Limb Salvage Surgery for OS: Patient & Surgeon Perspectives sponsored by the Osteosarcoma Institute

This episode is sponsored by the Osteosarcoma Institute (OSI), a nonprofit organization led by osteosarcoma experts from top U.S. cancer centers who, together, are concentrating on the cure ® for osteosarcoma. The mission of the OSI is to dramatically increase treatment options and survival rates in osteosarcoma patients through identifying and funding the most promising and breakthrough osteosarcoma clinical trials and science. In addition to advancing research, OSI also provides a free resource called OSI Connect for osteosarcoma patients. Our osteosarcoma experts can discuss available treatments, possible side effects, and provide helpful advice for getting the most out of your visits with your treating physician. This resource is available in English and Spanish and aims to help patients and families find answers to their questions. Dr. John Healey, Chief, Orthopaedic Service; Stephen McDermott Chair in Surgery, is an orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in caring for people with sarcomas and noncancerous tumors of the bones and soft tissue. He has particular expertise in removing tumors while preserving limbs, as well as a special interest in treating children who have bone cancers, such as osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. Dr. Healey has been with Memorial Sloan Kettering since 1984 and performs approximately 260 surgeries each year. In addition to his role as Chief of the Orthopaedic Service at MSK, he is a professor of orthopaedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. Nationally, he has served as chair of the Children’s Oncology Group Orthopaedics Section, president of the International Society of Limb Salvage, and president of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, as well as on the boards of several musculoskeletal and orthopaedic organizations. Dr. Healey is also an advisor to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Brandon was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in the left proximal Tibia in January 2019, between his first and second semesters of senior year at the University of Maryland. He completed the standard 9 month chemotherapy roadmap and received limb salvage surgery in April 2019, completing treatment in October 2019. He graduated with his class in May 2019 and ultimately moved to Manhattan where he now works for Citibank. He has been cancer free (knock on wood) for 2.5 years. What We Do at MIB Agents: PROGRAMS: ✨ End-of-Life MISSIONS ✨ Gamer Agents ✨ Agent Writers ✨ Prayer Agents ✨ Healing Hearts - Bereaved Parent Support ✨ Ambassador Agents - Peer Support ✨ Warrior Mail ✨ Young Adult Survivorship Support Group ✨  EDUCATION for physicians, researchers and families: ✨ OsteoBites, weekly webinar & podcast with thought leaders and innovators in Osteosarcoma ✨ MIB Book: Osteosarcoma: From our Families to Yours ✨ RESEARCH: Annual MIB FACTOR Research Conference ✨ Funding $100,000 annually for OS research ✨ MIB Testing & Research Directory ✨ The Osteosarcoma Project partner with Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ... Kids are still dying with 40+ year old treatments. Help us MakeItBetter. 🔗 https://www.mibagents.org​ Help support MIB Agents, Donate here https://www.mibagents.org/?form=donate ✨✨SUBSCRIBE for all the Osteosarcoma Intel ✨✨