Dr. David Joseph Jacofsky M.D.
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
14520 W Granite Valley Drive Suite 210 Sun City West AZ, 85375About
Dr. David Jacofsky is a surgical oncologist practicing in Sun City West, AZ. Dr. Jacofsky specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions
Education and Training
Drexel University College of Medicine 1996
MCP HAHNEMANN UNIV (FORMERLY ALLEGHENY UNIV) 1996
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Rotating platform knees did not improve patellar tracking: a prospective, randomized study of 240 primary total knee arthroplasties.
- Systemic safety of high-dose antibiotic-loaded cement spacers after resection of an infected total knee arthroplasty.
- Innovations in musculoskeletal oncologic surgery over the year 2000.
- Electromyographic activity in the immobilized shoulder girdle musculature during scapulothoracic exercises.
- Electromyographic activity in the immobilized shoulder girdle musculature during ipsilateral kinetic chain exercises.
- Biomechanical strength of the Peri-Loc proximal tibial plate: a comparison of all-locked versus hybrid locked/nonlocked screw configurations.
- Highly cross-linked polyethylene in total knee arthroplasty: in the affirmative.
- Accuracy of emergency room physicians' interpretation of elbow fractures in children.
- Gait and stair function in total and resurfacing hip arthroplasty: a pilot study.
- Pathologic femoral neck fractures in children.
- Secure tracks device improves functional recovery and pain after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized, pilot study.
- Improving initial acetabular component stability in revision total hip arthroplasty calcium phosphate cement vs reverse reamed cancellous allograft.
- Differences between standard and minimally invasive parapatellar surgical approaches for total knee arthroplasty in the tasks of sitting and standing.
- Role of total knee arthroplasty approaches in gait recovery through 6 months.
- Differences between midvastus and subvastus TKA surgical approaches in the tasks of sitting and standing.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Pain
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