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Dr. Sarah Stelma
Dr. Sarah Stelma is a board eligible pediatric orthopedic surgeon with a subspecialty interest in scoliosis, trauma, fractures, and adolescent sport injuries. She earned her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City after graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and a Minor in Clinical Psychology. After medical school, Dr. Stelma completed a Tufts Affiliated Orthopaedic Surgery Residency in Boston, Massachusetts followed by a comprehensive Pediatric Orthopedic and Spine Surgery Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Stelma’s academic appointments include a Research Fellowship in Sports Medicine with Dr. Kevin Plancher at the Orthopaedic Foundation in Stamford, Connecticut, Research Assistant at the Pediatric Asthma Halterman Lab at University of Rochester Medical Center, and Research Assistant in Vision Science using Electrophysiology at University of Rochester Medical Center’s Pasternak Lab. She served as Clinical Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Tufts Medical School, as well as Chief Resident of Orthopadeic Surgery at Tuffs Medical Center. Dr. Stelma graduated Valedictorian from Fort Plain High School in Fort Plain, New York.
She has published numerous articles in medical journals, publications and text books and has presented at medical conferences and medical schools. Her pro bono involvement includes serving as an instructor for The Perry Initiative, a Boston-based outreach program designed to introduce young women in medical school to the field of orthopedic surgery, as well as a team physician for several Boston high schools.