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Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Specialists
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Faculty
Faculty members are involved in teaching, research, patient care, and service. Many serve on committees and hold offices in local, state, and national organizations. Several internationally known faculty members have received prestigious awards, earned significant grant support, and serve on the editorial boards of important scientific journals. |
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Top Doctors 2007-2008
Being named to “Americas Top Doctors” is no small feat. The outstanding physicians listed in this national guide represent the top 1% physicians in the nation in more than 60 medical specialties and subspecialties for the care and treatment of more than 1,700 diseases and medical conditions. Dr. Kevin Garvin, professor and chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, was recently named as one of “America’s Top Doctors” 2007-2008. Click here to view Dr. Garvin’s “Top Doctors” profile.
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Best Doctors 2007- 2008
Every year, the top 5% of physicians practicing in the U.S. are named to the “Best Doctors in America” list. These are doctors chosen by their own peers for one simple reason: They are among the best. Eight UNMC Orthopaedic Department faculty were named to the list this year including: Drs. Kevin Garvin, Paul Esposito, Edward Fehringer, Glen Ginsburg, Brian Hasley, Matthew Mormino, N. Ake Nystrom, and Susan Scherl. For more information, click here to visit the “Best Doctors” web site.
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Kevin
L. Garvin, M.D. is Professor and Chair of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, as well as the L. Thomas Hood, M.D., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. He received his M.D. degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock and a fellowship in hip surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Dr. Garvin has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Bone and Surgery, as well as Deputy Editor for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and continues to serve as a consultant reviewer for both publications. In addition, he is on the editorial board for Techniques in Knee Surgery. Dr. Garvin is a member of the American Orthopaedic Association (ABC Traveling Fellow, 1995; Chair, Resident Leadership Forum, 2008), the Hip Society (member-at-large, Board of Directors, 2008), the Knee Society, the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons and the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association (President, 2004-2005). Dr. Garvin was selected as one of the Best Doctors in America from 1996-2008. He was also selected as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. (2007-present). He is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with special interests in hip and knee reconstruction, as well as prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal infections.
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Miguel Daccarett, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. He received his medical degree from Pontificia Universitas Xaveriana, IHS in Bogota, Colombia in 1992. In coordination with his last year of medical school, he completed a general rotating internship at St. Ignatius University Hospital, and in 2000 completed his orthopaedic residency program at El Bosque University Orthopedic Surgery Program in Bogota, Colombia. Dr. Daccarett has completed three orthopaedic fellowships, including an Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship (University of Louisville, KY, 2004), an Orthopaedic Oncology Fellowship (University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, 2005), and an Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship (Harvard University/Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA, 2006). He is a candidate member of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, as well as a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA), and the AO Foundation of North America (AONA). He is also a member of the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS), the Colombian Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SCCOT), the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), as well as a faculty member of the AO/ASIF. His special interests include the arthroscopic assessment of peri-articular fractures, the treatment of sports-related injuries and multi-ligament injuries, double bundle ACL reconstruction and cartilage repair procedures including osteoarticular cartilage and meniscal transplantation, meniscal repair and autologous chondrocyte transplantation (ACI).
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Mark Dietrich, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. He received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Dr. Dietrich completed a five-year residency program at the University of Nebraska/Creighton University Health Foundation, followed by an Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship at Minnesota Sports Medicine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a candidate member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Dr. Dietrich’s specialty interests include sports-related injuries, arthroscopic knee and shoulder reconstruction, as well as a special interest in hip arthroscopy.
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Paul
W. Esposito, M.D. is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He received his M.D. degree from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. He completed his internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Oakland, California, and a pediatric orthopaedic fellowship at Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati. He is board certified and is a member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, a member of the American Orthopaedic Association, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Orthopaedics, having served on the Executive Committee since 2004. Dr. Esposito was once again selected as one of Best Doctors in America in 2007-2008, an honor he has received since 1998. Dr. Esposito is currently serving as President of the Medical Staff at Children’s Hospital (2008-2010). He serves as Representative to the U.S. Bone and Joint Decade Committee (USBJD), a national organization dedicated to increasing awareness of bone and joint conditions and disease. He has had several publications and national presentations in the last two years regarding the treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta. Dr. Esposito's special interests are in children's extremity deformities, osteogenesis imperfecta, congenital and developmental disorders, and cerebral palsy.
