Terrence Ishmael

Terrence G. Ishmael, MD

Specialties
  • Orthopaedic Surgery

Terrence Ishmael, M.D., is a pediatric orthopedic and spine surgeon at Shriners Children’s Philadelphia. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. After residency, he completed his first fellowship in pediatric orthopedics and scoliosis at Scottish Rite for Children in Dallas, Texas. He then completed a second fellowship in adult and pediatric spinal deformity surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania/Shriners Hospitals for Children — Philadelphia.

Dr. Ishmael has interests in complex spinal conditions, fracture care, lower extremity neuromuscular pathology and lower extremity conditions. He is committed to the mission of Shriners Children’s, both locally and abroad, through surgical mission trips to the Caribbean. The ability to provide cutting-edge care to children in need, regardless of their ability to pay, is one of his primary reasons for joining the Shriners Children’s team.

In his free time, Dr. Ishmael enjoys traveling with his wife, Suneetha.

Pediatric Care

Specialties

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Board Certifications
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery - General
Education and Training

Medical Education
University of the West Indies - Faculty of Medical Sciences
Bridgetown
Barbados
12/17/2006

Residency
Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, DC
United States of America
6/30/2013

Residency
Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, DC
United States of America
6/30/2018

Fellowship
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Texas
Dallas, TX
United States of America
7/31/2019

Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia Shriners Hospital for Children
Philadelphia, PA
United States of America
7/31/2020

Leadership and Memberships
  • July 2024-Present: Board Member - Ronald McDonald House Charities, Philadelphia Region
  • Member - J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society
  • July 2021-Present: Lead – Scholars Subcommittee, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
  • Active Fellow 2023: Scoliosis Research Society
  • Active Member - The Caribbean Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Editorial Positions
  • 2021-present, Reviewer, Caribbean Medical Journal
Awards and Honors
  • June 2019, T. Boone Pickens Spine Research Award, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Academic Lectures and Presentations
  • ePoster: 18th International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis and the Growing Spine - Complications following hemivertebrectomy for congenital scoliosis (11/2024)
  • Presentation: 59th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting - Harms Study Group: Trends in blood loss and transfusion in patients with cerebral palsy undergoing posterior spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis (09/2024)
  • ePoster: AANS 2023 Joint Pediatric Section Annual Meeting - Identifying the rate of vertebral body tethering breakage in the lumbar spine in idiopathic scoliosis (11/2023)
  • ePoster: AANS 2023 Joint Pediatric Section Annual Meeting - Spasticity affects outcomes in cerebral palsy patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion (11/2023)
  • Presentation: 58th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting - Outcomes of anterior vertebral body tethering in Lenke 1 AR vs. 1AL curve types (09/2023)
  • Presentation: 58th Scoliosis Research Society annual meeting - What is the incidence and course of lumbar vertebral body tethering breakage? (09/2023)

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