John Paul Dormans - Faculty Biosketch

John Paul Dormans, MD, FACS

Emeritus Professor CE of Orthopaedic Surgery

Department: Orthopaedic Surgery

Contact information

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery - 2nd Floor
Richard D. Wood Ambulatory Care Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-1534
Fax: 215-590-1501

Email:
dormans@email.chop.edu

Education:
B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude)
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana , 1979.
M.D. (Medicine)
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1983.

Post-Graduate Training
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program, Grand Rapids Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1983-1988.
Fellowship: Clinical Pediatric Orthopaedic FellowshipThree (four month each) rotations with:Peter Armstrong, M.D. FRCS (C), Ivan Krajbich, M.D. FRCS (C), Mercer Rang, M.B. FRCS (C), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1988-1989.
Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services, Department of Health Policy and Management and The Center for Professional Education, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts Jan. 18-30, 1998, 1998-1998.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Leadership Development Program (a 2 year program done in conjunction with the Wharton School including Richard Shell, Director of The Wharton Executive Negotiations Workshop), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2001.
Advanced Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services, Department of Health Policy and Management and The Center for Professional Education, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts Feb. 6-11, 2000, 2000-2000.

Certifications
Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1983.
Diplomat, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Recertified 1-1-02 through 12-31-11), 1991.

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Selected Publications

Erol B., Pill SG., Meyer JS., Pawel BR., Dormans JP.: Knee pain and swelling in a 5-year-old girl. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Orthopaedic-Radiology-Pathology Section 397, April 2002 Notes: MS# 00-654.

Levine MJ., Meyer JS., Pawel BR., Dormans JP.: Ankle pain in an 8-year-old boy. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Orthopaedic-Radiology-Pathology Section 404, November 2002 Notes: MS# 00-641.

Pill SG., Adams SB., Hubbard AM., Carpentieri DF., Dormans JP.: Soft tissue mass of the second toe in an 11-year-old boy. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Orthopaedic-Radiology-Pathology Section 404, August 2002.

Dormans JP., Fisher RC., Pill SG.: Orthopaedics in the developing world: present and future concerns. [see comments] Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 9(5): 289-96, Sep-Oct 2001.

Luedtke LM., Flynn JM., Ganley TJ., Hosalkar HS., Pill SG., Dormans JP.: The orthopedists' perspective: bone tumors, scoliosis, and trauma. [Review] [50 refs] Radiologic Clinics of North America 39(4): 803-21, Jul 2001.

Dormans JP., Spiegel D., Meyer J., Asada N., Alman BA., Pill SG., Himelstein B., Womer R.: Fibromatoses in childhood: the desmoid/fibromatosis complex. [Review] [60 refs] Medical & Pediatric Oncology 37(2): 126-31, Aug 2001.

Silber JS., Flynn JM., Koffler KM., Dormans JP., Drummond DS.: Analysis of the cause, classification, and associated injuries of 166 consecutive pediatric pelvic fractures. Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics 21(4): 446-50, Jul-Aug 2001.

Pierz KA., Womer RB., Dormans JP.: Pediatric bone tumors: osteosarcoma ewing's sarcoma, and chondrosarcoma associated with multiple hereditary osteochondromatosis. [Review] [70 refs] Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics 21(3): 412-8, May-Jun 2001.

Cohen MW., Drummond DS., Flynn JM., Pill SG., Dormans JP.: A technique of occipitocervical arthrodesis in children using autologous rib grafts. Spine 26(7): 825-9, Apr 1 2001.

Pill SG., Ganley TJ., Nelson C., Dormans JP.: Prostheses and pediatrics. Advances for Directors in Rehabilitation Medicine 10(4): 53-56, April 2001.