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Edward
V. Fehringer, M.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. He received his medical degree at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He then completed a five-year orthopaedic residency at the Creighton University/ University of Nebraska Medical Center Health Foundation. After completing his residency, Dr. Fehringer went on to complete a shoulder and elbow fellowship at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member of the American Orthopaedic Association and the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association; an associate member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Association of North America; and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He was selected as one of the Best Doctors in America for 2007-08. His clinical interests include shoulder and elbow arthritis, dislocations, fractures and tendon tears. His research interests include rotator cuff tears and their association with aging, and shoulder socket reconstruction in shoulders with arthritis.
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Glen
M. Ginsburg, M.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. He is also Medical Director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute Motion Analysis Laboratory. Dr. Ginsburg earned his M.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and completed an orthopaedic residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. A board certified orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Ginsburg is a member of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society, the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. He is a fellow of both the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Scoliosis Research Society. Two research papers on scoliosis have been recently published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics and SPINE. His areas of focus include pediatric spine deformities and gait disorders. Dr. Ginsburg was once again selected as one of Best Doctors in America 2007-2008.
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Hani
Haider, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, and Director of Biomedical Engineering Research and Advanced Surgical Technologies. He studied in England for his first degree and PhD in Mechanical Engineering. As a Lecturer in the University of Sheffield, from 1988 to 1996, he taught fluid dynamics, mechatronics, robotics and information technology. In 1997, he joined the faculty of University College London Medical School at the well known Centre of Biomedical Engineering in Stanmore. He was the principal mechanical and software engineer who produced the Instron-Stanmore Knee Simulator and the International Standards Organization (ISO) method for simulation and wear testing of knee replacement systems. He was invited to join the faculty of the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the United States in March 2000. His main mission is to make its Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory a leading facility known internationally for implant technology.
Professor Haider has received over 30 research grants and contracts, mostly from the orthopaedic companies in the USA, and from Europe and Japan. He has presented over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences in engineering and orthopaedics biomechanics. He won three different prizes in his university years for academic excellence, then the “The KLINGER International Research Prize”/Austria for innovative engineering research work. In 2005, he won the HAP Paul Award by the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty for “…the most innovative research paper on orthopaedics joint replacement technology”. In 2006, he won two awards from the University of Nebraska Medical Center for Special and Outstanding Professional Achievement. Dr. Haider is a Member of the United Kingdom’s Engineering Council, and its Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and various American professional societies. He co-chairs the committee for Knee Implant Wear Testing of ASTM International, and chairs the ASTM Total Ankle Specification/Testing standard committee. He also chairs the International Standards Organization (ISO) Review Workgroup of Knee Wear standards.
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Curtis W. Hartman, M.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. He received his medical degree at the University of Missouri in 2003, and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Nebraska/Creighton University Medical Center Health Foundation in 2008. Following residency, Dr. Hartman completed an Adult Reconstruction Fellowship at Rush University Medical Center/Central DuPage Hospital, in Chicago, Illinois, in 2009. He is a candidate member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a member of the American Orthopaedic Association’s Emerging Leaders Program. Dr. Hartman specializes in comprehensive care for adult patients with hip and knee arthritis. His other interests include revision of failed hip and knee replacements, as well as management of infected hip and knee replacements.
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Brian
P. Hasley, M.D., is an assistant professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. He earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Following residency, Dr. Hasley completed the Dorothy and Bryant Edwards Fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery and scoliosis at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center,in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Hasley completed post fellowship spine research at the same facility. His areas of focus are pediatric orthopaedic and pediatric spine surgery. Dr. Hasley is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a candidate member of the Scoliosis Research Society and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA). Dr. Hasley was selected as one of the Best Doctors in America for 2007-08.
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Beau S. Konigsberg, M.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. Dr. Konigsberg received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2001, and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Nebraska/ Creighton University Health Foundation in 2007. Following residency, Dr. Konigsberg completed an Adult Reconstruction and Arthroplasty Fellowship at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush/Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and the American Orthopaedic Association Emerging Leaders Program. He is a candidate member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association. Dr. Konigsberg specializes in comprehensive care for adult patients with hip and knee arthritis.
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Anthony
J. Lauder, M.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, with a joint appointment in the Department of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Lauder received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2000. He completed an orthopaedic residency at the University of Nebraska/ Creighton University Health Foundation in 2005. Following residency he moved to the west coast to complete a fellowship at the University of Washington Hand Surgery Program in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Lauder is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a candidate member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and a resident member of both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation. Dr. Lauder specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery and has special interests in traumatic and degenerative conditions related to the wrist.
