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Faculty Detail    
Name HERRICK J SIEGEL
Total Joint Replacement & Orthopaedic Oncology
Orthopaedic Oncology Consultant, Children's Hospital of Alabama		  
Campus Address HGLD 202 Zip 4563
Phone  (205) 930-8339
E-mail  Herrick.Siegel@ortho.uab.edu
Other websites www.uabsos.com
     

Education
Medical School  NYU    1995  MD 
Residency  USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA    2000  Resident 
Fellowship  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN    2002  Fellow 

Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery  2005 


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Orthopaedic Surgery  Orthopaedic Surgery Professor
Center  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Professor
Center  Minority Health & Research Center  Minority Health & Research Center Professor

Biographical Sketch 
Dr. Siegel received his MD degree from New York University (NYU) School of Medicine. He completed an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, and an orthopedic oncology and adult reconstruction fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. He joined the UAB faculty in 2002 and since has developed one of the busiest and national renowned joint replacement and oncology practices in the Southeast. He is an expert in the direct anterior hip approach for total hip replacement surgery. He has a referral base from Florida, Mississippi, the gulf coast, Georgia and Alabama reach as far south as Mobile. Additionally, Dr Siegel manages the total joint replacement needs of patients with Von Willebrands Disease, sickle cell anemia and hereditary and developmental dysplasias. He is involved with the Surgical Site Infection Committee, which was developed to serve as a leadership group to reduce hospital aquired infections and involved with a chronic anemia program that seeks to reduce the need for blood transfusions. This group has reduced the need for blood transfusion from primary joint zero to nearly 0. This program has attracted many Jehovah's Witness patients who are able to safely undergo hip and knee surgery without the need for transfusion.

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
Hip and Knee Society     
Alabama Orthopaedic Society     
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons     
ConnectivecTissue Oncologic Society    Connective Tissue Oncologic Society 
Mayo Clinic Ivin's Society    Mayo Clinic Ivin's Society 
Mid-America Orthopaedic Sociey    Mid America Orthopaedic Society 
Musculoskeletal Tumor Society     
 



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Anterior Hip Replacement Surgery, Revision hip and knee Arthroplasty surgery, bone and soft tissue sarcoma treatment t.
Description
Dr. Siegel is involved with implant and instrument developement and teaches the direct anterior hip approach nationally and internationally. His clinical and research interests center on the treatment of musculoskeletal oncologic, metabolic, and arthritic disorders. Specifically, his clinical focus is on improving techniques for limb salvage procedures in pediatric and adult patients. Dr. Siegel has advanced training in the management of bone loss secondary to metastatic disease, primary bone malignancy, and revision total joint surgery. His basic science interests involve the molecular basis of malignant bone tumors and developing a tool using microarray technology to predict the response to chemotherapy of individual tumors.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
See PubMed and CV for complete list   
 

Keywords
Anterior Hip Surgery, Minimally Invasive Hip and Knee Surgery, Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty, bone and soft tissue sarcoma surgery