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Ernest U. 'Chappie' Conrad III, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor and Co-Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Services, UW Medical Center
Acting Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Director of Sarcoma Service, UWMC
Director of Pediatric Bone Tumor Clinic, CHRMC
Medical Director, Northwest Tissue Center
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Specialty:
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Tumor Service |
| College: | B.S., Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, 1973 | | Medical School: | M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 1979 | | Internship: | Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, 1979-1981 | | Residency: | The Hospital for Special Surgery, Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1981-1984 | | Fellowship: | Orthopaedic Oncology, William F. Enneking, M.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1984-1985; Pediatric Orthopaedics, Mercer Rang, M.D., The Hospital for Sick Children, Hugh McMillan Medical Center, Toronto, Canada, 1985-1986 | | Articles, Videos and Publications: |
Scientific Publications (PubMed Listing)
Articles, videos, and abstracts:
| | Honors: | Resident's Research Award, New York Orthopaedic Society, | | Memberships: | American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Tissue Banks
American College
of Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Orthopaedic Association
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Children's Hospital Medical Staff Association
Children's Oncology Group
Connective Tissue Oncology Society
Hospital for Sick Children-Old Fellows
Hospital for Special Surgery Alumni Association
International Society of Limb Salvage
King County Medical Society
Musculoskeletal Tumor Society of North America
National Board of Medical Examiners
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association
NIH Consultant, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, & Mental Health
Administration
Northwest Organ Procurement Association
Orthopaedic Research Society
Paget's Disease Foundation
Puget Sound Oncology Consortium
Southwest Oncology Group
The Salter Society-Hospital for
Sick Children
University of Washington
Medical Staff
Washington State
Medical Oncology Society
Washington State
Orthopaedic Association
Western Orthopaedic Association
Western Tissue Bank Association | | Board Certification: | Board Certified | | Common Surgeries Performed: | Amputation
Biopsy, excisional
Biopsy, incisional
Biopsy, needle
Biopsy, open
Biopsy, trephine
Bone grafting, allogeneic graft
Bone grafting, autogenous graft
Curettage (bony), with or without cryotherapy and with or
without cementation or grafting
Excision of mass
Limb-salvaging resection (bony), with allograft bone
reconstruction
Limb-salvaging resection (bony), with metallic implant
reconstruction
Multidisciplinary sarcoma treatment (chemotherapy, surgery,
radiation therapy)
Resection of soft-tissue masses | | Common Diagnoses Treated: | Adamantinoma
Aneurysmal bone cyst
Angiosarcoma
Chondroblastoma
Chondroma, periosteal
Chondromyxoid fibroma
Chondrosarcoma
Chordoma
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Desmoid tumor, periosteal
Desmoplastic fibroma
Enchondroma
Eosinophilic granuloma
Epiphysealis hemimelia
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
Epithelioid sarcomaEwing's sarcoma
Exostosis
Fibroma
Fibromatosis
Fibrous dysplasia
Giant-cell tumor
Hemangioma
Hemangioma of bone
Hemangiopericytoma
Histiocytosis X
Intraosseous ganglion cyst
Leiomyosarcoma
Lipoma
Lipoma, atypical
Liposarcoma
Liposarcoma
Lymphoma
Malignant fibrous histiocytosis (MFH), or Sarcoma not
otherwise specified (NOS)
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
Marfan's syndrome
Melorheostosis
Multiple myeloma (plasmacytoma)
Myositis ossificans
Myxoma
Neuroblastoma, metastatic
Neurofibroma
Neurofibromatosis
Neurosarcoma
Non-ossifying fibroma
Osteoblastoma
Osteochondroma
Osteofibrous dysplasia
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteoid osteoma
Osteomyelitis
Osteopoikilosis (multiple enostosis)
Osteosarcoma
Paget's disease
Pigmented vilonodular synovitis (PVNS)
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET/Ewing's)
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma, alveolar
Rhabdomyosarcoma, pleomorphic
Sarcoma of soft parts
Synovial chondromatosis
Synovial sarcoma
Trevor's disease (dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica)
Unicameral bone cyst
Von Recklinghausen's disease (neurofibromatosis) | | Clinic locations and days of week: | Adults with benign or unknown diagnoses-
Mondays, 1:00 PM
to closing
Bone and Joint Center
UWMC-Roosevelt
Adults with sarcoma diagnoses (confirmed by biopsy or MRI
results)-
Tuesdays, 8:00 AM to 12:00
noon
Sarcoma Clinic
Seattle Cancer
Care Alliance
| | Appointment request information (web, phone, fax): | University of Washington Bone & Joint Center - contact Diane Maguire, (206) 598-4290 | | Surgeries Performed At: | University of Washington Medical Center
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
| | Research Interests: | Sarcobase Tumor Registry provides long-term follow-up and
education for sarcoma patients.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning as a predictor
of tumor grade and response to therapy.
Limb-salvage surgery
Assessing the rate and success of healing allograft
reconstructions
The use of oncologic metallic implants in reconstruction
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An interview with Ernest U. “Chappie” Conrad III, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Conrad received his medical degree from the University of Virginia after graduating from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He completed his orthopaedic training at the Hospital for Special Surgery and served as a fellow in orthopaedic oncology for Dr. William Enneking at the University of Florida, and also as a fellow in pediatric orthopaedics for Dr. Mercer Rang at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.
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The University of Washington Medical Center was again ranked highly for
orthopaedic surgery by US News and World Report, this year being listed as 15th
in the nation.
UW affiliated hospital clinics (Eastside
Specialty Center,
Bone & Joint Center) score high on patient
satisfaction survey
Dr. Rick Matsen's review of clinical care options for patients with rotator-cuff failure was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Rotator-cuff tears are the most common cause of shoulder pain and disability in the U.S.
Dr. Matsen, Chair of the orthopedics and sports medicine at the UW Medical Center, is featured in the treatyouwell.org
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