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The Abramson Cancer Center is pleased to welcome Kristy L. Weber, MD as the new director of the sarcoma program at the Abramson Cancer Center, chief of orthopaedic oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and vice chair of faculty affairs in the department of orthopaedic surgery.

After receiving her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Weber completed an orthopaedic residency at the University of Iowa and subsequently completed an orthopaedic oncology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. She is board certified in orthopaedic surgery.

Most recently, Dr. Weber was a Virginia & William Percy Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Oncology at John’s Hopkins Medicine, where she also served as the division chief of orthopaedic oncology and the director of the Sarcoma Program.

"I am thrilled to be able to join the team in Philadelphia at the Abramson Cancer Center," says Dr. Weber. "I enjoy seeing patients with known sarcomas of bone or soft tissues as well as those patients who are concerned about a soft tissue mass or bone lesion. The sarcoma team at Penn is a highly skilled group that uses the latest research and technologies to treat patients with this disease."

Dr. Weber  specializes in the treatment of osteosarcomas, soft tissue tumors and limb salvage surgery, and has an interest in research for metastatic bone disease. Her clinical interests include the treatment of patients with bone and soft-tissue tumors, utilizing limb-salvage techniques around the hip, pelvis, knee and shoulder.

Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks and months for more information about the sarcoma program at the Abramson Cancer Center.