PRESENTATIONS – KEN YAW, M.D.
“Examination and Diagnosis of the Hand” – Lecture to upper level class for medical
assistants, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell, NM. October 17, 2011.
“Bad to the Bone – Care of Your Aging Skeleton” – First Annual Baby Boomer’s
Conference, Roswell, NM. May 2010.
“Glucosamine & the Chicken Dance” – Community lecture on viscosupplementation for
osteoarthritis, Las Cruces, NM. March 11, 2008.
“Osteoporosis: Bad to the Bone” - Community lecture on metabolic bone disease, Las
Cruces, NM. April 22, 2008.
“Skeletal Metastases” – Surgical Grand Rounds, Pittsburgh Mercy Medical Center, Fall
2005.
Recurrent monthly lectures covering all aspects of Orthopaedic Oncology for the
orthopaedic surgery residency at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. June 2004 –
December 2006.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Musculoskeletal Organ Block (Freshman
medical student course)
- Member of course design committee 1994.
- Director of Musculoskeletal Neoplasia Section of course 1994-2003.
- Syllabus author and course lecturer 1994-2003.
- Author and small group facilitator of Problem Based Learning sessions 1994-2003.
- Musculoskeletal Anatomy lecturer and laboratory dissector 1994-2003.
- Musculoskeletal Anatomy coordinator of laboratory dissection instructors 1999-2003.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Senior Ambulatory Sub-specialties Course CoDirector 1994 – 2000.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery:
- Residency Program Director 1997 – 2003.
- Lecture schedule coordinator 1991-2003.
- Lecturer in Orthopaedic Basic Science 1990-2003 (approximately 12 one-hour lectures
per academic year)
- Lecturer in Orthopaedic Oncology 1990-2003 (approximately 20 one-hour lectures per
academic year)
“Cartilage Tumors”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital, Erie,
Pennsylvania, January 20, 2001.
“Ewing’s sarcoma”, presented to Orthopaedic Surgeons and Residents, West Penn
Allegheny Health System, December 19, 2000.
“Ewing’s sarcoma”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital, Erie,
Pennsylvania, December 5, 2000.
“Osteosarcoma”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital, Erie,
Pennsylvania, September 26, 2000.
“Staging Musculoskeletal Tumors”, Invited speaker at De Ortopedia Y Traumatologia 26th
Annual Meeting in Quito, Ecuador, August 16 – 17, 2000.
“Osteosarcoma”, Invited speaker at De Ortopedia Y Traumatologia 26th Annual Meeting in
Quito, Ecuador, August 16 – 17, 2000.
“Bone Cysts”, Invited speaker at De Ortopedia Y Traumatologia 26th Annual Meeting in
Quito, Ecuador, August 16 – 17, 2000.
Congressional Meetings regarding Musculoskeletal Research invited through AAOS,
Washington, DC April 5 – 6, 2000.
“Current Concepts in Joint Reconstruction After Tumor Resection”, presented at the
Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society Fall Meeting, October 21, 1999 at Nemacolin
Woodlands.
“Clinical Outcomes in Bone Tumor Resections”, presented with Molly Vogt, Ph.D. to
Orthopaedic Residents, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, September 22, 1999.
“Osteosarcoma”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital, Erie,
Pennsylvania, August 11, 1999.
“Cartilage Tumors”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital, Erie,
Pennsylvania, April 20, 1999.
“Ewing’s Sarcoma”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital, Erie,
Pennsylvania, October 20, 1998.
“Osteosarcoma”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital, Erie,
Pennsylvania, July 21, 1998.
“Management of Musculoskeletal Tumors”, Grand Rounds, Armstrong Memorial
Hospital, Kittanning, PA, May 5, 1998
“Cartilage Tumors”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriner’s Hospital, Erie,
Pennsylvania, April 21, 1998.
AAOS 1998 Instruction Course #104, “Malignant Bone Tumors”, New Orleans, LA,
February, 1998.
“Management of Skeletal Metastases”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at
Shriner’s Hospital, Erie, Pennsylvania, December 4, 1997.
“Oncology Indications”, presented at The Salvage Knee conference, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, November 6, 1997.
