Professor and Chair Department of Orthopedics University of Colorado SOM
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Robert D'Ambrosia, MD
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Robert D'Ambrosia practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received 15 awards: "Diversity Award", "Joseph Addison Sewall Award", "Diversity Award, New Orleans", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Goldenberg Lecture Award, Fall", "The Best Doctors in America, Southeast Region", "The Best Doctors in America", "American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellow", "Alpha Omega Alpha", "Phi Beta Kappa", "Marquis - Who's Who Directory of Medical Specialists", "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in the South", "Who's Who in the United States" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Robert D'Ambrosia is a published MD. He published 94 publications, including: 'Vascularity of the femoral head. Tc diphosphonate scintigraphy validated with tetracycline labeling.'
Publications
- Fracture of a three peg, nonmetal-backed, polyethylene patellar component.
- A white man's take on diversity.
- Health care disaster? I don't buy it.
- Full Disclosure.
- Disaster response.
- Health care reform and physician-owned hospitals.
- Treating the Internet-informed Patient.
- Financial Disclosure: revisited.
- The value of evidence-based medicine.
- New Addition to ORTHOPEDICS.
- Disclosure of conflict of interest.
- Will we see health care reform in the next 4 years?
- Professionalism: can we correct the problem from within?
- Editorial from journal editors: patient care, professionalism and relations with industry.
- Patient care, professionalism, and relations with industry.
- Patient care, professionalism and relations with industry.
- Wolff's law decoded.
- Online publishing initiative update.
- Management of irreparable rotator cuff Tears and glenohumeral arthritis.
- Physician workforce predictions.
- Code of conduct: a much-needed reminder.
- Orthopedics and online manuscript submission.
- Medical malpractice: where have all the doctors gone?
- The perception and reality of diversity in orthopedics.
- Unknown risks of herbal medication use.
- The medical malpractice crisis.
- Tiered medical care: will the patient pay for it?
- The health of our profession.
- Corporate greed.
- Managing the aging patient.
- Effect of thyroxine and other iodinated compounds upon binding of triiodothyronine to human serum proteins.
- The effect of polymethyl methacrylate on latex-free surgical gloves.
- Force feedBack control of motor unit recruitment in isometric muscle.
- Orthopaedic workforce in the next millennium.
- Orthopaedics in the new millennium. A new patient-physician partnership.
- Articular cartilage and subchondral bone changes in an experimental osteoarthritic model.
- Effects of Ligamentous injury on ankle and subtalar joints: a kinematic study.
- Glycosaminoglycans in human menisci.
- Scintigraphy in the diagnosis of osteonecrosis.
- An epidemiological study of severe Osteoarthritis.
- Spondylolysis: acute Fracture versus congenital defect.
- Equinus contracture following Bryant''s traction.
- Human bite infections of the Hand.
- Interstitial pressure measurements in the Anterior and posterior compartments in athletes with shin splints.
- Cold injuries encountered in a winter resort.
- Total hip replacement in patients with sickle-cell Disease.
- Congenital vertical talus: treatment by open reduction and navicular excision.
- Vascular impairment as a result of Fracture-dislocation of the ankle.
- Fluoride-18 scintigraphy in avascular necrotic disorders of bone.
- Pitfalls in the diagnosis of Osgood-Schlatter Disease.
- An analysis of Dislocation of the cemented femoral hemiarthroplasty.
- Non-operative management of central Fracture-dislocations of the hip.
- Experience with 99mTc diphosphonate in studying vascularity of the femoral head.
- Fistulization of rheumatoid Joints. Spectrum of identifiable syndromes.
- Secondarily infected total Joint replacements by hematogenous spread.
- Lateral compartment arthritis of the knee accelerated by medial displacement osteotomy of hip Fractures.
- Failed polycentric total Knee prostheses.
- Vascularity of the femoral head. Tc diphosphonate scintigraphy validated with tetracycline labeling.
- Rotational axis of the ankle Joint: comparison of normal and pathologic states.
