OsteoarthritisofFoot near Greenville, TX

Biography: Dr. Maale has more than 30 years of experience treating bone and soft tissue tumors, metastic bone disease, musculoskeletal infections, infected total joint arthroplasty and complex bone and joint reconstructions. Dr. Maale specializes in complex reconstruction of joints that have failed from previous surgeries, with a high percentage of limb salvage. He has pioneered several techniques for the treatment of infected joint reconstructions and is actively involved in the design of limb salvage implants for the hip, knee, shoulder and elbow.

Biography: Dr. Casas is the founder of Dallas Sarcoma Associates. Originally from El Paso, Texas, he received his degree in biology from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He then trained for five years as an orthopaedic surgery resident at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, and spent two years as a fellow of orthopaedic oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He pursued further training at the Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli in Bologna, Italy and at the Hospital del Nio Jesus in Madrid, Spain. Prior to establishing Dallas Sarcoma Associates, Dr. Casas was an assistant professor of orthopaedics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Dr. Casas is an expert in limb salvage surgery. As such, he serves as a consultant to other physicians seeking such highly specialized care for their patients. Limb preservation surgery avoids the need for amputation and involves techniques across a range of medical specialties.Dr. Casas and his team specialize in treating bone and soft tissue sarcomas, cancer metastatic to the bone, and benign bone and soft tissue tumors. He has co-authored scientific papers on the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal tumors.