California Medicine License California, # C51436

EDUCATION

University
Faculty of Medicine, Grodno, Belarus, 1976

Medical School
Tel Aviv University, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel, M.D., 1984

Internship
Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, 1980 - 1981 Rotating Internship (#1),
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1988 – 1989, Rotating Internship (#2)

Residencies
The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada, 1989 – 1993,
Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine

Fellowship
Sunnybrook Health Centre University of Toronto, Division of Orthopaedics, 1986 – 1988,
Research Fellow

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
Adult Reconstruction and Orthopaedic Trauma, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1993-1994,
Clinical Fellow

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Private Practice

• San Francisco Multi-Specialty Medical Group, San Francisco CA. January 1, 2010 - Present
• San Mateo, CA. September 1, 2009 - Present

• Assistant Professor in Orthopedics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, August 1, 2006 – May 2009
• Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, West Virginia University, 2004-2006

• Israeli Defense Forces, Medical Officer, 1982-1986
• Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel, House Officer, 1985-1986
• The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Visiting Fellow with Dr. R.B. Salter, March – June 1986
• Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Research Fellow, 1986-1988
• North American Assistant for Professor G. A. Ilizarov, New York, Seattle, Houston, Chicago, Oct. – Nov. 1988

CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Board Eligible - July 09 2009

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Orthopaedic Surgery, FRCSC 1993

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and SOCIETIES

National

• Association for the Study and Application of the Methods of Ilizarov (ASAMI North America), 1987 –
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1991 Associate member
• American Medical Association, 2003 –2006
• American College of Surgeons: 2008- Member

• SICOT, 2002 -
• ASAMI NA 1989 -

• The Canadian Orthopaedic Association, 1992 –
• The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, 1990 –
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Fellow, 1994 -

• Israeli Orthopaedic Association, 2001 –

APPOINTMENTS / CONSULTANTSHIPS

• Staff Consultant (Attending), Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Science Corporation, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1994-1996
• Private Practice; Thornhill, Ontario, Canada 1996-2003
• Staff Consultant (Attending), Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Fairmont, General Hospital, Fairmont, West Virginia, December 2003 – July 2006
• Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Full-time faculty, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
• Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, May 2007
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Attending, San Mateo, California, July 2009 -
• California Pacific Medical Center, Attending, July 2009 -
• San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, California, 2009 -

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Areas of Research Interest:
1. Use of Metal Glass Alloys in Orthopaedic Surgery
2. Distraction Ontogenesis
3. Fracture Healing
4. Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Zinman C, Wolfson N, Reis ND. Osteochondritis dissecans of the dome of the talus. Computed tomography scanning in diagnosis and follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am 70(7):1017-9, 1988.
2. Wolfson N, Hearn T, Thomason J, Armstrong PF. Force and stiffness changes during Ilizarov leg lengthening. Clin. Orthop Relat Res 250: 58-60, 1990.
3. Wolfson N, Galpin RD, Hearn TC, Willis RB. Control of interfragmentary micromotion in Ilizarov distractional osteogenesis. Bull Hosp Jt Dis 52(1):36-8, 1992.
4. Hearn TC, Schatzker J, Wolfson N. Extraction strength of cannulated cancellous bone screws. J Orthop Trauma 7(2): 138-41, 1993
5. Chakarun CJ, Wolfson N. Adult male with right shoulder pain: posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jun; 53(6):714,745

