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Rex Marco, M.D.

 

Education:
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 1987-90.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1989-90.
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1992, MD.

Hospital Training:
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Internship/Resident, 1992-94.
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, Internship/Resident, 1992-94.
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, 1994-98.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship, 1998- 99.
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Spine Surgery Fellowship, 1999-00.

Current Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
1998-Present.

Department of Neurosurgery
Chief of Spine Surgery and Musculoskeletal Oncology

Certification:
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Passed Part I, July 1998
Scheduled to take Part II, July 2002.

Role in Residency Training Program:
Assistant Professor of Surgery
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Selected Publications in Referred Journals in the Last Five Years:
Marco RAW, Sharkey NA, Smith TS, Zissimos AG. Pathomechanics of closed rupture of the flexor tendon pulleys in rock climbers. J Bone Joint Surg, 80A:1012-1019, July 1998.

Marco RAW, Sheth DS, Boland PJ, Wunder JS, Siegel JA, Healey JH. Functional and oncological outcome of acetabular reconstruction for the treatment of metastatic disease. J Bone Joint Surg,
82-A(5):642-651, May 2000.

Marco RAW, Gitelis S., Brebach SGT, Healey JH. Cartilage tumors: evaluation and treatment. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Sept-Oct; 8(5):292-304, 2000.

Manglani HH, Marco RAW, Healey JH. Orthopaedic emergencies in cancer patients. Semin Oncol 27(3):299-310, 2000.