Team Approach to Limb Preservation

The Denver Clinic for Extremities at Risk is a team of medical professionals who specialize in management and treatment of conditions and diseases that place people at risk of losing an extremity. At Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center and The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children for over 20 years, this group has established itself as the Rocky Mountain region's premier medical community to evaluate and treat diseases and trauma that affect the extremities.

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About Our Program

Comprehensive Care

Our group brings together important components of patient care:

  • Expertise in adult and pediatric oncology, orthopedic surgery and orthopedic oncology, infectious diseases, microvascular plastic surgeons, amputation rehabilitation, pathology, and neuromodulation for pain management
  • The latest treatments with proven success based on continuing Denver Clinic clinical research
  • Weekly interdisciplinary patient conference
  • Active involvement in outcome studies, publications, and presentations at world-wide medical conferences
  • Full-time referral coordinator to assist with new patient referrals, appointments, transportation, and lodging during the patient work-up
  • Social work services to assist with financial counseling and psychosocial concerns

 

 

 

Weekly Patient Conference

 

thumb_limb_pres_conf_oct_02_08-72dpiThe cornerstone of Extremities at Risk Program is a weekly clinical conference where medical specialists gather to discuss clinical issues and potential patient treatment plans. The clinical conference matches advanced protocols or successful new surgical techniques to the individual patient. The treating physician will often return with follow-up information about the results, aiding in future discussions regarding patients with similiar problems.

 

 

 

 

meet the team

Peder Horner, MD

PHonerDr. Peder Horner is an interventional radiologist with Diversified Radiology of Colorado.  He completed medical school at University of Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri; then went on to complete his diagnostic radiology residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon.  He completed his fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology at Oregon Health and Science University as well. Dr. Horner and his interventional radiology colleagues are key members of the extremity tumor service line. Their expertise in biopsy and intra-arterial chemotherapy is imperative in the post-treatment outcomes for osteosarcoma. 

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