Paul DeFrino MD

Orhthopedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon

Employment

• September 1999 – present

  Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon
  Foot and Ankle Specialist
  Parkview Orthopaedic Group

Education

Post-Graduate

• August 1998 – July 1999

  Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship
  Baylor University
  Dallas, Texas

• July 1994 – June 1998

  Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
  Northwestern, University Medical School
  Chicago, Illinois

• July 1993 – June 1994

  General Surgery Internship
  Northwestern University Medical School
  Chicago, Illinois

Graduate

• September 1989 – June 1993

  Doctor of Medicine
  Northwestern University of Medical School
  Chicago, Illinois

Under Graduate

• September 1984 – June 1988

  Bachelor of Arts – Political Science/Pre-Medicine Minor
  Dean’s List
  Columbia University, New York

Presentations

• September 2014

  An Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Solutions to Common Foot and Ankle Problems
  Advocate Christ Hospital – Presentation for Physicians
  Oak Lawn, Illinois

• June, 2013

  Ankle Replacement
  Featured Presenter
  Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers – Presentation for Physicians
  Oak Lawn, Illinois

• April, 2013

  Treatment of Ankle Instability
  Featured Presenter
  Advocate Christ Hospital – Presentation for Physical Therapists
  Oak Lawn, Illinois

• September, 2000

  MTP fusion – a clinical, pedobarographic and gait study Analysis
  Poster Presentation
  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  DeFrino, P., Brodsky, J.
  Baylor University Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas

• March 1998

  Clinical and Radiographic Evaluation of the Modified Lapidus Procedure for Treatment of Hallux Valgus
  American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 65th Annual Meeting
  New Orleans, Louisiana

• February 1998

  Rheumatoid Foot
  Chairman’s Conference
  Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  Chicago, Illinois

• November 1997

  Ankle Impingement
  Chairman’s Conference
  Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  Chicago, Illinois

Publications

• DeFrino, P.F., Brodsky, J.W., Pollo, F.E., Crenshaw, S.J., Beischer, A.D. (2002). First metatarsophalangeal arthrodesis: a clinical, pedobarographic and gait analysis study. Foot Ankle International, June 23(6), 496-502.

• Herrera, C.J., Frazin, L.J., Dau, P.C., DeFrino, P., Stone, N.J., Mehlman, D.J., Vonesh, M.J., Talano, J.V., McPherson, D.D. (1994). Atherosclerotic plaque evolution in the descending thoracic aorta in familial hypercholesterolemic patients: A Transesophageal echo study. Arteriosclerosis and Thrombo sis: A Journal of Vascular Biology 14(11), 1723-9.
• Herrera, C.J., Chaudhry, F.A., DeFrino, P.F., Mehlman, D.J., Mulhern, K.M., O’Rourke, R.A., Zabalgoitia, M. (1992). Value and limitations of transesophageal echocardiography in evaluating prosthetic or bioprosthetic valve dysfunction. American Journal of Cardiology 69 (6), 697-9.
• Chaudhry, F.A., Herrera, C., DeFrino, P.F., Mehlman, D.J., Zabalgoitia, M. (1991). Pathologic and angiographic correlations of transesophageal echocardiography in prosthetic heart valve dysfunction. American Heart Journal 122(4 Pt 1), 1057-64.

Research

• DeFrino, P., Brodsky, J.W. MTP fusion – a clinical, pedobarographic and gait study Analysis.
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
• Beischer, A., DeFrino, P., Brodsky, J.W. Analysis of radiographic criteria in patients with hallux valgus.
  Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
• Defrino, P., Kelikian, A. Clinical and radiographic evaluation of modified Lapidus Procedure for treatment of hallux valgus.
  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

Activities / Associations

• 2012 – present

  Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle physician consultant, Greeley Corporation

• 2010 – present

  Board of Directors Member, Palos Surgical Center

• Current Member
  • American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • American Medical Association