Osteobites: Back to Activity, Rotationplasty

IIn this weeks Ostoebites episode we chat with Dr. Valerae Lewis & Elise Robinson Rotationplasty and back to activity!   Elise Robinson is 15 years old, an osteosarcoma survivor, MIB Agents Ambassador Agent, and MIB Agents Junior Board member. Elise was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2014 when she was eight years old. Elise is active in sports and brings awareness to childhood cancer, osteosarcoma, and amputees with her active lifestyle.   Valerae O. Lewis, M.D.  Professor, Orthopaedic Oncology, Division of Surgery  Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Division of Surgery  Dr. John Murray Professor in Orthopaedic Oncology  The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center   Dr. Lewis, the John Murray Professor of Orthopaedic Oncology, attended Yale University and matriculated at Harvard Medical School, graduating with honors. She completed her Orthopaedic training at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program in Boston, MA and her fellowship in Musculoskeletal Oncology at the University of Chicago. The first African American woman to be awarded the MD Anderson Faculty Achievement Award in Patient Care she is now the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Oncology at MD Anderson.    Dr. Lewis is very active nationally and internationally within Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Oncology. She is a strong advocate of education, and as such, served as the Chair of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) Education Committee, Chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS) Instructional Course Lecture Tumor Subcommittee, Chair of the Musculoskeletal Oncology Content Committee for the AAOS Council on Education and Chair of the International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS) Education Committee. A former board member of the American Orthopaedic Association, the Western Orthopaedic Association, MSTS and the ISOLS, she was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the AAOS   Dr. Lewis’ area of expertise is in the treatment of both children and adults with bone and soft tissue sarcomas. Her clinical research focuses on the outcome of patients after hemipelvectomy surgery and her lab investigates the gene functions tied to osteosarcoma and the development of treatments that might interrupt this process. Married for 27 years, Dr. Lewis is the mother of two wonderful 18-year-old twins.    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 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 ✨✨