Mark Vrahas, MD has been appointed the Levin/Gordon Distinguished Chair in Cedars-Sinai’s Department of Orthopaedics. Dr. Vrahas arrived at Cedars-Sinai with an international reputation for clinical excellence and a strong record of building and leading highly effective orthopaedic trauma programs.

Dr. Vrahas was chosen after a rigorous national search and exemplifies the finest clinical, academic and administrative role model for leading this newly established department with vision and skill.

The founder of the Harvard Orthopaedic Trauma Initiative, Vrahas led efforts to foster collaboration among orthopaedic trauma services at all Harvard affiliated teaching hospitals – Mass General, Brigham and Women’s, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Vrahas is widely recognized as an expert in orthopaedic trauma and pelvic and acetabular surgery. He lectures around the world, publishes extensively and serves as an editorial board member for leading orthopaedic journals. He has successfully mentored dozens of residents and fellows in orthopaedic trauma surgery and research.

Dr. Vrahas completed medical school and residency at the University of Pittsburgh, followed by fellowships in biomechanics research at the University of Iowa and in orthopaedic trauma and adult reconstruction at the University of Toronto. He was the chief of Orthopaedic Trauma at Charity Hospital in New Orleans before arriving to Boston in 1999.

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