- Prophylactic anticoagulation in total hip replacement.
- Implants for arthritics.
- Plate fixation of the humeral shaft for acute Fractures, with and without radial nerve injuries.
- Intraspinal epidermoid tumor of the sacral canal presenting with urinary retention.
- Energy consumption in paraplegic ambulation using the reciprocating gait orthosis and electric stimulation of the thigh muscles.
- Clinical research database system for orthopaedic surgery.
- Stabilization of sacroiliac Joint disruption with threaded compression rods.
- A case report of malignant mesenchymoma with Discussion of musculoskeletal tumor staging: the Enneking system.
- Complex femur Fractures: treatment with the Wagner external fixation device or the Grosse-Kempf interlocking nail.
- Giant cell tumor of bone. A case history and Discussion.
- Osteochondritis dissecans.
- The EMG-force model of electrically stimulated muscles: dependence on control strategy and predominant fiber composition.
- The myoelectric signal of electrically stimulated muscle during recruitment: an inherent feedBack parameter for a closed-loop control scheme.
- Conservative management of metatarsal and heel Pain in the adult foot.
- An electron microscopic study of the fascia from the medial and lateral sides of clubFoot.
- Orthotic devices in running injuries.
- Total hip replacement for patients with hemophilia and hemorrhagic diathesis.
- Resorption of the femoral head beneath the vitallium mold.
- 18-F scintigraphy in diagnosis and management of avascular necrosis bone disorders.
- Supracondylar Fractures of humerus--prevention of cubitus varus.
- Scapular Fractures secondary to seizures in patients with osteodystrophy. Report of two cases and review of the literature.
- Identification of fibronectin in preparations of osteoarthritic human cartilage.
- Treatment of the multiply injured patient: plans for treatment and problems of major trauma.
- Biochemical features of pseudomembrane at the bone-cement interface of loosened total hip prostheses.
- Aneurysmal bone cyst after Fracture. A report of three cases.
- Comparison of isometric and load moving length-tension models of two bicompartmental muscles.
- The dynamic response of the cat ankle Joint during load-moving contractions.
- Evaluation of isometric antagonist coactivation strategies of electrically stimulated muscles.
- Electromyography and biomechanics of a dynamic knee brace for Anterior cruciate ligament deficiency.
- Activity relationships of total hip arthroplasty in patients with osteonecrosis and Osteoarthritis.
- Evaluation of antagonist coactivation strategies elicited from electrically stimulated muscles under load-moving conditions.
- Open-loop tracking performance of a limb Joint controlled by random, periodic, and abrupt electrical stimulation inputs to the antagonist muscle pair.
- Reciprocating gait orthosis powered with electrical muscle stimulation (RGO II). Part II: Medical evaluation of 70 paraplegic patients.
- Reciprocating gait orthosis powered with electrical muscle stimulation (RGO II). Part I: Performance evaluation of 70 paraplegic patients.
Schools
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University Of California Davis Health System Program
Procedures Preformed
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- Hip Replacement
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- Background: yellow;'>Knee and Lower Leg Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Fracture Treatment, Open
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Conditions Treated
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Background: yellow;'>Anterior Cruciate Background: yellow;'>Ligament (ACL) or Posterior Cruciate Background: yellow;'>Ligament (PCL) Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Tear
- Arm Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Background: yellow;'>Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
- Background: yellow;'>Back Pain
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Diversity Award
- Joseph Addison Sewall Award
- Diversity Award, New Orleans
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Goldenberg Lecture Award, Fall
- The Best Doctors in America, Southeast Region
- The Best Doctors in America
- American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellow
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Marquis - Who's Who Directory of Medical Specialists
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in the South
- Who's Who in the United States
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
University of Colorado -
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Hospital
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Denver Health -
University of Colorado Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1780771832 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | D'AMBROSIA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ROBERT | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 800452545 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CO | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 67.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 13.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 19.4 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1780771832 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | D'AMBROSIA |
| First Name Of The Provider | ROBERT |
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