Kathy Moore
(410) 601-5528
kwojciec@lifebridgehealth.org

Jill Bloom
(410) 601-5025
jbloom@lifebridgehealth.org

For Immediate Release:
September 4, 2001

LifeBridge Health�s Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics (RIAO) is playing host to this year�s Baltimore Limb Deformity Course on the campus of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. Physicians from all over the world, including 25 different countries, will take part in the five-day course, beginning September 5, covering a variety of limb deformity correction techniques. The program coincides with the formal grand opening of the new Institute. Current and former patients will take part in the conference and will attend the grand opening celebration on Monday, September 10, 2001.

This interactive course is designed to add new perspectives to the understanding of pediatric and adult lower limb deformities,� said Dror Paley, MD, co-director, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics. This allows us to share the techniques and services that we provide to our patients everyday with other physicians interested in learning the various methods,� said Jerome Reichmister, MD, Sinai Hospital�s chief of Orthopedics

The RIAO, part of the Department of Orthopedics, is home to some of the world�s most renowned orthopedic surgeons and offers state-of-the-art treatment in a variety of orthopedic services. It is directed by Dror Paley, MD, John Herzenberg, MD, and Michael Mont, MD.

The course, which is the only one of its kind in the world, offers instruction and insight reflective of the work happening within the Institute�s two centers specializing in various orthopedic treatments. The International Center for Limb Lengthening focuses on the care of pediatric and adult patients with congenital, developmental and post-traumatic limb deformities and limb length discrepancies, as well as skeletal abnormalities and other causes of short stature, and bone defects and non-unions. The Center for Joint Preservation and Reconstruction uses groundbreaking hip and knee replacement techniques and treats bone and joint infections. The Center also specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of joint pain in adults due to joint degeneration, avascular necrosis and hip, knee, shoulder and ankle injuries.  Sinai Hospital is proud to be the hub for both the Institute and this course,� said Neil Meltzer, president and COO, Sinai Hospital. The Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics makes Sinai a regional leader in the diagnosis and treatment of complex orthopedic problems.�

Located in a new four-story, 48,000 square-foot, addition on top of the Ansel and Ellen Schoeneman Rehabilitation Building, the RIAO houses five operating rooms, 18 private inpatient rooms, including two VIP suites, an outpatient clinic, gait lab and a therapy pool. The building was designed by Hord Coplan Macht, Inc.

The Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics is named in recognition of a $4 million gift by Jacques and Marlene Rubin of Owings Mills, Maryland. In addition, another donation of $1.8 million by Ellen Wasserman, a longtime member of Sinai Hospital�s board of directors, will benefit pediatric orthopedics. For more information about the RIAO and the Baltimore Limb Deformity Course log onto www.lifebridgehealth.org.

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