Wakenda Tyler
ColumbiaDoctors - 590 5th Avenue
Office
(212) 305-4565
590 5th Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10036
About
Dr. Tyler earned her medical degree from The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she also received a masters degree in public health. She went on to complete residency training in orthopedic surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, followed by a fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
As an active physician scientist, Dr. Tyler’s research interests overlap with her clinical practice and center around the treatment of patients with bone and soft tissue tumors and conditions that lead to osteolysis (bone destruction as a result of implant wear and loosening or presence of a tumor). She has written medical journal articles on several bone diseases, the effectiveness of medication in penetrating to the site of bone grafts, and the strength of the bone and prosthesis union.
Wakenda Tyler
Wakenda K. Tyler, MD, MPH specializes in the treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the bones and soft tissues in patients of all ages. As a musculoskeletal oncologist, Dr. Tyler’s practice is focused on the non-operative and operative management of primary soft tissue and bone cancers, sarcomas, and metastatic bone cancer. Dr. Tyler’s goal is to provide compassionate surgical care that achieves cure of cancer whenever possible by leveraging the latest advances in non-operative management, minimally invasive, and reconstructive surgical techniques. When cure is not possible she strives to achieve pain control and improve function as best as possible for every patient.Dr. Tyler earned her medical degree from The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she also received a masters degree in public health. She went on to complete residency training in orthopedic surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery, followed by a fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
As an active physician scientist, Dr. Tyler’s research interests overlap with her clinical practice and center around the treatment of patients with bone and soft tissue tumors and conditions that lead to osteolysis (bone destruction as a result of implant wear and loosening or presence of a tumor). She has written medical journal articles on several bone diseases, the effectiveness of medication in penetrating to the site of bone grafts, and the strength of the bone and prosthesis union.
Primary Specialty
Surgeon
Practice
ColumbiaDoctors - 590 5th Avenue
Gender
Female
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Workers Compensation, WellCare, UnitedHealthcare, CIGNA, Emblem/Hip, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, Fidelis Care, Emblem/GHI, Local 1199, Magnacare (National), RiverSpring, MVP Health Care, Medicare, Healthfirst, World Trade Center Health Plan, Affinity Health Plan, VNSNY CHOICE, AETNA
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Office Name
ColumbiaDoctors - 590 5th Avenue
Services
Wakenda Tyler provides surgery in New York, NY. The most common types of surgeons are: General, Cardiovascular, Otolaryngology, Neurological, Reconstructive, Neonatal and Orthopedic.
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