Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Denis Nam is an expert in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He went to Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is ranked 19 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He received awards:"Scholarship Recipient: ORS/OREF/AAOS New Investigator Workshop", "Philip D. Wilson, MD Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research for the project entitled: Extramedullary Guides versus Portable Navigation for Tibial Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial", "HAP Paul Award Recipient for project entitled: Extramedullary Guides versus Portable Navigation for Tibial Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial", "Clinical Excellence Award for Best Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement Clinical Fellow", "Selected as one of the best scientific exhibits for "The Management of Extensor Mechanism Complications in Total Knee Arthroplasty" and chosen to be published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery", "Current Concepts Foundation Scholarship to attend the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Course", "Chief Administrative Fellow for all Orthopaedic and Non-Orthopaedic Fellowships", "Scholarship to attend the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Resident Education Course", "Selected as one of the best scientific exhibits for "Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy: Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment"", "Recipient of the EOA Resident award as the one of the best resident abstracts submitted to the annual meeting for "Results of Non-Cemented Semi-Constrained Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Inflammatory Arthritis: A Minimum Fifteen Year Follow-up"", "Best Third-Year Orthopaedics Teaching Resident Award", "Scholarship from Ortho-McNeil to attend the AAOS - American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons [AAHKS] Improving Outcomes for Partial, Primary, and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty course", "Scholarship to attend the American Orthopaedic Association - Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation [OREF] Leadership Forum", "Selected as one of the best scientific exhibits for "Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Current Concepts, Results, and Component Wear Analysis"", "Recipient of the Richard S. Laskin Research Award", "2nd Place, Resident Poster Competition for "Functional, Emotional and General Health Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Aseptic vs Septic Revision Hip Arthroplasty"", "ECAC Ice Hockey Player of the Week", "Edward M. Wright '70 Award for Leadership in Academics and Athletics", "Malcolm G. Chace Award for best exemplifying Sportsmanship, Spirit, and Ability as a member of the Yale Hockey Team", "Thomas W. Ford '42 Award for Dedication and Commitment to Community Service", "Commitment to Community ServiceCaptain, Yale Varsity Ice Hockey Team", "Ivy League Ice Hockey Champions", "Cum Laude Society", "1st Cello, Taft Chamber Ensemble", "Abstract Recognition Award for "An Accelerometer Based, Portable Navigation System: The Future of Computer Navigation in Total Knee Arthroplasty?"" and "Abstract Recognition Award for "Clinical Outcomes and Failure Mechanisms of a Constrained Knee without Stem Extensions: A Mid-Term Follow-up"". Dr. Denis Nam is a published doctor as well. He has 58 publications published. The latest was: Residual Symptoms and Function in Young, Active Hip Arthroplasty Patients: Comparable to Normative Controls? Denis accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty improves congruence and restores Joint space width of the lateral compartment.
- Conversion of a failed hip resurfacing arthroplasty to total hip arthroplasty: pearls and pitfalls.
- The Impact of Prior Surgery after Total Knee Arthroplasty.
- Hard-on-Hard Bearings Are Associated With Increased Noise Generation in Young Patients Undergoing Hip Arthroplasty.
- Patient-Reported Metal Allergy: A Risk Factor for Poor Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty?
- Tranexamic acid: optimal blood loss management in surface replacement arthroplasty.
- Incidence and Location of Pain in Young, Active Patients Following Hip Arthroplasty.
- Lower limb alignment control: Is it more challenging in lateral compared to medial unicondylar Knee arthroplasty?
- The Impact of Study Period on Perioperative Outcomes Following Hip Arthroplasty.
- Onlay tibial implants appear to provide superior clinical results in robotic unicompartmental Knee arthroplasty.
- The Mark Coventry Award: Custom Cutting Guides Do Not Improve Total Knee Arthroplasty Clinical Outcomes at 2 Years Followup.
- Systematic review of patient-specific instrumentation in total Knee arthroplasty: new but not improved.
