Page 5 – Orthopaedics

John Toohey, MD passes Certification in Medical Quality (CMQ) examination

Published On: June 18, 2019
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Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD, FAOA: Acknowledged as an AOA Pillar of the Orthopaedic Profession

Published On: June 3, 2019
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Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD, FAOA is being honored as an AOA Pillar of the Orthopaedic Profession for his tremendous contributions to orthopaedic surgery. The effort to recognize Dr. Rockwood was led by Bernard F. Morrey, MD, FAOA with the generous support of many colleagues, friends, and the Alamo Orthopaedic Society, that includes several of […]

Own Your Bones – Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures

Published On: June 3, 2019
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We’re accustomed to the idea of encouraging good diets and activity in children to “grow strong bones,” but we tend to think of adult bone as a static framework that holds up our flesh. It’s not static, and we need to take care of it to avoid fragility fractures and osteoporosis as we age. “People […]

Dr. Buttacavoli Medical Honoree for 2019 Arthritis Walk at UT Health San Antonio.

Published On: May 7, 2019
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Dr. Buttacavoli addresses the crowd at the 2019 Arthritis Walk at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Buttacavoli chats with participants at the 2019 Arthritis Walk at UT Health San Antonio.

Phillip A. Deffer, Sr., M.D. Endowed Lectureship with distinguished speaker Theodore W. Parsons, III, MD

Published On: April 23, 2019
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Farhan Ahmad, second year medical student, represents UT Health San Antonio’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery at this years AAOS annual meeting in Las Vegas

Published On: April 8, 2019
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A second year medical student, Farhan Ahmad, represents UT Health San Antonio’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery at this years American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery’s annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. His scientific presentation “Skin and Bones” was co-authored by another medical student – Kavina Patel, Sandra Osswald, MD from the Department of Dermatology and Marc […]

Dr. Buttacavoli is making a difference in lives of arthritis patients. You can also.

Published On: March 20, 2019
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Kavina Patel Derm Wannabe presenting for UT Health March 2019

Published On: March 4, 2019
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Kavina Patel MS2 – from the UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine – presents on behalf of the Dept. of Dermatology and the Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery at the American Academy of Dermatology National Meeting in Washington D.C. She presented three posters reviewing common clinical patterns to improve diagnostic skills where orthopaedics and […]

Vaida Glatt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, published article in Gait and Posture.

Published On: February 20, 2019
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Vaida Glatt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, published “The relationship between gait and functional outcomes in patients treated with circular external fixation for malunited tibial fractures” in Gait and Posture.

UT Health Orthopaedic physicians in SA Top Doctors lists

Published On: February 12, 2019
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Orthopaedics, Adult Reconstructive Frank Buttacavoli, MD Marc Dehart, MD Orthopaedic, Musculoskeletal Oncology Rajiv Rajani, MD ——————————————————— Congratulations! Dr. Frank A. Buttacavoli has been named to the 2019 Texas Super Doctors Rising StarsSM list. Celebrating the best doctors in Texas who have been practicing approximately 10 years or fewer, this list will be published in the […]