Dr. Ozgur Dede
Overview
Ozgur Dede, MD, is a double fellowship trained, board-certified pediatric orthopaedic and spine surgeon at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Dede earned his medical degree from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey where he also completed his orthopaedic surgery residency training. He pursued subspecialty training in pediatric orthopaedic surgery and spine surgery in the United States and completed 4 years of surgical fellowship training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, and the UCSF Spine Center. His clinical interests include treatment of spinal problems in children including scoliosis, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, cervical instability, disc herniation and spinal stenosis. He also treats neuromuscular conditions including cerebral palsy and spina bifida, arthrogryposis and other syndromic afflictions. His research interests include the non-operative and operative management of all types of pediatric scoliosis as well as management of hip and lower extremity deformities in children with spasticity. View Dr. Dede’s full list of publications from PubMed.
Dr. Dede is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Caffey Disease. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Spondylocarpotarsal Synostosis Syndrome, Caudal Regression Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 42 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
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Locations
4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
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
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Richard L. McGough, III, MD, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency and orthopaedic traumatology fellowship at Brown University. He also completed a fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, remaining there as a surgical oncology research fellow. Dr. McGough is currently a professor of orthopaedic surgery with a dual appointment in the Division of Surgical Oncology. He serves as chief of musculoskeletal oncology at UPMC. Dr. McGough has been active with the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, the Connective Tissue Oncology Society, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has published widely in orthopaedic oncology, and maintains an extremely active lecturing schedule both nationally and internationally. Dr. McGough specializes in musculoskeletal tumor surgery, including tumors of the pelvis, megaprosthetic reconstruction, limb salvage, and other sarcoma surgery. Dr. McGough pioneered the “BrachyVAC” treatment for superficial malignancies, and performs both clinical and research work developing this procedure. Dr. McGough's primary research interest is osseointegration prostheses for amputees, and he performed the first upper extremity osseointegration procedure in the United States. He serves as an extramural committee member for the Department of Defense's Osseointegration Program, and is actively pursuing the development of this technology for the American population. He has been named one of Pittsburgh's “Top Docs” by Best Doctor's Inc. in Pittsburgh Magazine, a UPMC “ACE,” and has been the recipient of the University of Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Residency's “Golden Apple” award in recognition of his teaching. Dr. Mcgough is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Caffey Disease. His top areas of expertise are Bone Tumor, Rhabdomyosarcoma Embryonal, Epithelioid Sarcoma, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- ScoliosisDr. Dede isDistinguished. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Advanced
- Beukes Familial Hip DysplasiaDr. Dede isAdvanced. Learn about Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia.
- BowlegsDr. Dede isAdvanced. Learn about Bowlegs.
- Caudal Regression SyndromeDr. Dede isAdvanced. Learn about Caudal Regression Syndrome.
- Claw FootDr. Dede isAdvanced. Learn about Claw Foot.
- ClubfootDr. Dede isAdvanced. Learn about Clubfoot.
- Congenital Bowing of Long Bones
- Experienced
- Accessory Navicular BoneDr. Dede isExperienced. Learn about Accessory Navicular Bone.
- Achard SyndromeDr. Dede isExperienced. Learn about Achard Syndrome.
- AchondroplasiaDr. Dede isExperienced. Learn about Achondroplasia.
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Dede isExperienced. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Amniotic Band SyndromeDr. Dede isExperienced. Learn about Amniotic Band Syndrome.
- Arthrogryposis Multiplex CongenitaDr. Dede isExperienced. Learn about Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita.