Overview
Jacob F. Schulz, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who provides comprehensive pediatric orthopedic care with an emphasis on spinal deformity, neuromuscular disease and trauma. He has a particular interest in the growing spine, with experience using the vertical expandable titanium rib (VEPTR) device and vertebral tethering through a thoracoscopic approach. At our Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery.
Dr. Schulz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Blount Disease. His top areas of expertise are Blount Disease, Scoliosis, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Spinal Fusion, and Tenotomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 39 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Blount Disease.
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Locations
3400 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467
1250 Waters Place, Bronx, NY 10461
435 West 31st Street, Suite 30, New York, NY 10001
3415 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion
Melinda S. Sharkey, MD, is an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at Montefiore. She specializes in the operative and nonoperative treatment of general pediatric and adolescent musculoskeletal problems, including traumatic injuries, as well as congenital and developmental disorders. Her practice particularly focuses on the surgical treatment of bone deformities, foot deformities, limb length discrepancies, and metabolic bone diseases. Dr. Sharkey received her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry in 1999 at Wellesley College. In 2004, she received her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Sharkey completed an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California San Francisco from 2004 to 2009. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Sharkey is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Blount Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Blount Disease, Clubfoot, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Osteotomy, and Tenotomy.
Sanjeev Sabharwal is an Orthopedics provider in Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Sabharwal is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Blount Disease. His top areas of expertise are Blount Disease, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Acromicric Dysplasia, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.
Adrienne Socci is an Orthopedics provider in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Socci is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Blount Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Blount Disease, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Clubfoot, and Osteotomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Schulz isDistinguished. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Blount DiseaseDr. Schulz isDistinguished. Learn about Blount Disease.
- ScoliosisDr. Schulz isDistinguished. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Advanced
- ClubfootDr. Schulz isAdvanced. Learn about Clubfoot.
- Spinal FusionDr. Schulz isAdvanced. Learn about Spinal Fusion.
- TenotomyDr. Schulz isAdvanced. Learn about Tenotomy.
- Experienced
- BursitisDr. Schulz isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Claw FootDr. Schulz isExperienced. Learn about Claw Foot.
- Freiberg's DiseaseDr. Schulz isExperienced. Learn about Freiberg's Disease.
- Frozen ShoulderDr. Schulz isExperienced. Learn about Frozen Shoulder.
- KyphosisDr. Schulz isExperienced. Learn about Kyphosis.
- LordosisDr. Schulz isExperienced. Learn about Lordosis.