Dr. Shawn Robert Gilbert MD
Orthopedist
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Shawn Gilbert is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Gilbert specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Gilbert 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
Univ of Nc At Chapel Hill Sch of Med, Chapel Hill Nc 1996
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Altered skeletal maturation in moderate to severe cerebral palsy.
- Oxygen sensing and osteogenesis.
- Prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors increase neoangiogenesis and callus formation following femur fracture in mice.
- Hypoxia and HIF-1alpha expression in the epiphyseal cartilage following ischemic injury to the immature femoral head.
- Biphasic peptide amphiphile nanomatrix embedded with hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for stimulated osteoinductive response.
- Discovery of a new molecular probe ML228: an activator of the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) pathway.
- Pediatric obesity and traumatic lower-extremity long-bone fracture outcomes.
- Altered lower extremity fracture characteristics in obese pediatric trauma patients.
- Prospective evaluation of the use of Mitchell shoes and dynamic abduction brace for idiopathic clubfeet.
- Predicting MSSA in Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in a Setting With MRSA Prevalence.
- Biomechanical Analysis of Screws Versus K-Wires for Lateral Humeral Condyle Fractures.
- Contaminated open fracture and crush injury: a murine model.
- Avascular Necrosis of Trochlea After Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children.
- Arthroscopic Treatment of Traumatic Hip Dislocations in Children and Adolescents: A Preliminary Study.
- Blood Transfusion Incidence, Risk Factors, and Associated Complications in Surgical Treatment of Hip Dysplasia.
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