Alexandra Callan, M.D. Titles and Appointments Program Director - Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program Associate Professor Endowed Title Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care School Medical School Department Orthopaedic Surgery You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Alexandra (Alex) Callan serves as the Director of Orthopaedic Oncology at UT Southwestern. As a musculoskeletal oncologist, Dr. Callan cares for patients with sarcomas, metastatic bone disease, complex joint replacements, and other bone and soft tissue tumors of the body. She works closely with a multidisciplinary sarcoma team at UT Southwestern, Children’s Health, and Parkland Memorial Hospital. While born in Denver, Colorado – she calls The Woodlands, Texas home. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor’s of Science degree and a love for Irish football! Following college, she joined the Teach for America Corps to teach high school science and coach volleyball, basketball, and softball in Houston. Subsequently, she attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine where she found a passion for surgery. Alex complete her Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee and Orthopeadic Oncology Fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Callan continues to grow the Sarcoma Program at UT Southwestern. She has a gift for teaching residents and medical students and a dedication to excellent, personalized patient care. In her free time, she enjoys wakeboarding, live music, snowboarding, travel and adventure. Education Medical School Baylor College of Medicine (2011) Residency Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2016), Orthopedic Surgery Fellowship UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (2017), Orthopedic Oncology Research Interest Clinical and Functional Outcomes in Orthopaedic Oncology Limb Salvage Techniques for Osteosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma Metastatic Bone Disease Quality of Life in Musculoskeletal Oncology Publications Featured Publications Preoperative Radiotherapy in Patients With Localized Ewing Sarcoma Enrolled on AEWS1031: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. Indelicato DJ, Callan AK, Ahmed SK, Krailo M, DelRocco N, Buxton AB, Binitie OT, Christ AB, Kessell S, Chuba PJ, Nadel HR, Pawel BR, Gorlick R, Reed DR, DuBois SG, Janeway KA, Leavey P, Mascarenhas L, Laack NN, Pediatr Blood Cancer 2025 May e31820 Bone Cancer, Version 2.2025, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines In Oncology. Biermann JS, Hirbe A, Ahlawat S, Bernthal NM, Binitie O, Boles S, Brigman B, Callan AK, Cipriano C, Cranmer LD, Davis J, Donnelly E, Ferguson M, Graham A, Groundland J, Hess M, Hiniker SM, Hoover-Regan ML, Hornick JL, Jonard B, Kuechle JB, Lindskog D, Mayerson JL, McGarry SV, Morris CD, Olson D, Rose PS, Santana VM, Satcher RL, Schwartz H, Shulman RM, Thorpe SW, Wilky BA, Wustrack RL, Yoon J, Hang LE, Jones F, Sansone N, Lyons M, J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2025 Apr 23 4 Contemporary surgical management of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. Callan AK, Alexander JH, Montgomery NI, Lindberg AW, Scharschmidt TJ, Binitie O, Pediatr Blood Cancer 2024 Oct e31374 Emerging Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Procedures for Periacetabular Osteolytic Metastases. Ibe I, Dussik CM, Callan AK, Barr J, Lee FY, J Bone Joint Surg Am 2023 Mar 105 6 479-489 Fever and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome After Wide Resection of Pediatric Bone Sarcomas. Gallaway KE, Atadja LA, Callan AK, J Pediatr Orthop 2022 May Total Tibial Allograft Reconstruction for Adamantinoma: A Case Report With 2-Year Follow-up. Callan AK, Singleterry S, Czerniak BA, Selber JC, Satcher RL, JBJS Case Connect 2020 Dec 10 4 e20.00046 Thirty-Day Outcomes following Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgery: A NSQIP Pediatrics Analysis. Gallaway KE, Ahn J, Callan AK, Sarcoma 2020 2020 1283080 Thirty-Day Outcomes after Surgery for Primary Sarcomas of the Extremities: An Analysis of the NSQIP Database. Gallaway KE, Ahn J, Callan AK, J Oncol 2020 2020 7282846 Multiparametric Evaluation of Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Current Perspectives and Future Directions. Bajaj G, Callan AK, Weinschenk RC, Chhabra A, Semin Roentgenol 2022 Jul 57 3 212-231 Case Report of Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly (FAVA) with Activating Somatic PIK3CA Mutation. Driskill JH, Hwang H, Callan AK, Oliver D, Case Rep Genet 2022 2022 9016497 Results 1-10 of 17 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Pain Management in Metastatic Bone Disease. In Musculoskeletal Pain Mikayla Roof, Shengqing Wang, Alexandra Callan (2024). Compartment Syndrome: Management and Techniques of Release. In Common Orthopaedic Emergencies: Surviving the Night Alexandra K. Callan, MD and Hassan R. Mir, MD, MBA (). Bone Sarcomas. In Orthopaedic Knowledge Update (OKU) Musculoskeletal Tumors Alexandra Callan, MD (). Surgical Management of Lower Extremity Metastases. In AAOS Resident Curriculum Alexandra Callan, MD (). Honors & Awards Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care (2017-2021) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) (2011) COG (Children's Oncology Group) (2017) CTOS (Connective Tissue Oncology Society) (2018) ISOLS (International Society of Limb Salvage) (2024) MAOA (Mid-America Orthopaedic Association) (2021) MSTS (Musculoskeletal Tumor Society) (2016) NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) (2020) Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (2016) WOA (Western Orthopaedic Association) (2018)
