Neil P Sheth
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Hospital
USA
Biography
Neil Sheth is Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Pennsylvania Hospital Site Director for the Adult Reconstruction Hip and Knee Fellowship. Dr. Sheth obtained his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He then spent 2 years on Wall Street as a Financial Analyst in Solomon Smith Barney's Healthcare Investment banking division prior to attending medical school at the Albany Medical College. Following medical school, he completed a 6 year Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Following residency, he completed an adult hip and knee reconstruction fellowship at Rush University as well as a 3-month mini-fellowship at the Endo Klinik in Hamburg, Germany focusing on peri-prosthetic infection. Sheth has now returned to join the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and focuses his research on acetabular bone loss pertaining to revision total hip arthroplasty, peri-prosthetic infection and the role of orthopaedic surgery in global health. He is currently leading a team to build an orthopaedic center of excellence in Moshi, Tanzania.
Research Interest
1. Acetablar Bone Loss 2. Pelvic Discontinuity 3. Osteolysis in Total Hip Arthroplasty 4. Antibiotic Coated Artrhoplasty Implants 5. Peri-prosthetic Infection 6. Orthopaedic Surgery in Global Health