Ozgur Dede

Ozgur Dede, MD

Specialties
  • Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
Languages Spoken:
  • English
  • Turkish

Ozgur Dede, M.D., received his medical degree and completed his residency at Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey. He also completed fellowships in spine surgery at the University of California San Francisco; pediatric orthopedic surgery at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; pediatric orthopedic surgery at Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, and adult and pediatric spine surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

Dr. Dede's orthopedic specialties include spine deformity, congenital/early onset scoliosis, neuromuscular orthopedics and infant hip conditions.

Pediatric Care

Specialties

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Board Certifications
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery - General
Education and Training

Medical Education
Hacetteppe University School of Medicine
6/1/2001

Graduate School
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States of America
1/1/2007

Residency
Hacetteppe University School of Medicine
Ankara
Turkey
8/20/2010

Fellowship
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
7/31/2011

Fellowship
A. I. DuPont Institute
Wilmington, DE
7/31/2012

Fellowship
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
United States of America
7/31/2013

Fellowship
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
7/31/2014

Academic Positions and Locations

University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor

Leadership and Memberships
  • Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Member, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
  • Member, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)
  • Member, Turkish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (TOTBID)
  • Member, Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED)
Academic Lectures and Presentations
  • Presentation: Scoliosis Research Society Meeting - Choosing Distal Instrumentation Level in Growing Rod Surgery: Where to Stop? (9/2015)
  • Presentation: 8th International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis and Growing Spine (ICEOS), Warsaw, Poland - Choosing Distal Instrumentation Level in Growing Rod Surgery: Where to Stop? (11/2014)
  • Presentation: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) Annual Conference, Hollywood, California - Pulmonary and Radiographic Outcomes of VEPTR Treatment in Early Onset Scoliosis (5/2014)
  • Presentation: 7th International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis and Growing Spine (ICEOS), Rancho Bernardo, California - Pulmonary and Radiographic Outcomes of VEPTR Treatment in Early Onset Scoliosis (11/2013)
  • Presentation: 7th International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis and Growing Spine (ICEOS), Rancho Bernardo, California - Serial Casting as a Delaying Tactic in Congenital Spinal Deformities (11/2013)

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