Dr. Gerard J. Werries

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 Scoliosis. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Spondylocarpotarsal Synostosis Syndrome, Caudal Regression Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Daniel Drake is an Orthopedics provider in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Drake is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scoliosis. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Spondylocarpotarsal Synostosis Syndrome, Caudal Regression Syndrome, and Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Scott G. Rainey, DO, is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon with Tri Rivers Musculoskeletal Centers and a member of its orthopaedic back and neck team. He attended Kansas City University of Medicine and completed both his internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at St. Joseph's Health Center in Warren, Ohio. He completed an orthopaedic spine fellowship at the Texas Back Institute, where he refined his skills in degenerative spinal conditions in the cervical and lumbar areas. Dr. Rainey is board-certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is a member of the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics, American Osteopathic Association - Spine Division, Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, and the Allegheny County Medical Society. Dr. Rainey diagnoses and treats conditions including back and neck pain, disc herniation, spinal stenosis, compression fractures, spinal arthritis, and sciatica. Are you already a patient of this provider and have a MyUPMC account? Log in to MyUPMC to schedule. Dr. Rainey is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Scoliosis. His top areas of expertise are Sciatica, Scoliosis, Spinal Stenosis, Hip Replacement, and Microdiscectomy.