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C. PARKER GIBBS, M.D., earned his medical degree at the University of Florida in 1989 before going on to complete his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado and his fellowships in Orthopaedic Oncology and Orthopaedic Oncology Research at the University of Chicago. He served as director of Musculoskeletal Oncology at the University of Colorado from 1997-2002
He returned to UF in 2003 to work in the Department of Orthopaedics where he is now a tenured professor. He was named the Eugene Jewitt Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2011.
Gibbs's clinical practice involves the treatment of bone and soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities and pelvis. He has published 7 book chapters and more than 56 scientific papers in journals such as Journal of Bone Joint Surgery, the American Journal of Clinical Oncology and the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.
Dr. Gibbs directs the NIH funded Musculoskeletal Oncology Laboratory at the University of Florida. The research team studies the mechanisms that determine the malignant potential of Osteosarcoma cells.
Gibbs was elected to membership in the American Orthopaedic Society and is also a member of several other professional organizations including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, and the Connective Tissue Oncology Society. He serves as an examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Medical School
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
1989
Residency
University of Colorado, Denver, CO
1990
Orthopaedic Oncoloy Fellowship
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995
Orthopaedic Oncology Research Fellowship
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1997
University of Florida College of Medicine Faculty Research Award in Clinical Science - April 2011
Eugene L. Jewett Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, October 6, 2011-Present
University of Colorado Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2010
Chosen as American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/Orthopaedic Research Society Clinician Scientist
Original Articles
- Carmody-Soni E, Miller BE, Scarborough MT, and Gibbs CP. Functional Outcomes and Gait Analysis of Patients After Periacetabular Sarcoma Resection With and Without Ischiofemoral Arthrodesis. J. Surg Onc. Accepted.
- Dallas J, Imanirad I, Rajani R, Dagan R, Subbiah S, Gaa R, Dwarica WA, Ivey AM, Zlotecki RA, Malyapa R, Indelicato DJ, Scarborough MT, Reith JD, Gibbs CP, Dang LH. Response to sunitinib in combination with proton beam radiation in a patient with chondrosarcoma. J Med Case Reports 2012 Jan 30;6(1) epub ahead of print
- Rutenberg MS, Indelicato DJ, Knapik JA, Lagmay JP, Morris C, Zlotecki RA, Scarborough MT, Gibbs CP, Marcus RB. External Beam Radiotherapy for Pediatric and Young Adult Desmoid Tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Sep;57(3):435-42
- Roi D, Kirwan J, Marcus R, Scarborough MT, Reith JD, Knapik J, Gibbs CP and Indelicato D. The Significance of a Marginal Excision after Preoperative Radiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremity" Cancer, epub 2011 Oct
- Rajani R, and Gibbs CP, Treatment of Bone Tumors. Surgical Pathology Clinics, In Press.
Book Chapters
- Levings, PP, and Gibbs CP: Bone Repair and Regeneration in Edward Scott (ed.) Regenerative Medicine Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury Massachusetts. Chapter 26. In Press
- Domson G, Scarborough M, and Gibbs CP: Malignant Bone Tumors in Children in Albert Aboulafia (ed.) Orthopaedic Knowledge Online Rosemont, IL, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2007
- McGarry S, Gibbs CP: Myogenic, Lipogenic, and Neural Tumors, Giant Cell Tumor of Bone, Vascular Lesions, Other Tumors of Undefined Neoplastic Nature, in Damron TA (ed): Oncology and Basic Science: Orthopaedic Surgery Essentials. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2007, pp 147 and – 148, 159 and –163, 164 and –169, 170 and –176.
- Silverstein E, Gibbs CP: Classification and Imaging of Soft-Tissue Tumors, in Schwartz HS (ed): OKU: Musculoskeletal Tumors, ed 2. Rosemont, IL, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2007, pp 289-300.
- Gibbs CP, Lewis VO, Peabody T: Techniques in the Surgical Management of Benign Bone Tumors, in Pelligrini VD (ed): Americn Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Instructional Course Lectures, vol. 54, AAOS Publishing, Chicago; 2005 pp 497-503.
Current Research Support
2/1/11-1/31/16 NIH/NCI RO1 CA137186 $1,250,000-Direct Intra-tumoral Heterogeneity in Osteosarcoma: Implications for Tumorigenicity and Malignant Reversion
Principal Investigator and –Gibbs, CP
1/5/11-6/30/12 Florida Department of Health and Moffit Cancer Center: A Phase II Study Evaluating Neoadjuvant Administration of High Dose Radiation Therapy in Soft Tissue Sarcoma. UF PI: Indelicato, Co-I: Gibbs, CP