DrorPaley, MD, FRCSC is the CEO, Founder, and Medical Director of the Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institutein West Palm Beach, Florida, from 2009 to present.Dr. Paley has grown the Paley Institute to 29 surgeons over the past 16 years recruitingthe best of the best in every subspeciality of Orthopedic Surgery. He alsofounded Satellites in Europe, Asia and South America: Paley European Institute in Warsaw, Poland,2018; Paley Middle East Clinic,Abu Dhabi, UAE 2023; and Instituto Paley Latino America 2024 in Medellin,Colombia. The Paley Institute is the world’s largest Orthopedic medical tourismcenter, treating patients from 110 countries and all 50 states. Dr. Paley speaks,lectures, reads and writes in 6 languages and is conversant in 4 more. He was the Founder and Director of the Rubin Institutefor Advanced Orthopedics, Baltimore, 2001-2009, and Professor & Chief ofPediatric Orthopedics at the University of Maryland, 1987-2001, and AssociateStaff at Hospital of Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 1987.
He did threeyears of subspecialty fellowship training in Pediatric Orthopedics, HandSurgery, Trauma Surgery, and LimbLengthening and Reconstruction Surgery,1985-87. He completed his orthopedicsurgery residency at the University of Toronto 1980-1985 and his internship atJohns Hopkins 1979-80. He received his medical degree from the University ofToronto Medical School, Toronto, Canada, in 1979. He was Professor ofOrthopedics at University of Maryland 1987-2001. He was adjunct Professor ofOrthopedic Surgery and consultant at the Hospital for Sick Children, Universityof Toronto, from 2010-2014. He currently holds academic appointments as aProfessor of Orthopedics at the University of Vermont and at Florida AtlanticUniversity. He sits on the Board of Governors of St. Mary’s Medical Center andis a board member of The Lord’s Place. He has performed 25,000+ surgeries. Heruns the Paley and unLIMBited Foundations and does mission trips around theworld.
Dr. Paley is internationallyrecognized for his expertise in limb lengthening and reconstruction. He trained under the guidanceof Prof. Gavril Ilizarov during multiple visitsto Kurgan, Soviet Union. Dr. Paley introduced the Ilizarov methodto the US and Canada in 1987 and subsequently was instrumental in theintroduction and dissemination of the Ilizarov method in Northern Europe, SouthAmerica, across Asia, Australia and New Zealand and parts of Africa. He was theFounder and first president of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Societyin 1989 and of the International Limb Lengthening and ReconstructionSociety in 2015. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including Maryland GubernatorialCitation 1990, Pauwel’s Medal in Clinical Biomechanics 1997, Best paper/posteraward by SICOT, AAOS, POSNA, AORS; best illustrated medical textbook 2003;Health Professional of the Year 2011, Health Hero of the Year 2013, FloridaMost Influential Business Leader 2019, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 and was named aLiving Legend and most influential business leader in Palm Beach by the PalmBeach Illustrated for the past 3 years running. Most recently (2025) hereceived St. Mary’s Medical Center Highest Service Award (2025) and wasinducted to the LLRS Hall of Fame.
He served as the Orthopedic Surgeon tothe White House from 2017 to 2021 and was reappointed again in 2025. He haspublished 200 peer- reviewed articles, 73 bookchapters, 50 video productions and 9 books; most notably: CongenitalFemoral Deficiency 2023, and Principles of Deformity Correction, Springer (2002, 2005). The CORA method of deformityanalysis in this text has become the gold standard for deformity planning inorthopedics. Dr. Paley developed over 100 surgical procedures including:SUPERhip, SUPERknee, SUPERankle, SHORDT, Paley-Weber patelloplasty,ulnarization, Paley Rotationplasty, modified Judet quadricepsplasty, PaleyCross Union for CPT, MHE forearm interosseous correction, four-segment achondroplasia lengthening,and many others. He had had an interestin Perthes disease since 1989 when he first developed the method of articulatedhip distraction for Perthes. He has also developeda method to reshape the femoral head using FemoralHead Reduction Osteotomy. Hedeveloped the Multiplier method of predicting leg length discrepancy and timingof epiphysiodesis, now available using the Android and iOS app Paley GrowthMultiplier App.
He lives with his wife Jenniferand has four grown children, Benjamin, Jonathan,Aviva, and Daelan; three grandchildren, Dalia, Jack and Lev. His hobbiesinclude reading history, skiing, road and mountain biking, rock climbing, andscuba diving.
