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Dr. Brent Bamberger has been elected president of The American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO).
Dr. Brent Bamberger was elected president of The American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO) www.aoao.org. He will begin serving his one year term October 25th when inducted in San Francisco, California.
Dr. Bamberger believes that this is "an opportunity for him to lead the AOAO in changing times and still maintain an honorable profession as an orthopedic surgeon." "Dr. Bamberger was actively involved for eight years prior to assuming its presidency," said Executive Director Dr Lee Vander Lugt, DO, FAOAO of AOAO. "Dr. Bamberger is very detailed orientated and wants to be part of team. He has been a valuable asset for his contacts inside and out of medicine. He will be a big part of AOAO future going forward."
As of May, 2010, the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO) has a total of 1,615 members. The AOAO has 29 approved Osteopathic Orthopedic Residency Programs with 433 approved residency slots and graduates in excess of 50 Osteopathic Orthopedic Surgeons per year.
In order to promote the highest quality orthopedic service, the AOAO has long provided outstanding instructional courses on a semi-annual basis. The Academy first promotes and advances the specialty of Osteopathic Orthopedic Surgery among its members. It also promotes Osteopathic Orthopedic Surgery throughout the osteopathic profession, disseminating the latest medical information in its specialty. These efforts are aimed at increasing the knowledge of all other osteopathic physicians, thus enhancing their ability to manage patients in the field of orthopedics.
Currently, Dr. Bamberger of Kettering, Ohio is the visionary force behind the Hand Center [ handcenterohio.com ]. Not only is he the director of the Hand Center, but Dr. Bamberger is also the residency director at Grandview Hospital. Known within the medical field for being progressive and high-tech, Dr. Bamberger has gained national recognition for his work. As a founding member of the Athletic Workshop, he promotes better training for athletes and has been granted several patents for new surgical instruments. Dr. Bamberger also travels to third world countries to help people in need. He has made annual surgical humanitarian trips Guatemala since 2005.
For more information about the AOAO visit www.aoao.org
Hand Center Surgeon Repairs
Local Man’s
Thumb after
Devastating Crush Injury
WASHINGTON TWP. -- “I should have gone fishing,” Sam Metcalf Sr. said, referring to his unfortunate experience of Aug. 21, 2010.
Instead of fishing, the 65-year-old Franklin resident elected to help his son at a construction site. And while he was pushing a broom at the site, a 3-foot by 3-foot piece of concrete was jarred from a backhoe bucket high in the air. Coming within inches of his head, the massive chunk slammed into his hand and crushed a most of his right thumb.
“It was bleeding so much and I could see through both sides of the thumb,” Metcalf said. “I think it was about 95 degrees in the shade. I just felt terrible, then I guess I went into shock.”
Things would not get noticeably better for Mr. Metcalf for quite some time, but he would later come to believe that he did catch a break when he was taken to the Emergency Department (ED) at Southview Medical Center.
The Southview ED works closely with specialists from the Hand Center of Southwest Ohio.
Within minutes of Metcalf’s arrival in the ED, hand surgeon Marc Trzeciak, DO, examined him. The doctor told Metcalf that he would try to save the thumb but there was a real possibility that it would have to be amputated later and possibly replaced with one of his toes. The lower bones of his thumb were so badly damaged, Dr. Trzeciak said they resembled corn flakes on the X-ray.
“Crush injuries are much worse than having it severed because you have a much better chance of reattaching blood vessels if it is cleanly severed,” Trzeciak said. “And it was even worse because it was the thumb and you really want to save a thumb. It really separates us from the animals and gives us much of the hand function we enjoy as human beings.”
It took more than four hours of surgery to save Metcalf’s thumb, as Trzeciak and his team addressed the bone damage, then the revascularization, then the repair of soft tissue. Skin was harvested from his groin to replace the damaged portion, a network of pins was created to hold the desired shape of the thumb, then the hand was sewn to his thigh to stimulate cell growth.
Two months and two surgeries later, Mr. Metcalf is still recovering from the injury and working with therapists at Southview Therapy at Yankee Medical Center. Despite some setbacks, blood flow to his injured thumb is still strong and his recovery is progressing.
“I was pretty sure after surgery that the reattachment of vessels had gone well and he would get function back in the thumb,” Dr. Trzeciak said. “It will be stiff, but it will be alive and better than a toe. He was lucky to get to the Hand Center so quickly, and we were able to get him right into surgery.”
The Hand Center of Southwest Ohio is the only one of its kind within 100 miles of Dayton, featuring five Board Certified hand surgeons and a team of dedicated physical therapists. The Hand Center is located on the Southview Medical Center campus at 1997 Miamisburg-Centerville Road.
The Dayton Arthritis Expo grew again this year!
For the third year in a row the Dayton Arthritis Expo has been in the Athletic Workshop located inside the Orthopedic Associates and Hand Center building in Centerville, Ohio.
We would like to thank you for your support of the 2010 Arthritis Expo presented by Southview Medical Center with the support of Orthopedic Associates of SW Ohio. and the Hand Center. Our 2010 program was a big success. We had several hundred registrants for the program and saw a jump in numbers for each of the education sessions/stage demonstrations. Without your support, this program would not be possible.
Thank you again for helping to make a difference in the lives of people with arthritis. Your generosity and support mean a lot to us..
