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About Kevin Raskin, MD
Dr. Kevin Raskin specializes in benign and malignant tumors of the musculoskeletal system. He is an active educator for medical students, residents, and fellows.
Dr. Raskin earned a BA from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1991 and a MD from Tel Aviv University in 1997. He completed his internship in General Surgery and residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Raskin completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Raskin has been an Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeon at MGH since 2003. He is a member of the Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Center and Director of the Orthopaedic Oncology Fellowship Program at Mass General. And he is an Associated Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School where he teaches residents, fellows and medical students both in and out of the operating room.
Clinical Interests:
- Amputations
- Benign bone tumors
- Benign soft tissue tumors
- Bone cancer
- Bone infections
- Bone metastases
- Limb-sparing procedures
- Malignant bone tumors
- Malignant soft tissue tumors
- Metabolic bone disease
- Metastatic bone disease
- Multiple myeloma
- Sarcomas
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Languages:
- Hebrew, Spanish
Locations
Orthopaedic Oncology Service | Centers for Sarcoma & Chordoma
55 Fruit Street
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 3B
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-0604
Medical Education
- MD, Sackler School of Medicine (Israel)
- Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid NY
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Raskin's research interests include studying the survival of patients with different types of cancer. Through an extensive database maintained by the Orthopaedic Oncology Service at MGH, Dr. Raskin and the other surgeons in the Oncology Service are able to study the outcomes of their surgeries and how those surgeries effect their patient's lives.
Publications
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Select Publications:
- Devisetty K, Kobayashi W, Suit HD, Goldberg SI, Niemierko A, Chen YL, Raskin KA, Schwab JH, Springfield DS, Yoon SS, Hornicek FJ, Delaney TF. Low-Dose Neoadjuvant External Beam Radiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Sep 21.
- Tejwani A, Kobayashi W, Chen YL, Rosenberg AE, Yoon S, Raskin KA, Rosenthal DI, Nielsen GP, Hornicek FJ, Delaney TF. Management of acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma. Cancer. 2010 Aug 24.
- Kumar NL, Rosenberg AE, Raskin KA. Osteoblastoma-like Osteosarcoma of the Cuboid: A Case Report. J Orthop Surg Res. 2010 Aug 6;5:52.
- Quaye AA, Raskin KA, Ecker JL, Leffert LR. Management of a parturient with high-grade osteosarcoma of the proximal femur: a multidisciplinary approach. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2010 Jul;19(3):340-2.
- Kim B, Chen YL, Kirsch DG, Goldberg SI, Kobayashi W, Kung JH, Wolfgang JA, Doppke K, Rosenberg AE, Nielsen GP, Raskin KA, Springfield DS, Schwab JH, Gebhardt MC, Yoon SS, Hornicek FJ, DeLaney TF. An effective preoperative three-dimensional radiotherapy target volume for extremity soft tissue sarcoma and the effect of margin width on local control. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Jul 1;77(3):843-50.
Dr. Raskin is the most amazing doctor I have ever dealt with in my life and I would highly recommend anyone to see him.
Everything went smoothly and dr Raskin was very helpful.
Dr. Raskin is a true human being. He is compassionate, empathetic, and darn funny. He helped us and gave us hope when others did not. Top shelf doctor.
I do wish that Dr. Askin had made several suggestions to me in regard to my very severely damaged arthritic knee. We did not discuss any further treatment and I would have been very interested in hearing of his suggestions other than knee replacement or perhaps any particular treatment for this condition that he thought would help alleviate the ... Read More
Dr. Raskin was great and actually made both my wife and I feel way more confident in the surgical procedures that I'm going to be having in a few weeks. Just his manner, his way of describing things, and just the overall confidence and sense of confidence he had in the overall procedure. So it made my wife and I feel just really good.
Dr Raskin is extremely qualified. He is caring and professional.
Dr Raskin was very polite, friendly and knowledgeable
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Dr. Raskin is an excellent provider. He gives me very, very specific feedback on the x-rays and lets me know that he's pleased with what he saw and I feel very, very comfortable in his care.
I have been seeing Dr. Raskin for 11 years. He has always been so friendly, kind, caring and knowledgeable. He spends time with you at each visit and makes you feel comfortable. I feel I am in good hands or should I say my knees are in good hands with Dr. Raskin. He is my favorite Doctor that I always look forward to my visit. Anyone who is a ... Read More