BRIAN
JAMES DIVELBISS, MD
EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
Hand and Microvascular Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City,
IA
August 2000
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, Allegheny General Hospital,
Pittsburgh, PA, July 1996 to June 2000
Staff General Medical Officer, Emergency Room
Fort Riley, KS, August 1992 to June 1996
Army Flight Surgeon Primary Course 92-3
Fort Rucker, AL , July 1992 to August 1992
Transitional Internship, Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA, June 1991 to June 92
University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 1987-91
Doctor of Medicine, May 1991
Research Assistant, 1990-1
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Iowa
Spinal decompensation in scoliosis
Westmar College, Le Mars, IA
August 1982 to May 1986
B.A. in Biology and Natural Sciences, summa cum laude,
May 1986
HONORS
AND AWARDS
Army Career
Meritorious Service Medal, 1996
Internship
Army Commendation Medal, 1992
American Orthopaedic Association/Zimmer Annual
Resident/Fellow Travel Award, 1992
Medical School
Michael Bonfiglio Student Research Award in
Orthopaedics, 1991
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1990
Oxford Fellowship, Alternate, 1990
Undergraduate
NAIA Academic All-America, Tennis, 1986
Alpha Chi Valedictorian Award, 1986
Most Valuable Player, Golf, 1983,1985
Most Valuable Player, Tennis, 1985
Alpha Chi National Scholarship, 1985
Alpha Chi Honor Society, 1985
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1985
United Methodist National Scholarship, 1985
Chemistry-Physics Academic Fellow, 1985
Homecoming Royalty, 1985
Biology Academic Fellow, 1984
RESEARCH
Publications
Divelbiss BJ and ME Baratz. Phalangeal Fractures. In Gellman H
(Senior ed.);
eMedicine: Orthopedic Surgery. St. Petersburg: eMedicine Corp., 2000
(In
Review).
Divelbiss BJ and ME Baratz. Hand, Fracture and Dislocation:
Phalangeal. In Aly
A, Furnas DW, Grazer FM. (Senior Eds.); eMedicine:
Plastic Surgery. St.
Petersburg:
eMedicine Corp., 1999, 2000 (In Review).
Kurtz CA and BJ Divelbiss. Achilles
tendon injuries and related disorders. Top
Emerg
Med 22:1-8, 2000.
Divelbiss BJ and ME Baratz. The
role of arthroplasty and arthrodesis
following trauma to the upper extremity. Hand Clin
15:335-45, 1999.
Baratz ME and BJ Divelbiss. Fixation of phalangeal fractures. Hand
Clin 13:541-
55, 1997.
Divelbiss BJ and S Kumar. Isolated
traumatic denervation of the Extensor Pollicis
Longus. Arch Phys Med
Rehabil 78:783-5, 1997.
Divelbiss BJ. The identification of a 123 base pair fragment from the
5'-flanking
region of the adult chicken (-globin gene. The Alpha Chi Recorder
28:9- 18, 1985.
Presentations
Divelbiss BJ, Murphy M, Riemer BL, et al. Colonization of
orthopaedic trauma
implants in patients without evidence of infection.
Paper presentation at the
annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma,
Orlando, FL, January 1999.
Divelbiss BJ, Baratz ME and WH Hagberg.
The triceps-sparing approach for the
management of distal humerus fractures.
Poster at the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association,
Vancouver, BC, October 1998.
Divelbiss BJ, Keyarash AK, Zivaljevic N and ME Baratz.
The use of MRT
technology in the evaluation of motion in the upper extremity. Poster at the
annual
meeting of the American Association of Hand Surgery, Scottsdale,
AZ,
January 1998.
Mintz LJ, Divelbiss BJ, and SL Weinstein. Cephalad imbalance in
patients with
adolescent
idiopathic scoliosis treated with Cotrel-Dubousset
instrumentation.
Poster at the Ninth Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic
Associations
of the English-speaking world, Toronto, Canada, June 1992.
Mintz LJ, Divelbiss BJ, and SL Weinstein. The fate of the unfused
curve in
idiopathic
scoliosis. Paper presentation at
the annual meeting of the
Scoliosis Research Society, Minneapolis, MN, September 1991.
Grants Received
Adams BD, Divelbiss BJ, and J El-Khoury. Total wrist replacement
using the
Universal Total Wrist implant. ASSH
Outcomes grant, 2000.
Divelbiss BJ. The use of IGF-1 impregnated bioabsorbable screws in
the rabbit
osteochondral fracture model. The
Albert Ferguson Foundation, 1997.
Divelbiss BJ, Murphy M, Riemer BL, et. al.
Colonization of orthopaedic trauma
implants in patients without evidence of infection.
Allegheny Singer
Research
Institute Intramural Grant #RC-2238, 1997.
BJ Divelbiss, August 2000