
Dr. Christopher John Tuohy MD
Orthopedist
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Christopher Tuohy is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Tuohy specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Tuohy 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
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 2001
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Chemical denervation with botulinum neurotoxin a improves the surgical manipulation of the muscle-tendon unit: an experimental study in an animal model.
- Contributions of neural tone to in vivo passive muscle--tendon unit biomechanical properties in a rat rotator cuff animal model.
- Postural dependence of passive tension in the supraspinatus following rotator cuff repair: a simulation analysis.
- Recent advances for the management of Raynaud phenomenon using botulinum neurotoxin A.
- Evaluation of in vivo rotator cuff muscle function after acute and chronic detachment of the supraspinatus tendon: an experimental study in an animal model.
- Botulinum Neurotoxin A injections influence stretching of the gastrocnemius muscle-tendon unit in an animal model.
- Treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis with botulinum neurotoxin a.
- Age-related degenerative functional, radiographic, and histological changes of the shoulder in nonhuman primates.
- Rotator cuff injuries in professional and recreational athletes.
- Age-related changes affect rat rotator cuff muscle function.
- Advanced age diminishes tendon-to-bone healing in a rat model of rotator cuff
Treatments
- Shoulder Replacement
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Frozen Shoulder
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
- Rotator Cuff Tear
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Fellowships
- Hand Surgery, Vanderbilt University School o 2007
- Thomas Jefferson University 2008
- Thomas Jefferson University, Shoulder and elbow surgery, PA, USA 2008
- Vanderbilt University, Hand Surgery, TN, USA 2007
Dr. Christopher John Tuohy MD's Practice location
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
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