Jenny M. Frances, M.D., M.P.H.
NYU Hospital for Joints Diseases
Orangetown Orthopedic Associates LLP
99 Dutch Hill Road
Orangeburg, New York 10962

Phone:   845-359-1877
Fax:       845-359-2449

EDUCATION

Fellowship:

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
August 2008- July 2009

Residency:    Orthopedic Surgery
    Stony Brook University Hospital
    Stony Brook, NY, July 2002 – December 2007

Medical School:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY, 1998-2002

Graduate School:

Master of Public Health
Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health,
Division of Health Policy and Management
New York, NY, 1997-1998

College:

Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
B.A. (Economics, Minor Spanish), magna cum laude, 1997

High School:

Sodra Latin Gymnasium, Stockholm, Sweden
Natural Science Program, 1990-1993

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Karolinska Sjukhuset, Department of Orthopedics, Stockholm, Sweden
Division of Tumor and Arthroplasty, Dr. Henrik Bauer
Guest Surgeon, March, 2008 - June, 2008

International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (InCHOIR), Columbia University, New York, NY
Research Assistant, September 1997 - June1998

American Medical Response Ambulance, Natick, MA
Emergency Medical Technician, May, 1995 - March, 1997

LICENSURE:

Pennsylvania, 2007 – present
New York, 2007 – present

AWARDS/HONORS:

Award for Outstanding Performance on the OITE, Stony Brook, 2004
Public Health Award, Weill Medical College, 2002
Phi Beta Kappa 1997,
National Dean’s List 1997

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND INTERNATIONAL WORK:
Polio and Musculoskeletal Deformity Surgery Camp, Barsi, India, Sept 20 -24th, 2006.
International Volunteer Group lead by a Mumbai Rotary Club. During a 3 day surgical camp we evaluated 200 patients and performed 64 surgeries in rural Barsi, 8 hours east of Mumbai.

Public Health Lecture Series, Weill Medical College, Cornell 1998-2002
Organized and founded a Public Health Series Lectures at Weill Medical College, on topics in Health Policy, Management and Epidemiology.

Brandeis Emergency Medical Corps
1994-1997 EMT

PUBLICATIONS:

Frances J, Nikolic Z, Arkader A, Morris C, Healy J, “What is Quality of Life in Children with Bone Sarcoma?,”   Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Jun;459:34-9.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Frances JM, Dormans J. Chapter 100: Surgical Musculoskeletal Oncology, in Mattei P. Essentials of Pediatric Surgery, 2nd Ed. Phildelphia, Springer-Link, to be published 2009

Frances JM, Cornwall R; Chapter PE 08; Closed, percutaneous and open treatment of radial neck fractures in children, in Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, Section Editor Flynn J, Lippincott, to be published 2009.

PODIUM PRESENTATIONS:

Frances J, Nikolic Z, Arkader A, Athanasian E, Boland P, Morris C, Healy J,   What is Quality of Life in Children with Primary Bone Sarcoma? Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, Key West, FL, June 8-10th, 2006

Same work also presented at
European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS) meeting in Sorrento, Italy, April 12-14th, 2007.

13th Annual Orthopaedic Symposium, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, June 21, 2007

ABSTRACTS/ POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

Frances J, Wallach D, Subaya S, Anatomic Morphology of the Pediatric Cervical Spine and Growth, The 14th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST), Paradise Island, Bahamas, July 2007

Frances J, Nikolic Z, Arkader A, Athanasian E, Boland P, Morris C, Healy J,   What is Quality of Life in Children with Primary Bone Sarcoma? Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) Annual Meeting, Hollywood, Florida, May, 2007

Vitale MG, Gelijns A, Moskowitz AJ, Clifford E, Frances JM: Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Analysis of Patient Based Outcome, Functional Status and Quality of Life. American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Specialty Day Program, Anaheim, California, February, 1999.

Vitale M, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz A, Clifford E, Frances J, Pollock RG, Bigliani LU, Flatow EL: Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Study of In-Hospital Costs and Quality of Life Outcomes. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, February, 1999.

JOURNAL REVIEWER

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Reseach, 2008

CONTINUING EDUCATION

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, May 2008

European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Sorrento, Italy, April 2007

3rd Annual International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium/POSNA and AAOS, Orlando, Florida, Nov 2006.

Baltimore Limb Deformity Course, Dror Paley, Baltimore, Sept 2006
Precourse: Perthes Disease, Sept 2006

Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, Key West, FL, June 2006

Muskuloskeletal Pathology Course, Dempsey Springfield, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Nov 2005

Pediatric fractures, Hospital for Special Surgery, October 2005

Zimmer course on Joint Arthroplasty, Chicago, Illinois, July 2005

Fractures in Children, Scandinavian Fracture Course, Saro, Sweden, Sept 2005

AO Basic course, Dallas, Texas, 2004