Professor, Orthopaedics, Brown University Program in Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Edward Akelman, MD
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Edward Akelman practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is ranked 37 in research and 29 in primary care medicine Edward Akelman is also a published MD. He has 67 publication published. The most recent publication is: Traumatic nerve injuries about the elbow. He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Quality Measurement: A Primer for Hand Surgeons.
- Accredited Hand Surgery Fellowship Web Sites: Analysis of Content and Accessibility.
- International health electives in orthopaedic surgery residency training.
- Evidence for safe tourniquet use in 500 consecutive upper extremity procedures.
- Carpal tunnel release: do we understand the biomechanical consequences?
- In vivo kinematics of the scaphoid, lunate, capitate, and third metaCarpal in extreme wrist flexion and extension.
- Cubital Tunnel syndrome: diagnosis and management.
- Access and use of the internet in a Hand surgery population.
- The familial incidence of Carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with unilateral and bilateral disease.
- Metacarpophalangeal joint mechanics after 3 different silicone arthroplasties.
- Thumb carpometaCarpal arthroscopy: a topographic, anatomic study of the thenar portal.
- In vivo radioCarpal kinematics and the dart thrower's motion.
- Effects of distal radius malunion on distal radioulnar joint mechanics--an in vivo study.
- Anomalous median nerve position dorsal to the flexor tendons in a patient with spastic hemiplegia and Wrist pain: case report.
- Management of Lateral epicondylitis: current concepts.
- Arthroscopic versus open dorsal Ganglion excision: a prospective, randomized comparison of rates of recurrence and of residual pain.
- Simulated radioscapholunate fusion alters Carpal kinematics while preserving dart-thrower's motion.
- Interfragmentary motion in patients with scaphoid nonunion.
- Fluoroscopic evaluation of intra-articular screw placement during locked volar plating of the distal radius: a cadaveric study.
- Neurofibromatosis contributing to carpometaCarpal instability.
- Conformational changes in the carpus during Finger trap distraction.
- Arthroscopic technique for Medial epicondylitis: technique and safety analysis.
- Carpal and forearm kinematics during a simulated hammering task.
- Utility of magnetic resonance imaging obtained before evaluation by the Hand surgeon.
- Three-dimensional in vivo kinematics of the distal radioulnar joint in malunited distal radius Fractures.
- A prospective study of outcome following mini-open Carpal tunnel release.
- Biomechanical and anatomical consequences of Carpal tunnel release.
- Carpal bone postures and motions are abnormal in both wrists of patients with unilateral scapholunate interosseous ligament tears.
- A technique for reducing splash exposure during pulsatile lavage.
- In vivo motion of the scaphotrapezio-trapezoidal (STT) joint.
- Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow): a review.
- Acute open reduction and rigid internal fixation of proximal interphalangeal joint Fracture dislocation.
- A patient registry for orthopedic surgery.
- Fascial implant arthroplasty for treatment of radioscaphoid degenerative Disease.
- Extensor tendon injuries at the proximal interphalangeal joint.
- Upper extremity injuries in athletes: an overview.
- Limited triscaphoid interCarpal arthrodesis for rotatory subluxation of the scaphoid.
- Diagnostic imaging and arthroscopy for chronic Wrist pain.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome. Etiology and endoscopic treatment.
- Prospective, randomized trial of splinting after Carpal tunnel release.
- Nonmelanotic malignant skin tumors of the Hand.
- Skier's thumb: a review.
- The surgical approach in non-border digit complex dislocations of the metacarpophalangeal joint.
- The management of dog bites and dog bite infections to the Hand.
- Radioulnar synostosis.
- Treatment of de Quervain's Disease.
- Cubital Tunnel syndrome. Part II: Treatment.
- Propane thermal injuries: case report and review of the literature.
- Spasticity: pathophysiology and management.
- Cubital Tunnel syndrome. Part I: Presentation and diagnosis.
- An experimental model of femoral condylar defect leading to osteoarthrosis.
- Treatment of Trigger finger in patients with diabetes mellitus.
- Lumbar spinal stenosis: a review.
- Comparison of the findings of triple-injection cinearthrography of the Wrist with those of arthroscopy.
- Distal radius Fractures: concepts and complications.
- Anatomy of the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve: clinical significance.
- Influence of steroid injection on ligament healing in the rat.
- Radial Tunnel syndrome.
- Ulna-shortening osteotomy after failed arthroscopic debridement of the triangular fibrocartilage complex.
- Primary care of Hand and wrist athletic injuries.
- The results of revision Carpal tunnel release following previous open versus endoscopic surgery.
- Traumatic nerve injuries about the Elbow.
- The effect of Wrist guards on bone strain in the distal forearm.
- Median nerve injury in an expert skier: a case report.
- Nerve injuries of the elbow, wrist, and Hand in athletes.
- Office-based operatory experience: an overview of anesthetic technique, procedures and complications.
Schools
Dartmouth Medical School
Yale New Haven HospYale U Sch Med
RooseveltSt Lukes Hosp
Princeton U
Procedures Preformed
- Basal Thumb Joint Reconstruction
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Excision of MetaCarpal and Carpal
- Excision of Radius or Ulna
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Conditions Treated
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- De Quervain's Disease
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Fracture of Hand (incl. Fingers)
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Doctors Specialties
- Adult Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery
- Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopedic Hand Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Education
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St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center -
Yale-New Haven Hospital -
Brigham and Women's Hospital -
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Hospital
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Rhode Island Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1588644629 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | AKELMAN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | EDWARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 029053236 | |
| NPPES Provider State | RI | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 26.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 16.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 61.54 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1588644629 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | AKELMAN |
| First Name Of The Provider | EDWARD |
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