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 Hypochondroplasia. 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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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
Preetha Sinha is a Pediatric Orthopedics specialist and an Orthopedics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sinha is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypochondroplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Clubfoot, Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia, Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, and Lethal Congenital Contracture Syndrome. Dr. Sinha is currently accepting new patients.
Pediatric Orthopaedics In Lawrenceville
Jan S. Grudziak, MD, PhD, was born and raised in Poland and completed his pre-med and medical graduate school at the K. Marcinkowski University School of Medicine in Poznan, Poland. His special interests included congenital hip and foot deformations, adolescent scoliosis, and adolescent and pediatric sports medicine. In 1991, he finished and defended his doctorate thesis about genetic, demographic, and treatment variables influencing the final treatment outcome of congenital clubfeet. Dr. Grudziak came to Pittsburgh to participate in research projects at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He repeated his orthopaedic residency at UPMC and completed his pediatric orthopaedic fellowship at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He currently serves as medical director of Children's Sports Medicine at UPMC Children's Hospital and an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Grudziak contributed to a pioneering surgical approach for the treatment of the dysplastic hip-the Dega transiliac osteotomy. This operative technique has become one of the standard procedures in the treatment of the dysplastic hip. His clinical practice focuses on adolescent and pediatric sports injuries of the knee, ankle, elbow, and shoulder. View Dr. Grudziak's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Grudziak is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypochondroplasia. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Femoral Deficiency, Clubfoot, Hypochondroplasia, and Kohler Disease.
Pediatric Orthopaedics In Lawrenceville
Jessica Hughes, MD, specializes in pediatric orthopedic surgery. She practices at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery. She completed her fellowship at Rady's Children's Hospital, residency at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, and medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule. Dr. Hughes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypochondroplasia. Her top areas of expertise are Clubfoot, Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD), Knock Knees, and Absence of Tibia.
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.