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Sean
V. McGarry, M.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. Dr. McGarry received his medical degree from the Creighton University School of Medicine in 1998. He completed a surgery internship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1999. Dr. McGarry continued on at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center to complete his orthopaedic residency in 2004. Following residency, he completed an orthopaedic oncology fellowship at the University of Florida – Shands Hospital in 2005, where he researched the role of stem cells in bone and soft tissue cancer. Dr. McGarry is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a candidate member of both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society. He specializes in Orthopaedic Oncology with a focus on limb salvage.
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Matthew
A. Mormino, M.D., is Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, as well as the Herman Frank Johnson, M.D., Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Creighton University/ University of Nebraska Medical Center Health Foundation. He also completed a trauma fellowship at the University of Washington. A board certified orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Mormino is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Association, the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, and the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association. He serves as a consultant reviewer of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and was recently selected as one of the Best Doctors in America 2005-2008. Dr. Mormino's special concentrations include pelvic fractures, malunions and nonunions, foot and ankle trauma, and periarticular fractures.
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Fereydoon
Namavar, Sc.D., is a Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, as well as Director of the Nano-Biotechnology Laboratory. He is an active member of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience (NCMN) and a Courtesy Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Dr. Namavar earned a Doctor of Science, summa cum laude, degree in nuclear physics, from the Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. Presently, he is involved with the development of novel concepts and technologies to maximize the lifetime of orthopaedic implants and minimize the possibility of wear and revision surgery. These innovations include the development of novel nanostructure materials for (i) friction and wear reduction, (ii) substrates for tissue engineering and enhancement of bone growth, and (iii) novel anti-bacterial coatings for short and long term applications of prosthetic devices. In a collaborative research project with Professor Sharp of the Department of Genetics and Cell Biology and Professor Jackson of the Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Dr. Namavar initiated a novel stem cell-nanotechnology research project to regulate cellular growth in order to enhance or prevent cell proliferation as needed, to either improve health or prevent disease with emphasis on orthopaedic applications. Before joining the department, he was a Senior Scientist and Director of Nanotechnology at Spire Biomedical and Manager of Advanced Si-Based Technology for Spire Optoelectronics in Bedford, Massachusetts. Dr. Namavar has received grants and contracts from a variety of government agencies, ranging from NIH, NASA and NSF as well as from corporations. He collaborates with scientists at U.S. government laboratories and universities around the world. He holds several patents. His latest patent (US patent 7,048,767) was awarded in May 2006 and is entitled “Nano-crystalline, homo-metallic, protective coatings” for reducing the wear of artificial orthopaedics implants.
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Åke Nyström, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, with a joint appointment in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. A native of Sweden, Dr. Nyström completed his medical training, internship, and residency at the University of Umea School of Medicine in Sweden. After completing a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Louisville, he returned to Sweden. He later finished a Ph.D. in anatomy with research concentration in venous anatomy. He joined the UNMC faculty in 2001 after serving as Program Director of Hand Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, 1994-2001. Dr. Nyström specializes in Hand and Upper Extremity surgery, as well as Plastic and Reconstructive surgery. He was selected as one of Best Doctors in America 2007-2008. His research interests focus on cold intolerance after hand trauma, microvascular surgery, and surgical treatment of chronic pain in the head and neck after whiplash.
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Lori
K. Reed, M.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. Dr. Reed received her medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1999. She completed her orthopaedic surgery residency at the Creighton University/University of Nebraska Medical Center Health Foundation. She then went on to complete her Foot and Ankle/Lower Extremity Reconstruction Fellowship at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute in Tampa, FL. Dr. Reed is board certified in orthopaedic surgery. She is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Nebraska Orthopaedic Society, and the Emerging Leader Program of the American Orthopaedic Association. Dr. Reed specializes in foot and ankle disorders, lower extremity post-traumatic reconstruction, and general orthopaedics.
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Susan A. Scherl, M.D.,
is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. She earned her M.D. degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Scherl completed two years of a general surgery residency at St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York and completed a five-year orthopaedic residency at State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY. She did her pediatric orthopaedic fellowship at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She is board certified in Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Scherl is recently served as chair of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Trauma and Prevention Committee and is also a member of the AAOS Trauma Call Task Force. She is chair of the AAOS Orthopaedic Workforce Project Team (March 2008-2010). Her areas of focus are pediatric orthopaedic trauma and management of orthopaedic aspects of cerebral palsy. She has edited two textbooks on musculoskeletal medicine and authored numerous book chapters and article reviews.
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