Dr Lawrence R Menendez is a full-time, senior member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Southern California, where he specializes in the management of malignant and benign tumors of bone and soft tissue. He is one of only a handful of orthopaedic oncologists in Southern California who is experienced in performing complicated limb-sparing surgeries and other orthopaediccancer techniques such as cryosurgery and radiofrequency ablation. Primary musculoskeletal cancers are rare. Dr. Menendez has treated these tumors regularly since 1985 and thus he is highly experienced and qualified to manage patients with these problems. Dr . Menendez uses a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach to treatment together with colleagues from medical oncology, radiation oncology, nuclear medicine, radiology, surgical pathology, occupational and physical therapy and social services and pain management. Over the years, he has developed a special interest in the treatment of tumors of the pelvis and sacrum.
A native of New Jersey, Dr. Menendez attended Middlebury College in Vermont and then received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed his surgical internship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City and his orthopaedic surgery residency at New York University Medical Center. After residency Dr. Menendez completed a fellowship in orthopaediconcology at the University of Florida under the direction of Dr, William F Enneking. Dr. Menendez joined the faculty at USC in 1985 after his fellowship.
Dr. Menendez has been involved in clinical research for over twenty seven years and is the author of numerous peer –reviewed research articles, book chapters and presentations. He has been invited to speak at universities both in the United States and abroad.
Areas of Treatment
Tumors of the musculoskeletal system in adults and children
Limb sparing tumor surgery
Innovative methods of endoprosthetic and allograft reconstruction
Cryosurgery for bone and soft tissue tumors
Tumors of the extremity, shoulder girdle, pelvis and sacrum
Soft tissue sarcomas
Metastatic carcinomas
Melanomas of the extremities
Musculoskeletal infections
Periprosthetic joint infections
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