Orthopedics
Ernest "Chappie" Conrad
Director, Department of Orthopedics, Seattle Children's Hospital
Professor of orthopedic surgery, Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, UW School of Medicine
Dr. Conrad's areas of orthopedic expertise include bone tumors, limb salvage, bone grafts, fractures, trauma and general orthopedics. When Conrad joined Seattle Children's Department of Orthopedics, he instituted the Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology and Transplantation; he also co-founded the Bone Tumor Clinic at Seattle Children's. He co-founded the nonprofit Northwest Tissue Center at the Puget Sound Blood Center and has served as its medical director since 1988.
Dr. Conrad's research includes clinical studies in pediatric and adult tumors with special interest in pediatric limb-sparing procedures, benign pediatric tumors and soft-tissue sarcomas in adults. His interests include metabolic imaging of sarcomas, clinical and biologic description of hereditary multiple exostoses, and responses associated with musculoskeletal transplantation. He instituted the first multidisciplinary clinics in both pediatric and adult sarcomas at Seattle Children's and the University of Washington School of Medicine, and directed the university's Division of Orthopedic Surgery.
Board Certified: Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville
Residency: Surgery at Roosevelt Hospital; orthopedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal tumor fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine; Pediatric orthopedics fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Other Languages: French, Dutch
Recent interviews/coverage:
- Mending our Kids, a Children's HealthLink Special - KING-TV, 6/12/07
- Heroes Big & Small - KOMO-TV, 2006
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