Alexandre Arkader MD

Alexandre Arkader, MD, is a board-certified attending surgeon who specializes in treating children with bone tumors. He works with the Division of Orthopedics and the Cancer Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Arkader is one of a handful of surgeons in the country with formal training in both pediatric orthopedics and orthopedic oncology. Additionally, he has a special interest in treating complex limb deformities, expertise in external fixation methods and other minimally invasive techniques for limb preservation and correction.

Dr. Arkader comes to CHOP after eight years at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) and Keck School of Medicine of USC. At CHLA, Dr. Arkader served as the Director of the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor program, the largest multidisciplinary program for children with bone and soft tissue tumors on the West Coast. Dr. Arkader also served as the Director of the Orthopedic Trauma Program, and Director of the International Fellowship at the Children’s Orthopedic Center at CHLA.