“Management of Skeletal Metastases” - Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Washington
University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1997.
“Prophylactic Fixation for Pathologic Fractures in Metastatic Cancer” - Grand Rounds,
United Community Hospital, Grove City, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1997.
“Pediatric Bone Tumors”, Visiting Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at Shriners Hospital,
Erie, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1997.
“Sarcomas”, Latrobe Area Hospital Oncology Rounds, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, September
26, 1996.
“Soft Tissue Sarcomas”, Connemaugh Memorial Hospital Oncology Conference,
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1996.
“Radiolucent Lesions of the Extremities”, Audiotaped lecture, EPOK Studios, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, January 24, 1996.
“Surgical Management of Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas”, Westmoreland Regional
Hospital, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1996.
“Ewing’s Sarcoma 1995”, Visiting Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wilford
Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, November 1995.
Segal R, Towers J, Mulvihill JJ, Yaw KM, Martinez J, Comey C, Kirkwood JM. Malignant
Degeneration of Nerve Sheath Tumors in Neurobibromatosis 1 (NF-1) Patients. Poster
presentation at Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
Oct.14-19, 1995.
Yaw KM. "Limb Sparing Surgery for Primary Bone Malignancies", Eleventh Annual
George Tolstoi Hematology/Oncology Symposium, The Uniontown Hospital, Nemacolin
Woodlands, Farmington, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1994.
Yaw KM. "Surgical Management of Bone Sarcomas", Mini-Course on Management of
Sarcomas, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 6,
1993.
"Prospective Randomized Trial of the Gamma Nail Versus the Compressive Hip Screw
Fixation for the Treatment of Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Proximal Femur", Doyle JS,
Crossett LS, Yaw KM, Gruen GS, Rubash HE, Poster Exhibit, American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 1993.
Donaldson WFIII, Peppelman WC Jr., Yaw KM. "Symptomatic Metastatic Malignant
Melanoma to the Spine", Presented at Western Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Monterey,
California, October 11-14, 1992.
Course Co-Director, "Diagnosis and Treatment of Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissue",
Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1992.
"Tibia Fractures", Presented at AO/ORP Course, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 25-26,
1991.
"Management of Fractures in the Osteoporotic Patient", Presented at "Osteoporosis: A
Multidisciplinary Update", Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1991.
Orthopaedic Surgery I and II, Osler Institute General Surgery Review Course, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, September 18, 1991.
"Limb Salvage for Pediatric Tumors", Invited Speaker, Medical Alumni Association of
Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1990.
Yaw KM, Mankin HJ, McGinty JB. "Caveat Arthroscopos (Revisited)", presented to the
Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons, Bethesda, Maryland, April 1990.
Miller MD, Yaw KM, Foley HT. "Malpractice Maladies in the Management of
Musculoskeletal Malignancies", presented at the Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons,
Bethesda, Maryland, April 1990.
"Bone Tumors", Invited Speaker, National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, San
Antonio, Texas, March 1990.
"Limb Salvage Surgery", Poster Exhibit, Cancer Update 1990, Baptist Medical Center, San
Antonio, Texas, February 1990.
Program Director, Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons 31st Annual Meeting, San
Antonio, Texas, December 1989.
K.M. Yaw, H.J. Mankin, M.C. Gebhardt: "Chemotherapy Effect on the Use of Allografts
in the Treatment of Malignant Bone Tumors", presented at the Fifth International
Symposium on Limb Salvage, Saint Malo, France, September 1989.
Yaw KM, Mankin HJ, McGinty JB. "Caveat Arthroscopos (Revisited)", presented to the
Arthroscopy Association of North America, Seattle, Washington, March 1989.
"Musculoskeletal Neoplasms". Orthopaedic Grand Rounds. University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, February 1989.
K.M. Yaw, H.J. Mankin, M.C. Gebhardt: "Chemotherapy Effect on the Use of Allografts
in the Treatment of Malignant Bone Tumors", presented to the American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1989.
Yaw KM, Amendt WC, Eady JL. "Extraskeletal Rhabdomyosarcoma - Case Report",
presented to the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons, Oakland, California,
November 1984.