Overview
Jessica Hughes is a Pediatric Orthopedics specialist and an Orthopedics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hughes is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Claw Foot. Her top areas of expertise are Clubfoot, Claw Foot, Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia, and Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD). Dr. Hughes is currently accepting new patients.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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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.
Pediatric Orthopaedics In Lawrenceville
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Claw Foot. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Caudal Regression Syndrome, Spondylocarpotarsal Synostosis Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians
Stephen Mendelson is an Orthopedics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mendelson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Claw Foot. His top areas of expertise are Claw Foot, Clubfoot, Scoliosis, and Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia. Dr. Mendelson is currently accepting new patients.
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians
Zeynep Olgun is a Pediatric Orthopedics specialist and an Orthopedics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Olgun is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Claw Foot. Her top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Claw Foot, Clubfoot, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Olgun is currently accepting new patients.
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
- Advanced
- Claw FootDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Claw Foot.
- ClubfootDr. Hughes isAdvanced. Learn about Clubfoot.
- Experienced
- Absence of TibiaDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Absence of Tibia.
- AchondroplasiaDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Achondroplasia.
- Arthrogryposis Multiplex CongenitaDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita.
- Beukes Familial Hip DysplasiaDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia.
- BowlegsDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Bowlegs.
- Congenital Femoral DeficiencyDr. Hughes isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Femoral Deficiency.
