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
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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
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Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas - Defrino, P., Kelikian, A.
Clinical and radiographic evaluation of modified Lapidus Procedure for treatment of hallux valgus
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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
7600 West College Drive
Palos Heights
Illinois 60453
(708) 361-0600
(708) 361-8710