Dr. Tom Minas MD
Orthopedist
901 45TH ST WEST PALM BEACH FL, 33407About
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
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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
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