NON PEER REVIEWS

Abstracts

1. Wolfson N, Zinman C, Reis ND.
   Osteochondrosis dissecans of the talus: High resolution CT scan in diagnosis and management.
   15th Congress of Israel Surgical Society, Jerusalem, Israel, 1985.
2. Wolfson N, Zinman C, Regis ND.
   Osteochondrosis dissecans of the talus dome: CAT scan in diagnosis and treatment.
   Second Jerusalem Symposium of Sport Injuries. Jerusalem, Israel, 1985.
3. Surowiak JF, Hearn TC, Schatzker J, Wolfson N.
   Comparison of human, bovine, and synthetic cancellous bone in assessing the holding strength of bone screws.
   Proceedings of the Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society, 23rd Meeting, Toronto, 39-40, 1989.
4. Surowiak J, Hearn JC, Schatzker J, Wolfson N.
   Comparison of human bovine and synthetic cancellous bone in assessing the holding strength of bone screws.
   The Canadian Orthopaedic Association. Forty Fifth Avenue Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1990.
5. Surowiak J, Hearn JC, Schatzker J, Wolfson N.
   Comparison of bovine, human and synthetic cancellous bone in the assessment of bone screw holding strength.
   7th meeting of the European Society of Biomechanics, Aarthus, Denmark, 1990.
6. Wolfson N.
   Control of interfragmentary micromotion in Ilizarov distractional osteogenesis.
   18th Clinical Seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery, London, Ontario, Canada, 1990.
7. Wolfson N.
   Force and stiffness changes during leg lengthening by distractional neogenesis.
   Canadian Residents Association 16th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, 1990.
8. Wolfson N.
   The bone screw holding strength of bovine, human, and synthetic cancellous Bone.
   Canadian Residents Association 16th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, 1990.
9. Hearn TC, Schatzker J, Surowiak J, Wolfson N.
   Extraction strength of cancellous bone screws.
   SIROT 5th General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1990.
10. Wolfson N.
    Doppler ultrasound versus venogram for diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in total hip arthroplasty patients.
    19th Clinical Seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery, London, Ontario, Canada, 1991.
11. Wolfson N, Galpin RD, Hearn TC, Willis RB.
    Control of interfragmentary micromotion in Ilizarov distractional.
    A.S.A.M.I. North America, 2nd Scientific Meeting. Kiawah Island, South Carolina, 1991.
12. Wolfson N.
    Orthopaedics in London, Ontario: Past, present, future
    20th Clinical Seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery, London, Ontario, 1992.
13. Wolfson N, Bourne RB, Rorabeck CH, Vellett D, Rankin R.
    A comparison of the doppler ultrasound and venogram in detecting deep vein thrombosis following total hip arthroplasty.
    18th Annual Meeting, Canadian Orthopaedic Residents’ Association, Montreal, Quebec, 1992.
14. Wolfson N, Willis RB.
    Congenital insensitivity to pain: Musculoskeletal manifestations.
    Canadian Orthopaedic Residents Association 19th Annual Meeting. Saskatoon, Canada, 1993.
15. Wolfson N, Amendola A, Fowler P.
    Proprioception in ACL deficient knees.
    21st Clinical Seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery, London, Ontario, Canada, 1993.
16. Wolfson N, Amendola N.
    The effect of time and rehabilitation on knee kinesthesia in anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency; A preliminary study.
    Sports Med. 94, Toronto, Canada, 1994.
17. Amendola A, Wolfson N.
    The effect of time and rehabilitation on knee proprioception: A preliminary study.
    Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, 1994.
18. Wolfson N, Waddell JP, Byrick R.
    Impaction cancellous grafting.
    SIROT 96 Amsterdam, 1996.
19. Wolfson N.
    Paget’s disease: Correction of tibial deformities by distraction osteogenesis.
    Tel Aviv, Israel, 2000.
20. Wolfson N, Paley D, Herzenberg JF.
    Paget’s disease: Correction of tibial deformities by compression distraction osteogenesis.
    2nd International Meeting of A.S.A.M.I., Rome, Italy, 2000.
21. Solomin L, Kornilov N, Wolfson N, Kirienko A.
    Importance of method of unified designation of external fixation.
    EFORT 2003, Helsinki, Finland, 2003.
22. Solomin L, Kornilov V, Nazarov S, Tkachev S, Wolfson N, Kirienko A.
    Technology of testing of external fixation models rigidity.
    EFORT 2003, Helsinki, Finland, 2003.
23. Wolfson N, Paley D, Herzenberg JF.
    Paget’s disease: Correction of tibial deformities by compression distraction osteogenesis.
    58th Annual Meeting of Canadian Orthopaedic Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2003.
24. Wolfson N.
    Anterior approach in minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty: My early experience.
    Israel Orthopaedic Association, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2005.
25. Wolfson N.
    It’s all about the angle: the effect of half-pin tilt on bone fragment stability in circular fixation. Advances in Traumatology and Reconstructive Orthopaedics.
    The First Israeli - Russian Orthopaedic conference, Haifa, Israel, 2005.
26. Demetriou M.D., Johnson WL, Conner RD, Wolfson N, Wiest A.
    Engineering Capabilities of Highly Porous Metallic Glass Foam,
    TMS Spring Meeting, New Orleans, March 2008
27. Wiest A, Han B, Wolfson N, Demetriou MDb and Johnson W
    Investigation of the suitability of Ni and Cu free metallic glasses as a bimetals.
    MRS International Materials Research Conference, Chongqing, China |June 9 - 12, 2008
28. Wolfson, N.
    Application of Distraction Osteogenesis in Type B host.
    ASAMI International, 5th Congress, St. Petersburg, Russia May 28-30, 2008
29. Demetriou M.D., Wiest A, Wang G, Wolfson, N, Han B, Johnson WJ, Liaw PK.
    Bulk metallic glasses for biomedical applications.
    TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 2009
30. Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Demetriades D, Wolfson N, White EA.
    Sternoclavicular joint dislocations: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation.
    Presented at Emergency Radiology Power Hour, American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2009.
31. Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Wolfson N, White EA, Forrester D.
    Lisfranc fracture-dislocation: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation and postoperative imaging follow-up.
    Accepted, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2009.
32. Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Demetriades D, Wolfson N, White EA.
    Sternoclavicular joint dislocations: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation.
    Accepted, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2009.
33. Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Wolfson N, White EA, Forrester D.
    Lisfranc fracture-dislocation: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation and postoperative imaging follow-up.
    Educational exhibit presented at American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2009.
34. Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Demetriades D, Wolfson N, White EA.
    Sternoclavicular joint dislocations: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation.
    Educational exhibit presented at American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2009.
35. Koo J, Tumyan L, Chakarun CJ, White EA, Wolfson N.
    Musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections: a step-by-step guide to common and innovative applications for the practicing radiologist.
    Accepted, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2009.
36. Koo J, Tumyan L, Chakarun CJ, White EA, Wolfson N.
    Musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections: a step-by-step guide to common and innovative applications for the practicing radiologist.
    Educational exhibit presented at American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2009...
37. Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Wolfson N, White EA, Forrester D.
    Lisfranc fracture-dislocation: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation and postoperative imaging follow-up.
    American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) 2009.
38. Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Demetriades D, Wolfson N, White EA.
    Sternoclavicular joint dislocations: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation.
    American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) 2009.

