R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Clinical Services

Orthopaedic Trauma

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Shock Trauma's Orthopaedic Trauma Service provides expert care for patients with severe musculoskeletal injuries and related complications. The service is a regional resource for physicians challenged by complex orthopaedic cases. In 1995, the Orthopaedic Trauma Service treated or provided consultation for more than 1,700 of the 5,322 patients admitted to Shock Trauma.

Patients with the following acute and chronic conditions may benefit from referral to Shock Trauma's Orthopaedic Trauma Service:

Acute

Severe fractures of the upper and lower extremities, including open and complex periarticular injuries
Spinal fractures
Pelvic and acetabular fractures
Complex femoral fractures
Extremity injuries requiring hyperbaric oxygen

Complications/Chronic

Nonunions and malunions
Infections and osteomyelitis

Patients requiring post-acute services can be followed by referring physicians, Shock Trauma faculty, or other specialists in the University Rehabilitation Network.

Offering one of the nation's few fellowships in orthopaedic trauma, Shock Trauma is the principal training site for a number of civilian and military orthopaedic surgery residency programs in Maryland: The University of Maryland, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, The Union Memorial Hospital, The Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda Naval Medical Center as well as selected programs in other states and Great Britain.

Research activities of the Orthopaedic Trauma faculty include investigations in the areas of biomechanics of car crashes, rehabilitation following lower extremity injury, and strategies in limb salvage.

Specialists at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center are available for consultation and patient referral 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ambulatory patients are evaluated in Shock Trauma's Outpatient Clinic on a scheduled basis. Call University OneCall/Maryland ExpressCare at 1-800-373-4111 for easy access and no-hassle service.

Orthopaedic Trauma Faculty

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Andrew N. Pollak, M.D.
Physician Director, Shock Trauma Go Team
Chief, Orthopaedic Traumatology
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
Special Interests: Orthopaedic Trauma; Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures; Foot and Ankle Trauma
Medical Degree: Northwestern University
Residency: Case Western Reserve University, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: University of California-Davis Medical Center, Orthopaedic Trauma

W. Andrew Eglseder, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Special Interest: Upper Extremity Reconstruction
Medical Degree: University of Maryland
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: University of Louisville, Hand Surgery
Certifications: Orthopaedic Surgery; Hand Surgery

Jason Nascone, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Special Interests: Orthopaedic Trauma
Medical Degree: Georgetown University
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Shock Trauma, University of Maryland Medical Center, Orthopaedic Traumatology

Robert O'Toole, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Special Interests: Orthopaedic Trauma
Medical Degree: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Harvard Medical School, Orthopaedics
Fellowship: Shock Trauma, University of Maryland Medical Center, Orthopaedic Traumatology

Marcus Sciadini, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Special Interests: Orthopaedic Trauma
Medical Degree: Vanderbilt University
Residency: Vanderbilt University, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Shock Trauma, University of Maryland Medical Center, Orthopaedic Traumatology

This page was last updated on: September 3, 2009.

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