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Dr. Thomas P. Schmalzried SCHOOL: David Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA,
Los Angeles,CA

-Primary Degree Awarded: MD
-Year Completed: 1985
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS:
UCLA
-Specialty/Field:Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics
-Date From: 8/1/1986 To: 7/31/1987
Harvard University
-Specialty/Field: Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics
-Date From: 8/1/1990 To: 7/31/1991
Specialties
Orthopaedic Surgery
  Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics
Academic Appointments (Past ten years)
7/1992 - Present Associate Director, Joint Replacement Institute at Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
7/1992 - Present Director of Research, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Concise Summary of Role in Program:
Director of Research
Current Professional Activities/ Committees
7/1998 - Present Active Membership in the Hip Society
1/1999 - Present Active Membership in the American Orthopaedic Association
7/2000 - Present John Charnley Award from the Hip Society
7/1999 - Present Orthopaedic Research Society; Local Area Host 1999; Board of Directors 2000-2003
7/1994 - Present Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation; Order of Merit 1994-2001
7/1998 - Present Los Angeles County Medical Association
2/1998 - Present California Orthopaedic Association
1/1998 - Present Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons
1/1996 - Present AAOS Basic Science Evaluations Committee
3/2000 - Present Active Membership in the American Orthopaedic Association
Selected Bibliography from the last 5 years
2005 Heisel C, Silva M, Skipor AK, Jacobs JJ, Schmalzried TP. The Relationship Between Activity and Ions in Patients with Metal-on-Metal Bearing Hip Prostheses. J Bone Joint Surg;87-A:781-787.
2005 Heisel C, Silva M, dela Rosa M, Schmalzried TP. The Effects of Lower-Extremity Total Joint Replacement for Arthritis on Obesity. Orthopaedics; 28:157-160.
2005 Silva M, Heisel C, Schmalzried TP. Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Replacement. Clin Orthop; 430:53-61.
2004 Schmalzried TP. How I Choose a Bearing Surface for my Patients. J Arthroplasty;19 Suppl.3:50-53.
2004 Schmalzried TP. Total Resurfacing for Osteonecrosis. Clin Orthop; 429:151-156.
2004 Heisel C, Silva M, Schmalzried TP. Bearing Surface Options in Total Hip Replacement. Instr Course Lect; 53:49-66.
2004 Heisel C, Silva M, dela Rosa M, Schmalzried TP. Short-Term in vivo Wear of Crosslinked Polyethylene. J Bone Joint Surg; 86-A:748-751.
2004 Schmalzried TP, Huk OL. Patient Factors and Wear in Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clin Orthop; 418:94-97.
2004 Silva M et al. The Biomechanical Results of Total Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg; 86-A:40-46.
2003 Silva M et al. Surface Damage on Open Box Posterior-Stabilized Polyethylene Tibial Inserts. Clin Orthop; 416:135-144.
Selected Review Articles, Chapters and/or Textbooks
In press Silva M, Schmalzried TP. Alternate bearing materials: metal-on-metal. In Joint Replacements and Bone Resorption: Pathology, Biomaterials and Clinical Practice. Shanbag, A. et al., eds. Marcel Dekker.
2004 Silva M et al. Bearing surfaces. In The Adult Hip, 2nd edition. Callaghan, JJ et al. eds. Lippincott William & Wilkins.
In Press Silva M. et al. Activity Sampling in the Assessment of Total Joint Replacement Patients. J Arthroplasty.
2004 dela Rosa MA, Silva M, Heisel C, Reich M, Schmalzried TP. Range of Motion After Total Hip Resurfacing. Submitted for Publication, J. Arthroplasty .
Participation in Local, Regional and National Activities / Presentations
2001 Cancer Risk Following Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement. Orthopaedic Research Society 47th Annual Meeting; San Francisco, CA.
2000 Wear is a Function of Use, Not Time! Charnley Award Paper. Closed Meeting of the International Hip Society; Santa Monica, CA.
October, 2000 Patient Activity and Wear. World Tribology Forum; Montrose, Switzerland.
September 2000 What Patient Factors Contribute to Implant Wear? AAOS/NIH Wear 2000 Workshop; Oak Brook, IL.
June, 2000 Biomechanical Considerations in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Charnley Era Meeting; Wrightington, GB.