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John T. Gaffney, DO
Specialty: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
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John T. Gaffney, D.O., is an attending Orthopaedic surgeon at Winthrop University Hospital with subspecialty training in Pediatric Orthopaedic surgery. He treats Pediatric patients from newborn to young adulthood and has a special interest in fractures, sports injuries, hip dysplasia and foot deformities. Dr. Gaffney frequently lectures on Pediatric Orthopaedic topics to both medical professionals and the public.
Dr. Gaffney is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.
Orthopaedic surgical training was completed in New York, 2002 with a residency at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center. His post graduate training included a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedic surgery at the internationally acclaimed Campbell Clinic in Memphis, TN.
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Medical School:
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York
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Residency:
St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, Jamaica, New York |
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Fellowship:
University of Tennessee Campbell Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery |
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American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006 |
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Assistant Chief, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York |
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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
American Osteopathic Association |
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Brogle, PJ; Gaffney, JT; Denton, JR. Acute Compartment Syndrome Complicating a Distal Tibial Physeal Fracture in a Neonate. The American Journal of Orthopedics. 1999; 28(10) 587-589
Gaffney, JT: The Pediatric Orthopaedics Fellowship, in Jazrawi LM, Della Vale CJ, Elbeshbeshy B, Koval KJ, Zuckerman JD (eds): Orthopaedic Residency How to Get Into a Program and Succeed Once Youre There, New York, NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2001, pp 96-98.
Gaffney, JT; Warner, WC. Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis and Bilaterality. An analysis of Patients in the Midsouth. Under review by senior author. Publication pending
Presentations: A New Surgical Technique for the Treatment of Blounts Disease. Presented as a poster at The Eastern Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. Douglas Abeles, M.D., John T. Gaffney, PA-C, Philip Taylor, M.D. Puerto Rico, October, 1992
Acute Compartment Syndrome Complicating a Distal Tibial Physeal Fracture in a Neonate. Case report. Presented at the New York Pediatric Orthopaedic Society. New York, New York, May 26, 1999.
Appendicitis Presenting as an Irritable Hip. Case report. John T. Gaffney, D.O., Jeffrey Tamborlane, M.D., John D. Hubbell, M.D., and John R. Denton, M.D. Presented at the New York Pediatric Orthopaedic Society. New York, New York May 10, 2000
Acute Compartment Syndrome Complicating a distal Tibial Physeal Fracture in a Neonate. Case report. Presented as a poster at The Third International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium. San Francisco, California May 2000
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: An Inner city Perspective. Study presented as a poster at the 35th Annual Residents conference Sponsored by the American Orthopaedic Association. Memphis, Tennessee April 2002.
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: An Inner City Perspective. Presented at the New York Pediatric Orthopaedic Society. New York, New York, May 8, 2002.
The Limping Child. Lecture at St. Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, NJ, March 18, 2004
Growth Plate Injuries. Presented at the Annual Update in Pediatric Orthopedics. Hanover Marriott, St. Barnabas Hospital, Whippany, NJ April 1, 2006
Upper Extremity Injuries in the Skeletally Immature Athlete. Presented at the Annual Update in Pediatric Orthopedics. Hanover Marriott, St. Barnabas Hospital, Whippany, NJ 2006
Non Hip Pathology Presenting as Hip Pain in the Immature Hip. Presented at Current Trends and Treatment Methods of Pediatric, Adolescent and Adult Hip Disorders. Embassy Suites Hotel, St. Clares Hospital, Parsippany, NJ, November 11, 2006
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