General Orthopaedics

Olayinka Ogunro MD

Medical Training

Medical student externship:

• Hopital Cantonal de Geneve, Switzerland
• Clinica San Mateo, Pavia, Italy
• El Gran Hospital de la Benificencia del Estado, Madrid, Spain
• Staedische Krankenhaus, Essen, Germany
• Graduated from Glasgow University Medical School, Scotland

 

Internship

Rotating internship: Mount Sinai Hospital Service, New York.

 

Residency

• Surgical Resident: The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.
• Orthopedic residency: Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, New York

 

Fellowship

• Fellow on Hand Surgery: Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and Medical Center, New York.
• Former Senior Registrar Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos
• Private practice in Dallas in the field of Hand Surgery and general orthopedics from December 1977 till present

 

Board Certification

• Orthopedic Surgery
• Hand Surgery

 

Academic Title

Associate clinical professor, Department of Orthopedics, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas.

 

Professional Organizations

• Fellow American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
• Fellow American College of Surgeons
• Member American Society of Surgery of the Hand
• Member of Dallas County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association and American Medical Association.

 

Presentations and Publications

Scientific Presentations

American Society of Surgery of the Hand, 1986
Topic: External fixation of the injured nail bed with the INRO Surgical Nail Splint

Overseas Presentations

West African College of Surgeons: 1975.
Topic: Une analyse des mains traumatisees a Lagos University Teaching Hospital

West African College of Surgeons: 1976.
Topic: Pattern of Hand injuries in Lagos

British Society of Surgery of the Hand: 1988.
Topic: Management of nail bed injuries

French Society of Surgery of the Hand: 1990
Topic: Utilisation de l’ orthese ungueale Inro dans le traitement des traumatismes du lit de l’ongle.

German Society of Surgery of the Hand: 1991
Topic: Management of nail bed injuries. Awarded a statute of the hand

4th International Congress of the Surgery of the Hand: 1992, Paris, France
Topic: Management of avulsion injuries of the nail bed by the non-graft technique.

French Society of Surgery of the Hand, Round table: December 2005, France
Topic: Avulsion du lit de l’ongle n’a pas besoin de greffe

Tunis Society for Surgery of the Hand: May 2006, Tunis
Topic: Avulsion du lit de l’ongle n’a pas besoin de greffe

 

Publications

Avulsion of the flexor profundus secondary to enchondroma of the distal phalanx. Journal of Hand Surgery pp. 315-316, 1983

Dorsal Transposition Flap for reconstruction of lateral or medial oblique amputations of the thumb with exposure of bone. Journal of Hand Surgery pp. 894-898, 1983

Fracture of the body of the hamate bone, Journal of Hand Surgery pp. 353-355, 1983

Restoration of sensibility to the thumb by the technique of digital nerve advancement, a new surgical procedure. Journal of Hand Surgery pp. 440-444 1984.

External fixation of the injured nail bed with the Inro Surgical Nail Splint. Journal of Hand Surgery pp. 236-241, 1989.

Pending publication: Treatment of avulsion injuries of the nail bed by the simple use of the INRO surgical nail splint without the use of a nail bed graft. Submitted 1996

Avulsion injuries of the nail bed do not need nail bed graft: Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, 2007, in press

Dynamic Stabilization of Chronic Scapholunate Dissociation with Palmaris Longus Transfer: A New Technique: Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. 2007 11(4):241-245.

 

Languages Spoken

English, French, Spanish, German, Italian

 

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