Dr. Tom Minas MD, Orthopedist
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Dr. Tom Minas MD

Orthopedist

5/5(38)
850 Boylston Street Brigham And Womens H Chestnut Hill MA, 02467
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5/5

About

Dr. Minas is an internationally recognized leader in joint preservation approaches to treating knee OA. He performs surgery of the knee; arthroscopy, joint preserving osteotomies, partial and total joint replacements. He is also an expert in cartilage repair and autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), having served on the Board and Education Committees of the International Cartilage Repair Society as well as the Chairman of the Cartilage Research Foundation. He is a member of the Knee Society, and in 2013 his team was honored with the Insall Award for his work on Long Term Outcomes assessment of ACI in the knee. He is involved in the development of tissue preserving implants and instrumentation for knees targeted at joint resurfacing. His work in patient-specific knee replacement has led to the introduction of a family of tissue preserving, customized implants based on patient-specific imaging data to restore native articulating geometry.

Education and Training

Univ of Toronto, Fac of Med, Toronto, Ont, Canada 1982

University Of Toronto Faculty Of Medicine 1982

Board Certification

Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS

Provider Details

MaleEnglish

Areas of expertise and specialization

customized partial and total knee replacementsknee arthroscopyKnee cartilage repairligament reconstructionMeniscal transplantsOsteotomies

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Professor Harvard Medical School 2015 - 2017

Awards

  • Insall Award 2013 Knee Society 
  • Honorary Member for Life 2012 International Cartilage Repair Society 

Treatments

  • Arthritis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Pain

Professional Memberships

  • New England Orthopaedic Society  
  • Massachusetts Orthopaedic Association  
  • College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario  
  • The Canadian Orthopaedic Association  
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons  

Areas of research

Cartilage Repair and customized Joint Reconstruction

Dr. Tom Minas MD's Practice location

Tom Minas, MD

850 Boylston Street Brigham And Womens H -
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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901 45TH ST -
WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407
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Patient Experience with Dr. Minas


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Dr. Tom Minas MD has a rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 38 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Orthopedist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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