PaulFDefrinoMD

Foot & Ankle Surgery

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Office
7600 W College Dr
Palos Heights, IL 60463
Phone+1 708-361-0600

Fax+1 708-923-2529

Dr. Paul Defrino, MD is a board certified orthopedic surgeon in Palos Heights, Illinois. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Illinois, Indiana, and Texas. He is affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, Advocate Christ Medical Center, and OSF Healthcare Little Company of Mary Medical Center.

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1993 - 1998
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1993

PubMed

137 citations
First metatarsophalangeal arthrodesis: a clinical, pedobarographic and gait analysis study.
Paul Francis DeFrino, James W. Brodsky, Fabian E. Pollo, Stephanie J. Crenshaw, Andrew D. Beischer
Foot & Ankle International. 2002-06-01
9 citations
Atherosclerotic plaque evolution in the descending thoracic aorta in familial hypercholesterolemic patients. A transesophageal echo study.
Cesar J. Herrera, Lee J. Frazin, Peter C. Dau, Paul F. DeFrino, Neil J. Stone
Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis. 1994-11-01
14 citations
Value and limitations of transesophageal echocardiography in evaluating prosthetic or bioprosthetic valve dysfunction.
Cesar J. Herrera, Farooq A. Chaudhry, Paul F. DeFrino, David J. Mehlman, Kevin M. Mulhern
The American Journal of Cardiology. 1992-03-01