John H. Healey (born 1952) is an American cancer surgeon, researcher, and expert in the surgical treatment of benign and malignant bone tumors and other musculoskeletal cancers. He serves as Chair of the Orthopaedic Service and Stephen P. McDermott Chair in Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC),Physician profile: John H. Healey, MD. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center website. Available at: http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctor/john-healey. Retrieved 2012-08-14. as well as Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College,Weill Cornell Medical College Faculty, Orthopaedic Surgery. Weill Cornell Medical College website. Available at: https://med.cornell.edu/faculty/departments/ortho.html. Retrieved 2012-08-14. in New York, NY. In Dec 2025, he retired from MSKCC and joined UT San Antonio Medical Center https://orthopedic.io/surgeon/john-h-healey-md-new-york/
Career Healey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Yale University and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He completed training in surgery, orthopaedic surgery, and musculoskeletal oncology at the New England Medical Center Hospital in Boston, MA, and at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY.Physician profile: John H. Healey, MD. Hospital for Special Surgery website. Available at: http://www.hss.edu/physicians_healey-john.asp. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
Healey’s research and clinical activities in the area of hip reconstruction have led to the development of orthopaedic implant devices, including the Healey Flanged Revision Acetabular Component™Healey™ Flanged Revision Acetabular System [product brochure]. Warsaw, Ind: Biomet, Inc; 1998. Available at: http://www.biomet.com.mx/biomet2011/pdf/ORTHOPEDICS/CADERA/Copa%20de%20Revision%20Healy-Flanged.pdf and the Healey Hip Swivel™ (manufactured by Biomet Corporation, Warsaw, Indiana).
Specific research areas include orthopaedic reconstructive surgery for metastatic disease, improving outcomes and quality of life for patients with pediatric bone tumors (osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma) and understanding the molecular biology of bone tumors. Healey is known by his patients for his bowtie
Awards and leadership John Healey has received awards from the Japanese Orthopaedic Association,1990s JOA Alumni, Japanese Orthopaedic Association Traveling Fellowships. American Orthopaedic Association website. . Retrieved 2012-08-16. and Peking University.Visiting Professors. Peking University People's Hospital website. Available at: http://english.pkuph.edu.cn/international/visiting/. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
Throughout his career, he has held various leadership positions in the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (past President, 2010-2011),Pat on the back. AAOS Now; June 2010. http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/jun10/youraaos8.asp . Retrieved 2012-08-15. and the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.Executive officers and boards. Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation website. Available at: http://www.mtf.org/executive_officers_boards.html#execs3. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
In 2026, Dr. Healey received the Nicolas Andry Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons https://www.abjs.org/abjs-corr-nicolas-andry-award-winners
Publications Healey has written more than 250 research articles and book chapters on the topics of osteosarcoma;Lin PP, Healey JH. Sarcomas of Bone. Surgical Oncology. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2001:20B_1015-1053.Brennan MF, Healey JH. Soft Tissue, Sarcoma and Bone Tumors. Townsend: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 16/E. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders 2000:511-532. Ewing sarcoma; Paget’s disease;Healey JH. Paget's Disease of Bone. In: Paget S, Pellici P, Gibofsky A, Beary J, Manual of Rheumatology and Orthopedics 4th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 2000:47:358-361. soft tissue sarcomas;Healey JH, Kennedy JG. Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors About the Knee. The Adult Knee. Editors: J.J. Callaghan, A.G. Rosenberg, H.E. Rubash, P.T. Simion, T.L.Wickiewicz. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia PA 2003: Chapter 33:495-520. giant cell tumor of bone; joint replacement techniques in the surgical treatment of bone tumors; and the use of musculoskeletal surgery to improve pain and function in patients with advanced cancers.Healey JH, Cancer Pain Management in Orthopedic Surgery. In Encyclopedia of Pain. Editors: R.F. Schmidt and W.d. Willis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2007. Chapter 289, 359-362. He has served as Deputy Editor of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research since 2005.Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Editorial Board. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research website. Available at: http://www.clinorthop.org/services/editorial_board.html. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
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