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Dr. Ramirez Selected to Join the Prestigious American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

Dr. Ramirez Selected to Join the Prestigious American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

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Dr. Ramirez Selected to Join the Prestigious American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

For Immediate Release:
October 18, 2016
 
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
New Members Announced
 
OVERVIEW: At the recent Annual Meeting of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), held in Boston, Massachusetts, October 6-9, 2016, Miguel A Ramirez, MD was elected to join our organization. Membership in ASES is a privilege and an honor. Only experienced orthopaedic surgeons who have completed a fellowship in shoulder surgery, elbow surgery, and/or sports medicine are considered for membership. Candidates must meet strict academic and clinical requirements to become members of ASES.
 
Dr. Ramirez, in his Second year in practice in Peoria, Il, has ascended quickly in his career being recognized with such a national honor. Membership in American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, which has only 663 members, is by invitation only. Nominees to membership must be sponsored by two active members of the organization. Congratulations to Dr. Miguel Ramirez on becoming a Candidate Member of the society.
 
“ASES is a remarkable collection of like-minded surgeons, and researchers who, through their collaboration and the sharing of techniques and outcomes, work together to solve the most complicated and pressing shoulder and elbow disorders. Founded on the premise that by such sharing of ideas we can determine the most efficient, cost effective, high quality shoulder and elbow care” said Dr. Robert Bell, ASES Past-President.
 
 
ABOUT ASES:
The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons was created to enhance the study of shoulder and elbow surgery and to foster advances in the field, serving as an educational body responsible for scientific programs and advances.
The Mission of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons is to support quality shoulder and elbow care through the ethical practice of leadership, medical education, research and quality, and patient advocacy.
The Vision of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons is to be the world leader and educator of evidence-based and cost-effective shoulder and elbow care.
 
Visit ASES and its Find a Surgeon Directory at:
 
http://www.ases-assn.org
 
For more information send an e-mail to ases@aaos.org

Great Plains Orthopedics Partners with OSF healthcare to Become OSF Orthopedics

In order to continue to provide better quality and access to orthopedic care, Great Plains has now partnered with OSF healthcare to become OSF orthopedics. This new collaboration will allow patients better access to their doctors as well, better coordination of care with external providers. Despite this new change, OSF orthopedic surgeons will continue their affiliations with UnityPoint Health Methodist and UnityPoint Health Proctor hospitals.

Research News

Dr. Ramirez recently presented his study entitled “Lacertus Fibrosus vs Achilles Tendon Allograft for Chronic Distal Biceps Tendon Tears: A Biomechanical Study.” At the American Academy of Orthopaedics Surgeons Annual Meeting, March 4, 2016 in Orlando Fl.

Research Interests

Dr. Ramirez has a special interest in the clinical and basic science of orthopaedic surgery that will translate into new orthopaedic technological advancement. A recepient of several research and education fellowships such as the Doris Duke research fellowship, NSF REU research fellows, and the FDA Medical Device Fellowship Program, Dr. Ramirez is involved in several studies aimed at developing new orthopaedic thechnologies. Special areas of interest include:

  • Use of 3-dimensional imaging for medical education, preoperative surgical planning, and virutal surgery
  • Reducing infection in total joint replacement
  • Clinical outcomes total shoulder replacement and rotator cuff surgery.
  • Orthopaedic device development
  • Clincial and basic science of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) in shoulder and elbow conditions.

Selected Bibliography

  • Day CS, Ramirez MA: Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Arthritis: Arthroplasty or Fusion? Hand Clin 2006:22:211-220.
  • Ramirez MA, Rodriguez EK, Zurakowski D, Richardson LC. Detection of Orthopaedic Implants In-vivo by walk-through metal detectors. The Orthopedic Journal at Harvard Medical School. 2006. 118-119
  • Ramirez MA, Rodriguez EK, Zurakowski D. Richardson LC. Detection of Orthopedic Implants by High-sensitivity walk-through metal detectors. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 89:742-746, 2007.
  • Day CS, Yeh AC, Franko O, Ramirez MA, Krupat E. Musculoskeletal Medicine: An Assessment of the Attitudes and Knowledge of Medical Students. Academic Medicine. 82(5):452-457, May 2007
  • Ramirez MA, Means KR. Digital Soft Tissue Trauma: A Concise Primer of Soft Tissue Reconstruction of Traumatic Hand Injuries. . 2011;31:110-20
  • Chacko AT, Ramirez MA, Ramappa AJ, Richardson LC, Appleton PT, Rodriguez EK. Does Late Night Hip Surgery Affect Outcome? . 2011 Aug;71(2):447-53.
  • Ramirez, MA. Murthi AM. Shoulder Dislocation in the Elderly Patient. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2012 Oct;20(10):615-22.
  • Ramirez MA, Murthi AM. Total elbow arthroplasty in a patient with proximal radioulnar synostosis. Curr Orthop Pract 2012 Sep;23(5):512-4
  • Ramirez, MA, Ramirez, JM, Murthi AM: Reverse Total shoulder replacement for irreparable rotator cuff tears and cuff tear arthropathy. Clin Sports Med. 2012 Oct;31(4):749-5
  • Ramirez, MA, Ramirez JM, Murthi AM. Multimodal Local Infiltration Analgesia in Total shoulder Replacement. Pain Manage. (2013) 3(4), 1-3
  • Petraglia CA, Ramirez, MA, Parks BG, Murthi AM. Glenohumeral Pressure with Surface Replacement Arthroplasty Versus Hemiarthroplasty. Orthopedics. 2014 Sep 1:37(10)
  • Ramirez MA, Murthi AM.Biomechanics of reconstruction constructs. In: Dines JS, Altchek DW, editors. Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment.New York: Springer; 2015. p. 135-40.
  • Ramirez MA, Murthi AM. Point/counterpoint. Chronic locked anterior dislocations: soft tissue allografts. In: Dodson CC, Dines DM, Dines JS, Walch G, Williams GR, editors. Controversies in Shoulder Instability. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2014. p. 156-60
  • Ramirez, MA. Parks BG, Murthi AM. Olecranon tip Autograft for irreparable coronoid fractures. A biomechanical Study. Hand. Dec 3 2015.
  • Ramirez, MA; Ramirez, JM; Murthi, A Particulated Juvenile Cartilage Graft (DeNovo®NT) for the Management of a Glenohumeral Cartilage Lesion: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect 2015;5:e56 d
  • Ramirez, M. Neary, T, Ramirez J, Stein J, Murthi A. Multimodal Local Infiltration Analgesia In Shoulder Replacement: A Randomized, Double Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study..
  • Ramirez, MA, Stein JS, Murthi AM. Varus Posteromedial Elbow Instability. Hand Clin. 2015 Nov;31(4):557-63. doi: 10.1016/j.hcl.2015.06.005. Epub 2015 Aug 7.
  • Ramirez, MA. Murthi, AM.. Distal ulna allograft for proximal humerus fractures. Tech Shoulder Elbow Surg 2016;17:38-42.