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    Jeanne M. Franzone, MD

    Orthopaedic Surgeon
    Provider Profile

    ֲý Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

    Biography

    Jeanne M. Franzone, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery and pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and completed residency training at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. She completed a clinical fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery at ֲý Children's and completed an additional fellowship in pediatric limb lengthening and reconstruction with John Herzenberg, MD, at the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, International Center for Limb Lengthening, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Franzone is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Her clinical interests include limb deformity and lengthening, foot reconstructions and trauma. Alongside Dr. Kruse, Dr. Franzone runs the orthopedic aspect of our multidisciplinary Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) clinic, providing daily fracture care for OI patients, as well as performing upper and lower extremity OI procedures. Dr. Franzone also oversees the orthopedic aspect of the multidisciplinary prosthetic clinic. The primary focus of Dr. Franzone's research efforts includes clinical and translational OI projects. She is involved in the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation (OIF) annual Scientific Meeting and a number of other OIF programs. She is on the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) Core Curriculum Committee and on the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS) Education Committee. Provides care in Wilmington, Del.

    Fellowship

    • Pediatric Orthopaedics - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2016
    • Pediatric Limb Deformity - International Center for Limb Lengthening, 2017

    Residency

    • Orthopedic Surgery - NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Univ Med Ctr, 2015

    Education

    • M.D. - Columbia University, 2010

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

    • Fracture
    • Osteogenesis Imperfecta
    • Pediatric Orthopedics
    • Prosthetics
    • Trauma

    • Mental health screening in pediatric lower limb deficiency population; PM&R; (2024).

    • The Fate of the Bent Rod in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2023).

    • “Osteogenesis Imperfecta Patients Wish Orthopedic Surgeons Had Better Strategies to Help with…”—Results of a Patient and Parent-Oriented Survey; Children; (2023).

    • Challenges with fassier–duval rod exchanges in congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia: Explant roadblock and solution; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B; (2022).

    • A novel risk calculator predicting surgical site infection after spinal surgery in patients with cerebral palsy; Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology; (2022).

    • Multicenter Series of Deformity Correction Using Guided Growth in the Setting of Osteogenesis Imperfecta; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2022).

    • Stress Shielding in the Setting of Osteogenesis Imperfecta and the Effect of Downsizing an Intramedullary Rod: A Case Report; JBJS Case Connector; (2021).

    • Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia Associated with Cleidocranial Dysostosis: Case Report and Literature Review; JBJS Case Connector; (2021).

    • Evaluation of Fracture and Osteotomy Union in the Setting of Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Reliability of the Modified Radiographic Union Score for Tibial Fractures (RUST); Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2020).

    • Cervical kyphosis: A predominant feature of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta type 5.; Bone reports; (2020).

    • Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Pediatric Orthopedic Perspective; Orthopedic Clinics of North America; (2019).

    • Bone ninja mobile app for reverse planning method in internal limb deformity and lengthening surgery; Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction; (2019).

    • A moderate form of osteogenesis imperfecta caused by compound heterozygous LEPRE1 mutations; Bone Reports; (2018).

    • Categorization of the usage of adjunctive structural allograft bone graft in extremity surgery for patients with osteogenesis imperfecta; Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants; (2018).

    • What's New in the Management of Foot Deformities in Children with Cerebral Palsy; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2018).

    • Intramedullary nailing with supplemental plate and screw fixation of long bones of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta: Operative technique and preliminary results; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B; (2018).

    • Reuse of single-use hemaclear exsanguination tourniquets: A technique note; Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants; (2017).

    • Re-alignment and intramedullary rodding of the humerus and forearm in children with osteogenesis imperfecta: Revision rate and effect on fracture rate; Journal of Children's Orthopaedics; (2017).

    • Progressive Independence in Clinical Training: Perspectives of a National, Multispecialty Panel of Residents and Fellows; Journal of graduate medical education; (2015).

    • Posterolateral approach for open reduction and internal fixation of a posterior malleolus fracture - Hinging on an intact PITFL to disimpact the tibial plafond: A technical note; Foot and Ankle International; (2013).

    • Is there an association between chronicity of patellar instability and patellofemoral cartilage lesions? An arthroscopic assessment of chondral injury.; The journal of knee surgery; (2012).

    • Growth Modulation of the Scoliotic Spine: Where Are We Now?; Seminars in Spine Surgery; (2012).

    • Electronic monitoring improves brace-wearing compliance in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A randomized clinical trial; Spine; (2012).

    • The role of posterior spinal osteotomies in pediatric spinal deformity surgery: Indications and operative technique; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2011).

    • The Ca<sup>2+</sup>/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinases are AMP-activated protein kinase kinases; Journal of Biological Chemistry; (2005).