- Relationship of the posterior femoral axis of the "kinematically aligned" total Knee arthroplasty to the posterior condylar, transepicondylar, and anteroposterior femo...
- Patient dissatisfaction following total Knee replacement: a growing concern?
- Planned Bone Resections Using an MRI-Based Custom Cutting Guide System Versus 3-Dimensional, Weight-Bearing Images in Total Knee Arthroplasty.
- Does a Prior Hip Arthroscopy Affect Clinical Outcomes in Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty?
- Radiographic Parameters Associated with Pain Following Total Hip and Surface Arthroplasty.
- Mobile Compression Devices and Aspirin for VTE Prophylaxis Following Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty.
- The Impact of Total Joint Arthroplasty on Sexual Function in Young, Active Patients.
- Inter-Observer Precision and Physiologic Variability of MRI Landmarks Used to Determine Rotational Alignment in Conventional and Patient-Specific TKA.
- The Use of Warfarin for DVT Prophylaxis Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: How Often Are Patients Within Their Target INR Range?
- Zirconia Phase Transformation, Metal Transfer, and Surface Roughness in Retrieved Ceramic Composite Femoral Heads in Total Hip Arthroplasty.
- New Total Knee Arthroplasty Designs: Do Young Patients Notice?
- Results of custom-fit, noncemented, semiconstrained total Elbow arthroplasty for inflammatory arthritis at an average of eighteen years of follow-up.
- Limb Alignment, Subluxation, and Bone Density Relationship in the Osteoarthritic Varus Knee.
- Femoral bone and cartilage wear is predictable at 0° and 90° in the osteoarthritic Knee treated with total Knee arthroplasty.
- Evaluation of the 3-dimensional, weight-bearing orientation of the normal adult Knee.
- What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Imaging Modalities to Diagnose Wear-related Corrosion Problems?
- The Management of Extensor Mechanism Complications in Total Knee Arthroplasty: AAOS Exhibit Selection.
- Single-incision Chronic distal biceps tendon repair with tibialis anterior allograft.
- Reducing blood loss after total Knee replacement: a fibrin solution.
- Intraarticular Analgesia Versus Epidural Plus Femoral Nerve Block After TKA: A Randomized, Double-blind Trial.
- Dual-mobility acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty.
- Durable Fixation Achieved With Medialized, High Hip Center Cementless THAs for Crowe II and III Dysplasia.
- Extramedullary Guides Versus Portable, Accelerometer-Based Navigation for Tibial Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
- Is Tibiofemoral Subluxation Correctable in Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty?
- Emerging Ideas: Instability-induced Periprosthetic Osteolysis Is Not Dependent on the Fibrous Tissue Interface.
- Hip Arthroscopy: The Use of Computer Assistance.
- Accelerometer-Based, Portable Navigation vs Imageless, Large-Console Computer-Assisted Navigation in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Comparison of Radiographic Results.
- Variability in the Relationship Between the Distal Femoral Mechanical and Anatomical Axes in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
- Aseptic lymphocyte dominated vasculitis-associated lesion resulting from trunnion corrosion in a cobalt-chrome unipolar hemiarthroplasty.
- Patient specific cutting guides versus an imageless, computer-assisted surgery system in total Knee arthroplasty.
- Preoperative templating and its intraoperative applications for hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
- Patient-specific instrumentation for total Knee arthroplasty: a review.
- Accelerometer-based computer navigation for performing the distal femoral resection in total Knee arthroplasty.
- Ideal Femoral Head Size in Total Hip Arthroplasty Balances Stability and Volumetric Wear.
- A comparison of two resurfacing arthroplasty implants: medium-term clinical and radiographic results.
- Arthroscopic Capsular Plication for Microtraumatic Anterior Shoulder Instability in Overhead Athletes.
- Clinical results and failure mechanisms of a nonmodular constrained Knee without stem extensions.
- Patient-specific instrumentation in total Knee arthroplasty: a review.
