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PUBLICATIONS

  • Simovitch RW, Pennington S, Lavery K, Warner JJP. Management of the Os Acromiale. Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. September 2006. Volume7(3) 147-154.
  • Simovitch RW, Lavery KP, Chung ST, Warner JP. Pectoralis Major Transfer for Scapular Winging. Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. In Press.
  • Simovitch RW, Zumstein M, Lohri E, Helmy N, Gerber C. Radiographic and Anatomic Predictors of Scapular Notching in the DELTA III Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. In Press
  • Lins R, Simovitch R, Waters P. Pediatric Elbow Trauma. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America. January 1999. Volume 30(1):p 119-132.
  • Simovitch R, Frank C, Able M. Pulley Anatomy for the Radial Side of the Wrist. Clinical Anatomy. 2001. Volume 14(4): p 246-247.
  • Simovitch RW, Easley M. Foot and Ankle Injuries in Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation for Active Older Athletes. (Ed) Speer K. Human Kinetics, Chapter 9. January 2005.
  • Simovitch RW, Bal GK, Basamania CJ. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in a Competitive Baseball Player Secondary to the Anomalous Insertion of an Atrophic Pectoralis Minor Muscle: A Case Report. Am J Sports Med. February 2006. P 1016-1019.
  • Radkowski, CA, Simovitch RW, Zura RD. “Manufacturing Imperfection of a Locking Plate Screw Hole: A Case Report”. Journal of Long Term Effects of Medical Implants. Volume 16. Issue 2. 2006.
  • Simovitch RW, Radkowski CA, Zura RD. “Intramedullary Fixation of Fibula Fractures with Flexible Titanium Elastic Nails : Surgical technique and a case report”. Journal of Long Term Effects of Medical Implants. Volume 16. Issue 2. 2006
  • Dora C, Leunig M, Beck M, Simovitch RW, Ganz R. Acetabular Dome Retroversion: Radiological Appearance, Incidence and Relevance. Hip International. In Press.
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MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED

  • Simovitch RW, Helmy N, Gerber C. Impact of fatty atrophy of teres minor on the clinical outcome of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.
  • Simovitch RW, Ozbaydar M, Lavery K, Warner JP. Diagnosis and Management of Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries. Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • Escamilla RF, Simovitch RW, Moorman CT III. Biomechanical analysis of the bench press with technique variations and injury implications. $5000 awarded from the Piedmont Grant, 2002, Duke University Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery, Durham, NC.
  • Simovitch RW, Millet P, Higgins L, Warner JP. Intermediate outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty with a third generation prosthesis. $5000 awarded from the Piedmont Grant, 2005. Duke University Medical Center. Orthopaedic Surgery, Durham, N.C.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS

  • OrthoRes, 2005

Zurich, Switzerland

  • National Institutes of Health Research Fellowship, 1994
    Development of protocols for isolating endothelial cells from limited murine specimens
  • National Institutes of Health Research Fellowship, 1995
    Development of a Recombinant Retroviral Vector for Gene Therapy of Fabry Disease
  • Chicago Medical School Research Fellowship, 1999

Description of a Flexor Radial Annular Pulley in Human Cadavers

  • Piedmont Orthopaedic Foundation, 2002

Biomechanical Analysis of the Bench Press with Technique Variations

  • Piedmont Orthopaedic Foundation, 2005

Intermediate outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty with a third generation prosthesis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Resident Team Physician, 2002-2004

  • Duke Men’s Basketball Team
  • Duke Football Team
  • North Carolina Central University:
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Track & Field
  • Resident Consultant, Duke Varsity Athletic Training Room, 2002-2004
  • Instructor, Duke University Anatomy of the Lower Extremity Course, 2003-2004

PRESENTATIONS

  • Bassett Society Annual Symposium, 2002
    Results of Free Vascularized Fibular Grafts in Athletes
  • Annual Leslie C. Meyer Visiting Lectureship, 2004

Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children

    • Late Deformity after Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
  • Annual AAOS Meeting, 2005

Impact of Comorbidities on Complications, Discharge Status, and Charges after
Shoulder Arthroplasty – A study based on 29,918 cases from 13 years of nationwide inpatient samples.

  • AOA-Austrian-Swiss-German Exchange Traveling Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2006

Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty – salvage for failed hemiarthroplasty.