Dror Paley (M.D., FRCSC), is a Canadian orthopedic surgeon, who specialises in limb lengthening procedures. He graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School. He was the first North American orthopedic surgeon to study with Gavril Ilizarov, and introduced the Ilizarov apparatus to the United States in 1986.
From 1987 to 2001, Paley worked at the University of Maryland as professor of Orthopedics and chief of Pediatric Orthopedics. In 1991, he co-founded the Maryland Center for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction at James Lawrence Kernan Hospital with Dr. John Herzenberg. In 2001, they formed the International Center for Limb Lengthening at Sinai Hospital. He authored a book, Principles of Deformity Correction (ISBN 3-540-41665-X) in 2002, that was edited by Herzenberg. On June 1, 2009, Dr. Paley opened the Paley Advanced Limb Lengthening Institute located at St. Mary's Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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- Official Educational website, includes Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction video presentations
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