Lawrence R. Menendez, MD

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Title:

  • Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Director, USC Center for Orthopaedic Oncology

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Specialties:

  • Orthopaedic Surgery

Sub-specialties:

  • Orthopaedic Oncology
  • Joint Reconstruction
  • Orthopaedic Infections

Background:

Dr. Menendez earned his medical degree from New York University Medical School. He completed a general surgery internship at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and returned to New York University for his orthopaedic surgery residency. He also took an oncology fellowship at the University of Florida.

Dr. Menendez joined the University of Southern California faculty in 1985 and is currently a professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of the USC Center for Orthopaedic Oncology. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and many medical associations.

As an orthopaedic oncology surgeon, Dr. Menendez performs biopsies using small cuts in the body to take samples of the tumor so that the type of tumor can be identified. Since tumors grow in a number of bones in the body, he is accustomed to operating on various parts of the body using different surgical approaches to reach the tumor.


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Education:

  • Doctor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 1979

Internships:

  • Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, General Surgery, 1979 - 1980

Residencies:

  • New York University Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1980 - 1984

Fellowships:

  • University of Florida, Department of Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Oncology, 2000

Board Certification:

  • National Board of Medical Examiners
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American Medical Association
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Western Orthopaedic Association
  • Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Society of Surgical Oncology
  • Los Angeles County Medical Association
  • California Orthopaedic Association
  • Los Angeles Surgical Society

Awards:

  • Alpha Omega Alpha

Languages:

  • English
  • Spanish