Matthew W. Colman, M.D

Orthopedic Oncology Spine, Back & Neck

Assistant Professor, Rush University Medical Center

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Matthew Colman specializes in spine surgery & musculoskeletal oncology.

Dr. Colman completed his undergraduate training cum laude with honors from Dartmouth College, earned his medical degree with honors from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, and went on to complete his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

He has been fellowship trained in pediatric and adult musculoskeletal oncology at Harvard University and orthopedic and neurosurgical spine surgery at the University of Utah.

Dr. Colman has an interest in treating bone and soft tissue tumors wherever they occur, including the spine. He also treats a comprehensive set of non-tumor-related spinal problems, including degenerative disease, deformity, and trauma.

He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), AOSpine, the North American Spine Society, and Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Chicago Chapter.

Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

• Colman M, Pond J, Bachus K, Lawrence BD, Spiker WR, Brodke DS. Fenestrated Screws Augmented with PMMA Increase the Pull-out Strength of Sacral Pedicle Screws. Clin Spine Surg. 2016 Jul 14
• Colman MW, Guss A, Bachus KN, Spiker WR, Lawrence BD, Brodke DS. Fixed-Angle, Posteriorly Connected Anterior Cage Reconstruction Improves Stiffness and Decreases Cancellous Subsidence in a Spondylectomy Model. Spine 2016 May;41(9):E519-23.
• Ahn J, Colman MW. En Bloc Spondylectomy for Primary Tumors and Metastatic Disease: A Review of Reported Outcomes. Contemporary Spine Surgery. April 2016 Vol. 17 (14)
• Colman MW, Karim SM, Lozano-Calderon SA, Pedlow FX, Raskin KA, Hornicek FJ, Schwab JH. Quality of life after en bloc resection of tumors in the mobile spine. Spine J. 2015 Aug 1;15(8):1728-37.
• Colman MW, Schwab, JH. Current Concepts in Primary Benign, Primary Malignant, and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine. In: Orthopedic Knowledge Update 12. Ed. Grauer, JH. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 2017.
• Colman MW, Spiker WR. Metastatic Spine Disease. In: Metastatic Bone Disease. Ed. Randall RL. Springer 2016

PRACTICE EMPHASIS

• Musculoskeletal Oncology for adults and pediatric
• Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Spine Surgery
• Spine Oncology

SPECIAL PROCEDURES

• Spine Oncology
• Adult benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors
• Pediatric benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors
• Limb salvage surgery
• Adult degenerative spine surgery
• Adult spine deformity surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Metastatic spine disease
• Sarcoma

SECOND LANGUAGE

• Italian

DISCLOSURES

• AAOS Record of Disclosure

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

• Medical School
  University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Residency
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• Fellowship
  Musculoskeletal Oncology, Harvard University / Massachusetts General Hospital / Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Board Certification
  Orthopaedic Surgery

IN THE NEWS

• Dr. Matthew Colman Using Custom-Fitted Spine Implants to Help Patients

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