Dr. Richard M. Terek M.D.
Orthopedist
2 Dudley St Suite 200 Providence RI, 02905About
Dr. Richard Terek is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Providence, RI. Dr. Terek specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Terek tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1985
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Multidrug resistance-1 and p-glycoprotein in human chondrosarcoma cell lines: expression correlates with decreased intracellular doxorubicin and in vitro chemoresistance.
- The role of preoperative chemotherapy in the treatment of infantile fibrosarcoma.
- Collision of a metastatic carcinoma to an enchondroma.
- Gadolinium inhibits thymidine incorporation and induces apoptosis in chondrocytes.
- Metastatic mixed tumor arising in bone. A case report and review of the literature.
- PTEN mutation is rare in chondrosarcoma.
- Angiogenic cytokines in cartilage tumors.
- Pathologic neovascularization in cartilage tumors.
- Cancer/testis antigen CSAGE is concurrently expressed with MAGE in
- Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee presenting as sciatica.
- Soft-tissue sarcoma: a cause of increased interstitial pressure.
- Recent advances in the basic science of chondrosarcoma.
- Lysis of human chondrosarcoma cells by cytolytic T lymphocytes recognizing a MAGE-A3 antigen presented by HLA-A1 molecules.
- Molecular biology and therapeutics in musculoskeletal oncology.
- 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 expression in periprosthetic osteolysis.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Pain
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