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Southeastern Spine Institute

Our Physicians:

D. R. Johnson II, MD
S. C. Poletti, MD
L. E. Forrest, MD
J. F. Johnson, MD
M. D. Netherton, MD
G.R. Richardson III, MD
T. F. Roush, MD

Thomas F. Roush, M.D.

EDUCATION

  • Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX
    Fellow in Spine Surgery; 2006-2007
    Fellow in Spinal Arthroplasty; 2006-2007

  • Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery; 2001-2006

  • University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
    Doctor of Medicine; 2001

  • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum Laude; 1997
    Major: Neuroscience

ACTIVITIES/HONORS/AWARDS

  • Annual Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research, Duke University, 2006
  • American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Emerging Leader Inductee, 2005
  • AOA-OREF-Zimmer Resident Leadership Forum, Duke Representative, 2005
  • Reviewer, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2005-present
  • Reviewer, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 2004-present
  • Course Instructor, Anatomy of the Spine and Extremities, Duke University Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, 2003
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2000
  • President, American Medical Student Assocation, University of Cincinnati Chapter, 1998-1999
  • Orthopaedic Hand Surgery and Microvascular Summer Internship, Peter J. Stern M.D., 1998
  • Captain, Vanderbilt University Men’s Golf Team, 1996-1997
  • Varsity Letterman, Vanderbilt University Golf, 1994-1997
  • 9 High School Varsity Letters (Golf, Basketball, Baseball)

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Roush TF, Olson SA, Pietrobon R, Braga L, Urbaniak JR.  Acetabular coverage influences hip survival in treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head.  J Bone Joint Surg Am.  Accepted for publication.
  1. Guevara C, Pietrobon R, Roush TF, Carothers JT, Olson SA, Vail TP.  Comprehensive evaluation of the hip and femur in patients treated for a symptomatic labral tear.  Clin Orthop Relat Res. Accepted for publication.
  1. Roush TF, Aldridge JM, Berger RA, Rizzo MR.  Trapeziometacarpal arthritis does not correlate with abductor pollicis longus tendon insertions.  Clin Orthop Relat Res  2005 May;(434):138-142.
  1. Coonrad RW, Roush TF, Major N, Basamania CJ.   The drop sign, a radiographic warning sign of elbow instability. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2005 May-Jun;14(3):312-7.
  1. Richardson WJ, Roush TF.  Internet resources for spine care.  J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2004 May-Jun;12(3):204.
  1. Roush TF, Crawford AH, Berlin RE, Wolf RK. Tension pneumothorax as a complication of video-assisted thorascopic surgery for anterior correction of idiopathic scoliosis in an adolescent female.  Spine 2001; Feb 15;26(4):448-50.
  1. Roush TF, Stern PJ. Results following surgery for recurrent Dupuytren's disease.
    J Hand Surg [Am] 2000 Mar;25(2):291-6.
  1. Roush TF.  Death: the great humbler. In: Macpherson CR, editor. Must I think about death? Now? Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Press; 2000. p 107-108.

PRESENTATIONS

“Acetabular coverage influences hip survival in treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head.” Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association, Pinehurst, NC, 2005

“Trapeziometacarpal arthritis does not correlate with abductor pollicis longus tendon insertions.”  Annual Meeting of the Southern Orthopaedic Association, Hilton Head, SC, 2004

“The ‘Drop Sign’: An additional diagnostic modality for elbow ligamentous compromise.”  Annual Meeting of the North Carolina and South Carolina Orthopaedic Associations, Charleston, SC, 2003

“Results following surgery for recurrent Dupuytren’s disease.”  Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Boston, MA, 1999; Louisville-Indianapolis-Cincinnati Hand Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 1999

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS

All sports, cooking, music playing (piano, trumpet), traveling, architecture, history.

 

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