Dr. Robert J Smolinski MD
Orthopedist
160 Farber Hall Buffalo NY, 14214About
Dr. Robert Smolinski is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Smolinski specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Smolinski tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1983
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Implementation of the Ottawa ankle rule in a university sports medicine center.
- Reliability of common knee injection sites with low-volume injections.
- Current trends in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
- Design of a randomized controlled trial to compare debridement to observation of chondral lesions encountered during partial meniscectomy: The ChAMP (Chondral Lesions And Meniscus Procedures) Trial.
- Muscle function and gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis before and after muscle rehabilitation.
- Prospective evaluation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules in a university sports medicine center. With a modification to increase specificity for identifying malleolar fractures.
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