Dr. Gerald Ross Williams MD
Orthopedist
925 Chestnut St Fifth Floor Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Williams is a board certified shoulder specialist and Director of the Shoulder and Elbow Center at Rothman Institute. His areas of expertise include shoulder replacement, shoulder arthroscopy, rotator ...
Education and Training
M.D., Temple University
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- Case challenges in shoulder surgery: what would you do?
- Variation of biomechanical, structural, and compositional properties along the tendon to bone insertion site.
- Clinical evaluation of injuries to the acromioclavicular and sternoclavicular joints.
- Supraspinatus tendon organizational and mechanical properties in a chronic rotator cuff tear animal model.
- The tension required at repair to reappose the supraspinatus tendon to bone rapidly increases after injury.
- Supraspinatus tendon composition remains altered long after tendon detachment.
- Rat supraspinatus muscle atrophy after tendon detachment.
- Axillary nerve monitoring during arthroscopic shoulder stabilization.
- Treatment of glenohumeral subluxation using electrothermal capsulorrhaphy.
- Arthroscopic versus mini-open rotator cuff repair: a comparison of clinical outcome.
- Latissimus dorsi tendon transfer for irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears. Factors affecting outcome.
- Arthroscopic and open Bankart repairs provide similar outcomes.
- Arthroscopy effectively treats ganglion cysts of the shoulder.
- The Penn shoulder score: reliability and validity.
- The role of repair tension on tendon to bone healing in an animal model of chronic rotator cuff tears.
Fellowships
- Fellowship, Shoulder Reconstruction, University of Texas in San Antonio
Experience & Accolades
- ProfessorJefferson Medical College
- Director of the Shoulder and Elbow CenterRothman Institute
- Chair-CME courses CommitteeAcademy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- President2009-2010
- Former PresidentPennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
- Former PresidentPhiladelphia Orthopaedic Society
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