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Name
  
Leon Root


Leon Root United Hospital Fund Paula and Leon Root

Died
  
September 21, 2015, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Books
  
No More Aching Back, Beautiful bones without h, Oh My Aching Back, The bad back exercise

In loving memory of dr leon root


Leon Root (June 15, 1929 – September 21, 2015) was the former Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He was President of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine in 1988. Dr. Root wrote the popular "No More Aching Back" in 1992. He died at the age of 86 in September 2015.

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Education

  • MD, New York Medical College, New York, New York, US
  • Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, US

    • Selected awards

  • President American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 1988
  • Chairman Orthopaedic Section of New York Academy of Medicine

    • Selected Writings

  • Root, L. "Surgical treatment for hip pain in the adult cerebral palsy patient." Dev Med Child Neurol. 2009 Oct; 51 Suppl 4:84-91. PMID 19740214.
  • Raphael BS, Dines JS, Akerman M, Root L.. "Long-term followup of total hip arthroplasty in patients with cerebral palsy." Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Jul; 468(7):1845-54. PMID 19924492.
  • Widmann RF, Laplaza FJ, Bitan FD, Brooks CE, Root L., "Quality of life in osteogenesis imperfecta." Int Orthop. 2002; 26(1):3-6. PMID 11954845.

    • References

    Leon Root Wikipedia
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