Albert Jonathan Aboulafia, M.D., M.B.A.

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  • Associate Professor (PAR) of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Languages: English, Hebrew, Spanish

Expertise

Bone Sarcoma, Bone Tumors, Metastatic Bone Disease, Orthopaedic Oncology, Orthopaedics, Orthopedic Surgery, Osteosarcoma, Pediatric Sarcoma, Sarcoma, Sarcoma and Musculoskeletal Tumors, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Soft Tissue Tumors ...read more

Research Interests

Treating adults and children who have benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors ...read more

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Outside of Maryland & Washington D.C.

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center)

Appointment Phone: 443-287-2660
601 N. Caroline St.
5th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21287 map

Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station

Appointment Phone: 443-287-2660
10803 Falls Road
Pavilion III, Suite 2100
Lutherville, MD 21093 map

Background

Albert Aboulafia, M.D., F.A. C.S., M.B.A., is a nationally and internationally recognized leader as a clinician, researcher and educator in orthopaedic oncology. Dr. Aboulafia specializes in treating adults and children who have benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors. He is active on editorial boards and in academics, research, teaching, and national and international speaking engagements. 

Dr. Aboulafia attended the University of Michigan Medical School, and he performed a general surgery internship and subsequent residency training in orthopaedic surgery at the Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship in orthopaedic oncology through a combined program at the Washington Hospital Center, the Children’s National Hospital and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Dr. Aboulafia served as an attending staff physician at the Washington Hospital Center and the Children’s National Hospital Center and consulted for the surgery branch at the NIH as an associate professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He then joined the faculty at the Emory University School of Medicine before moving to Baltimore, where he worked at Sinai Hospital and became a clinical professor of orthopaedics at the University of Maryland. There, he worked with residents from several orthopaedic programs and with students.  

Dr. Aboulafia received a master’s degree in business administration from the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School in 2006. He then became the medical director of the Baltimore region’s cancer program and the chief of orthopaedic oncology at MedStar Health, where he also served as acting chief of surgery. Dr. Aboulafia joined the orthopaedic surgery department at Johns Hopkins Medicine in November 2022.  

As an academic physician, Dr. Aboulafia has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and served as course director and/or faculty member for over 60 courses. He has also been an invited speaker for more than 150 local, national and international presentations, and he serves on the editorial board or as a reviewer for over a dozen journals including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Orthopaedics, the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Cancer and the Annals of Oncology.  

Dr. Aboulafia participates in local, national and international clinical trials as an investigator or local principal investigator. He also trains residents from several orthopaedic programs including those at MedStar, the University of Maryland, Sinai Hospital and the York residency program. 

Dr. Aboulafia has served as a member or chair of various national, international and local committees and organizations, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), the American-European Musculoskeletal Tumor Society and the Maryland Orthopedic Association, and he is a past president of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society and the Baltimore City Medical Society. 

The numerous prestigious accolades that Dr. Aboulafia has received throughout his career include recognition by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and TIME for his contribution to cancer care, and in Baltimore magazine’s Top Doctors issue every year since 2014. He has also been recognized for his commitment to volunteer work, and he received a certificate of appreciation and medal from the Maryland Board of Physicians, the governor of Maryland and the secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for his work in New Orleans’ Jefferson Parish after Hurricane Katrina. The Institute for Global Health and Development applauded Dr. Aboulafia’s leadership role in Haiti with Project Medishare following the 2010 earthquake there. He also received distinguished service recognition for his work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  

Dr. Aboulafia was the inaugural recipient of the AAOS Achievement Award, and he was a fellow and mentor for the AAOS Leadership Fellows Program. The Boy Scouts of America’s Baltimore Area Council honored him with a Health Care Leadership Award in 2022.

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Titles

  • Associate Professor (PAR) of Orthopaedic Surgery

Departments / Divisions

Education

Degrees

  • MD; University of Michigan Medical School (1985)

Residencies

  • Orthopaedic Surgery; LAC + USC Medical Center (1990)

Fellowships

  • Orthopedic Oncology; MedStar Health (1991)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Orthopedic Surgery) (1993)

Research & Publications

Selected Publications

Aradhya N, Aminpour N, Desale S, Villano A, Unger K, Al-Rafaie W. National Evaluation of Patterns and Predictors of Under-use of Multimodal Therapy for High-Risk Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Surgery. 2022 May;171(5):1348-1357. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.10.034. Epub 2022 Feb 2.

Schneider P, Heels-Ansdell D, Thabane L, Ghert M on behalf of the PARITY Investigators. Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens In Tumor Surgery (PARITY): a multi-center randomized controlled study comparing alternative antibiotic regimens in patients undergoing tumor resections with endoprosthetic replacements – a statistical analysis plan. Trials 2021; 22:223. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/x13063-021-05147-2. 

Krumme J, MacConnell A. Wallace M, Aboulafia A, Jelinek J, Adams B, Henshaw R. Early Failures Using the Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System in Pathologic and Impending Fractures. Orthopedics. 2021;44(3):154–159.  https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20210416-06. 

Sax,Oc. Mohamed NS, Pervaiz SS, Douglas SJ, Aboulafia AJ, Delenois RE. The Effect of Modern Antiretroviral Therapy on Complication Rates After Total Hip Arthroplasty. JBJS Open Access. 2021 May 4;6(2):e20.00175. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.20.00175. eCollection 2021 Apr-Jun.PMID: 34056505  

Mayassi HA, Zeitlinger LN, Aboulafia AJ, Wallace MT. Reconstruction of Metastatic Bone Loss of the Proximal Femur and Acetabulum. Current Orthopaedic Practice. July/August 2020, 31(4):336-342. 

 

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • Health Care Leadership Award, The Boy Scouts of America Baltimore Area Council, 2022
  • Senior Achievement Award American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Inaugural Recipient Achievement Award, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 2010
  • Recognition of Leadership for Relief Services in Haiti, Global Institute for Global Health and Development Project Medishare, 2010
  • Certificate of Appreciation and Medal, The Maryland Board of Physicians, Governor and The Secretary of Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for Services in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Memberships

  • Fellow American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Fellow American College of Surgeons
  • Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (Past President)
  • American Orthopaedic Association
  • American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
  • Baltimore City Medical Society (Past President)

Videos & Media

Lectures and Presentations

  • Benign and Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors, Principles of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Metastatic Bone Tumors.
    Oral Presentation, Rosemont IL (01/01/2019)
    AAOS Board Maintenance of Certification Preparation and Review. General Orthopaedics
  • Soft Tissue Lumps and Bumps for the General Surgeon.
    Oral Presentation, Washington, D.C. (09/01/2019)
    Gastric and Soft Tissue Neoplasms 2019
  • Benign and Malignant Primary Bone Tumors.
    Oral Presentation (07/01/2020)
    AAOS Board Maintenance of Certification Preparation and Review
  • Aboulafia, AJ, Zeitlinger L. “Tumors of the Upper Extremity”.
    Oral Presentation, Baltimore, Maryland (06/01/2021)
    Union Memorial Hand Fellows’ Lecture
  • Everything or most of what you need to know about Primary and Malignant Tumors of Bone.
    Virtual Course, Virtual Course (07/16/2022)
    AAOS Board Maintenance of Certification, Preparation and Review.

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