Dror Paley, MD, is director of the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics at Sinai Hospital and co-director of the ICLL. His is also a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Maryland. Dr. Paley was the first North American orthopedic surgeon to study with Professor Ilizarov in the USSR. He introduced the Ilizarov method to the United States and Canada in 1985. He also trained in Italy with Professor DeBastiani, the founder of the Orthofix Method, as well as with Drs. Cattaneo and Catagni, the first surgeons to use the Ilizarov methods in Europe. Dr. Paley graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School and trained in surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and in orthopedic surgery at the University of Toronto Hospitals. Dr. Paley completed subspecialty training in hand surgery, trauma surgery, and pediatric orthopedic surgery after his residency. He is also one of the first orthopedic surgeons to take six months of subspecialty training in limb lengthening and reconstruction in Italy and the USSR. After serving as a staff physician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, he moved to Baltimore to become chief of pediatric orthopedics at the University of Maryland in 1987. He founded the Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction there in 1991 after recruiting John Herzenberg, MD. Together, they formed the International Center for Limb Lengthening at Sinai Hospital in 2001.

He has been made an honorary member of the orthopedic societies in Italy, France, Israel, and Poland. He was also recognized for his outstanding contribution in orthopedics by then Governer of Maryland, William Donald Shaffer, in 1990.

Dr. Paley’s work in deformity correction was honored with a prestigous award by the German Orthopedic Association in 1997. He has also received awards from the pediatric orthopedic association SILOT, the international orthopedic association and rehabilitation society. His book, Principles of Deformity Correction, published by Springer-Verlag in 2002, has set a new standard in the understanding and treatment of limb deformities. Dr. Paley is married, has three children, and enjoys fitness training, rock climbing, biking, skiing, camping, canoeing, scuba diving, and studying history. He speaks six languages, including English, Hebrew, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.

E-mail: dpaley@lifebridgehealth.org

John E. Herzenberg, MD, FRCSC

John Herzenberg, MD, is chief of pediatric orthopedics at Sinai Hospital and co-director of the ICLL. He is also a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Maryland. Dr. Herzenberg also trained directly with Professor Ilizarov in the USSR in 1989 and subsequently in Lecco, Italy, with Dr. Maurizio Catagni. After completing medical school at Boston University, he completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Duke University and subspecialty training in pediatric orthopedics at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, where he first met Dr. Paley. After working at the University of Michigan for five years, Dr. Herzenberg joined Dr. Paley to found the Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction at Kernan Hospital. Together, they formed the International Center for Limb Lengthening at Sinai Hospital. Dr. Herzenberg is married, has three children, and enjoys personal fitness training and Bible study. He travels with his family to developing countries such as Nicaragua on yearly missions to provide orthopedic care to crippled children.

Email: jherzenberg@lifebridgehealth.org

Shawn Standard, MD

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Standard comes to the Institute from the Nemours Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where he started a combined general pediatric orthopedic and limb deformity clinic. He spent 2 years concentrating on congenital, developmental, and traumatic musculoskeletal problems in the pediatric population. Once he completed his orthopedic residency training at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in July 2000, he subspecialized in pediatric orthopedic surgery with a fellowship at Nemours, concentrating on general pediatric orthopedics with a special interest in limb deformity correction and limb lengthening. He earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1995. At the Institute, he hopes to establish a clinic with concentrations in pediatric limb deformity correction and limb lengthening, to include congenital clubfoot and other congenital deformities, general developmental disorders of the pediatric musculoskeletal system, and pediatric orthopedic trauma care. Dr. Standard is married and has three children.

Email: sstandar@lifebridgehealth.org

Janet Conway, MD

Dr. Janet Conway is Head of the Section of Bone and Joint Infection at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. She attended medical school at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and completed her residency training at Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received subspecialty training in limb lengthening and reconstruction with Drs. Paley and Herzenberg at the Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction and in orthopaedic trauma at Cooper Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. She came to Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in January 2001 to join the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics and the ICLL. Dr. Conway has a special interest in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. She co-developed Sinai Hospital’s Osteoporotic Pathway in conjunction with the Department of Endocrinology.

Email: jconway@lifebridgehealth.org