformities. Dr. Robbins has lectured around the country and regularly serves as an expert faculty member teaching techniques of external fixation and deformity correction to orthopedic surgeons.
Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC
Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC
Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC, is the founded the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute in 2009 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prior to that he was the founder(2001) and director of the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, and the director of theInternational Center for Limb Lengthening (ICLL)at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore from 2001-2009. He was the Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics at theUniversity of Maryland in Baltimore 1987-2001. He is internationally recognized for his expertise in limb lengthening and reconstruction.
Dr. Paley trained under the guidance of Professor Ilizarov of Russia (Ilizarov method) and Professor Debastiani of Italy (Orthofix method). He organized the first Ilizarov course in 1987 and the first ASAMI North America (Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society) meeting in 1989. He serves the first president of this subspecialty society (now called the LLRS-Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society). He was the past president-elect of the International Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society and the Chairman of the Combined Meeting of ILLRS, LLRS, and ASAM IInternational-BR. He organized and ran the internationally attended Annual Baltimore Limb DeformityCourse from 1989-2008. Dr. Paley has lectured and demonstrated surgery in more than 80 countries and provides training for specialists from around the world through a fellowship program.
David Feldman, MD
David Feldman, MD
In 2015 Dr. David Feldman joined Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute to lead the new Spine Deformity Center and Hip Pain Center. He was previously Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery and a professor of Orthopedic Surgery and pediatrics at NYU Langone Medical Center/ NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. Dr. Feldman specializes in pediatric orthopedic surgery and sub-specializes in children with scoliosis and severe limb and hip deformities as well as hip and knee arthroscopy and advanced joint preservation techniques in children and adults.
After graduating from the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in 1988, he interned in general surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery in June 1993 and spent the next yea rin fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto with a special interest in pediatric orthopedic surgery and pediatric spine surgery.Dr. Feldman brings over 20 years of experience in pediatric orthopedics, spinal deformity, and joint preservation to the practice. Dr. Feldman’s expertise with advanced non-surgical and surgical techniques has allowed hundreds of children to resume their normal activities after recovery times that are shorter than those of other methods.
Christina Schilero, DPM,AACFAS
Christina Schilero, DPM,AACFAS
Dr. Schilero joined the Paley Orthopedic & SpineInstitute in 2016 after completing her residency in foot and reconstructive rear foot and ankle surgery at West Houston Medical Center. She has completed a fellowship with Dr. Paley and performs specialized treatments for a variety of foot and ankle conditions. She also specializes in an innovative approach to complex wounds.
Tom Minas, MD, MS, FACS,FRCS(C)
Tom Minas, MD, MS, FACS, FRCS(C)
Dr. Minas joined Paley Orthopedic & SpineInstitute in 2018 after 30 years at Harvard Medical School, where he was a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery. He is a founding member of the ICRS (International Cartilage Repair Society -1997) and present Vice President of the Society. He brought Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) to the United States in 1995 from Sweden and has done the most Cartilage Transplants in the world. He has further innovated many surgical techniques to treat osteoarthritis in the young and old arthritic patient and has developed and patented customized individually made knee replacements.
Dr. Minas has written a book on cartilage repair and joint preservation of the knee as well as over 100 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. He has directed multiple international conferences on biologic repair of arthritic joints. Dr. Minas was awarded by the America Knee Society the prestigious Install Award in 2013 for his work on the Long-Term Outcomes assessment of ACI in the knee.
