Florida International Joint Institute - Specialized Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hip, Knee and Shoulder Florida International Joint Institute - Specialized Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hip, Knee and Shoulder Florida International Joint Institute - Specialized Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hip, Knee and Shoulder
Florida International Joint Institute - Specialized Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hip, Knee and Shoulder Florida International Joint Institute - Specialized Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hip, Knee and Shoulder
Florida International Joint Institute - Specialized Orthopaedic Surgery of the Hip, Knee and Shoulder
 
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Edgar G. Handal, MD. Orthopaedic Surgeon

 

UNDER-GRADUATE TRAINING:

  • S.U.N.Y. Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  • B.A. in Biology - June, 1983

 
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
  • S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
  • Brooklyn NY M.D. - May, 1987

GENERAL SURGERY INTERNSHIP:
  • S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center Kings County Hospital
  • Brooklyn, N.Y. July, 1988-June, 1992

FELLOWSHIP:
  • University of California-San Diego San DiegoCA
  • Total Joint and Adult Reconstructive Fellowship,
  • August, 1992-August, 1993
  • OASIS Sports Medical Group San Diego, CA
  • Sports Medicine Fellowship
  • February, 1994-November, 1994

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:
  • Boca Raton Community Hospital
  • Boca Raton, Florida
  • Bethesda Memorial Hospital
  • Boynton Beach, Florida
  • Delray Community Hospital Delray Beach, Florida
  • West Boca Medical Center - Boca Raton, Florida

LICENSURE:
  • Florida, California, New York

BOARD CERTIFICATION:
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 7/97

MEDICAL SOCIETIES:
  • American Medical Association
  • Florida Medical Association
  • Florida Orthopaedic Society
  • Palm Beach County Medical Society
  • South Palm Beach County Orthopaedic Society

TEACHING POSITIONS:
  • Assistant Clinical Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Southern California at San Diego and Veteran's Administration Hospital, San Diego

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Edgar G . Handal, D. R. Morawski, R. F. Santone "Complications in High Tibial Osteotomy" in Knee surgery (Fu, Harner and Vince editors) Williams and Wilkins, 1994, Chapter 57 pp 1153-1171.

  • Edgar G. Handal, D.R. Morawski, R.D. Coutts, "Polyethylene Debris in Lymph Nodes of Patients with Total Hip Arthroplasties. A Report of Two Cases" (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, November 1994)

  • Edgar G. Handal, R.D. Coutts "The Prevention of Deep Venous Thrombosis in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A comparison of Continuous Passive Motion Versus Lower Extremity Sling Elevation".(submitted for publication).

  • Edgar G. Handal, G.M. Losse, J. Serocki, D.B. Robertson "Subacromial Decompression: An Analysis of Pre-and Post-operative Radiographic Evaluation. Introduction of the Functional Acromial Slope Tilt (FAST) view". (submitted to the American Journal of Sports Medicine for publication).

PRESENTATIONS:

  • BROOKLYN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY CONFERENCE "Lis franc Fracture Dislocations" January, 1990.

  • BROOKLYN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY CONFERENCE "Immediate Correction of Angular Deformity and Distraction Osteogenesis of Long Bones in Children" November, 1990

  • BROOKLYN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY CONFERENCE "Management and Complications of Complex Femur Fractures" December, 1990

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO ORTHOPAEDIC CONFERENCE "Acetabular Considerations in Total Hip Arthroplasty" January, 1993.
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