He serves as Chair of the Orthopaedic Service and Stephen P. McDermott Chair in Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC),[1] as well as Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College,[2] in New York, NY.
Specific research areas include orthopaedic reconstructive surgery for metastatic disease, improving outcomes and quality of life for patients with pediatric bone tumors (osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma)[5][6][7] and understanding the molecular biology of bone tumors.
[12] Throughout his career, he has held various leadership positions in the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (past President, 2010-2011),[13] and the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.
[14] Healey has written more than 250 research articles[15] and book chapters on the topics of osteosarcoma;[16][17] Ewing sarcoma; Paget’s disease;[18] soft tissue sarcomas;[19] giant cell tumor of bone;[20] joint replacement techniques in the surgical treatment of bone tumors;[21][22][23] and the use of musculoskeletal surgery to improve pain and function in patients with advanced cancers.
[24] He has served as Deputy Editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research since 2005.