- Recutting the distal Femur to increase maximal knee extension during TKA causes coronal plane laxity in mid-flexion.
- Cadaveric analysis of an accelerometer-based portable navigation device for distal femoral cutting block alignment in total Knee arthroplasty.
- Technique for margin convergence in rotator cuff repair.
- Functional and Emotional Results Differ After Aseptic vs Septic Revision Hip Arthroplasty.
- Defining the origins of the iliofemoral, ischiofemoral, and pubofemoral ligaments of the hip capsuloligamentous complex utilizing computer navigation.
- Observations on retrieved glenoid components from total Shoulder arthroplasty.
- Residual Symptoms and Function in Young, Active Hip Arthroplasty Patients: Comparable to Normative Controls?
Schools
Procedures Preformed
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Excision of Femur or Knee
- Excision of Tibula or Fibula
- Hip Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Open
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Conditions Treated
- Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
- Back Pain
- Bursitis
- Cervical Spine Myelopathy
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Doctors Specialties
- Adult Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Scholarship Recipient: ORS/OREF/AAOS New Investigator Workshop
- Philip D. Wilson, MD Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research for the project entitled: Extramedullary Guides versus Portable Navigation for Tibial Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
- HAP Paul Award Recipient for project entitled: Extramedullary Guides versus Portable Navigation for Tibial Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
- Clinical Excellence Award for Best Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement Clinical Fellow
- Selected as one of the best scientific exhibits for "The Management of Extensor Mechanism Complications in Total Knee Arthroplasty" and chosen to be published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Current Concepts Foundation Scholarship to attend the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Course
- Chief Administrative Fellow for all Orthopaedic and Non-Orthopaedic Fellowships
- Scholarship to attend the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Resident Education Course
- Selected as one of the best scientific exhibits for "Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy: Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment"
- Recipient of the EOA Resident award as the one of the best resident abstracts submitted to the annual meeting for "Results of Non-Cemented Semi-Constrained Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Inflammatory Arthritis: A Minimum Fifteen Year Follow-up"
- “Best Third-Year Orthopaedics Teaching Resident†Award
- Scholarship from Ortho-McNeil to attend the AAOS - American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons [AAHKS] Improving Outcomes for Partial, Primary, and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty course
- Scholarship to attend the American Orthopaedic Association - Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation [OREF] Leadership Forum
- Selected as one of the best scientific exhibits for "Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Current Concepts, Results, and Component Wear Analysis"
- Recipient of the Richard S. Laskin Research Award
- 2nd Place, Resident Poster Competition for "Functional, Emotional and General Health Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Aseptic vs Septic Revision Hip Arthroplasty"
- ECAC Ice Hockey Player of the Week
- Edward M. Wright '70 Award for Leadership in Academics and Athletics
- Malcolm G. Chace Award for best exemplifying Sportsmanship, Spirit, and Ability as a member of the Yale Hockey Team
- Thomas W. Ford '42 Award for Dedication and Commitment to Community Service
- Commitment to Community ServiceCaptain, Yale Varsity Ice Hockey Team
- Ivy League Ice Hockey Champions
- Cum Laude Society
- 1st Cello, Taft Chamber Ensemble
- Abstract Recognition Award for "An Accelerometer Based, Portable Navigation System: The Future of Computer Navigation in Total Knee Arthroplasty?"
- Abstract Recognition Award for "Clinical Outcomes and Failure Mechanisms of a Constrained Knee without Stem Extensions: A Mid-Term Follow-up"
Education
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Hospital for Special Surgery
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Yale University
Hospital
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital
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St. Louis Children's Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER |
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1114184058 |
| NPPES Provider LastName |
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NAM |
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DENIS |
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631101032 |
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MO |
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Orthopedic Surgery |
| Total Claim Count |
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113.0 |
| Distinct Opioid Count |
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1.0 |
| Opioid Claim Count |
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31.0 |
| Percent Opioid Claims |
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27.43 |
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