INVENTIONS

1. Mandibular bone transport /lengthening device.
   Ref.: Samchukov, Mikhail L., Cope, Jason B., and Cherkashin, Alexander M.: Craniofacial Distraction Osteogenesis, Book, Mosby, 353, 2003.
2. Ni and Cu free Zr-Ti-based Be-bearing Metallic Glasses for biomedical applications Patents pending.
   With California Institute of Technology, 2007
   Provisional Patent 2 (2) filed June 2007

PRESENTATIONS

Invited Lectures

1. Biological Principles of Bone and Soft Tissue Distraction Neogenesis: The Ilizarov Theory of Tension Stress.
   School of Human Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. November 1987.
2. Biological Principles and Clinical Application of Ilizarov Method.
   Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 1987.
3. Biological Principles and Clinical Applications of Ilizarov Method.
   Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Centre, Maywood, Illinois, USA. January 1988.
4. Ilizarov Procedure, Eighth Annual Breakdown on Bones.
   Canadian Orthopaedic Nurses Association, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada. October 1990.
5. The History of Orthopaedics in London, Ontario
   Kennedy Orthopaedic Association Meeting, London, Ontario, Canada. September 1992.
6. Leg Lengthening and Correction of Deformities.
   Little People of Ontario Conference, Guest Speaker and Panel Member. Toronto, Canada, July 30th, 1994.
7. Paget’s Disease: Correction of Tibial Deformities by Distraction Osteogenesis
   Annual Meeting of Israeli Ilizarov Society, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 2000.
8. Knee: from A to Z
   Accident Benefit Conference, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2002.
9. Minimally Invasive Compression Hip Screws.
   4th Annual Knees and Tees, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa, Farmington, Pennsylvania, October 4th, 2003.
10. Methods of Enhancing Regenerate Formation During Distraction Osteogenesis
    ASAMI Israel, Annual Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel, January 2004.
11. External Fixation: Do we speak the same language?
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Missouri University, Columbus, Missouri, April 14, 2004.
12. External Fixation: Do we speak the same language?
    Grand Rounds, Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, September 2004.
13. Biological sequelae of intra-medullary nailing.
    Kuntscher Society Symposium, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 20, 2005.
14. Modern Approach to the treatment of infection in long bone fractures.
    12th Russian National Congress “People and Health” SICOT Day; St. Petersburg, Russia; November 28, 2007.
15. The Nail: Past, Present and the Future
    Grand Rounds, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, March 21, 2008

AWARDS

1. First Place Award: 19th Clinical seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery,
   J.C. Kennedy Day, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1991
   Doppler Ultrasound Versus Venogram for Diagnosis of DVT in THA Patients
2. Second Place Award: 21st Clinical Seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery,
   J.C. Kennedy Day, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1993.
   Proprioception in ACL Deficient Knees

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