The Arthur Pappas Professor and Chair, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. David C. Ayers, MD
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David C. Ayers, MD is an expert in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He studied medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He received awards:"Regional Top Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". David Ayers is a published doctor as well. He has 65 publications published. The latest was: Total therapy with tandem transplants for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Defining an International Standard Set of Outcome Measures for Patients with Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis: Consensus of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes ...
- Editorial Comment: Symposium: Psychosocial Aspects of Musculoskeletal Illness.
- Templated repair of long bone defects in rats with bioactive spiral-wrapped electrospun amphiphilic polymer/hydroxyapatite scaffolds.
- Vancomycin-bearing synthetic bone graft delivers rhBMP-2 and promotes healing of critical rat femoral segmental defects.
- Implementation of patient-reported outcome measures in u.s. Total Joint replacement registries: rationale, status, and plans.
- Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Preoperative Pain and Function Profiles Reflect Consistent TKA Patient Selection Among US Surgeons.
- Letter in response to the arthritis and rheumatology paper (Riddle, Jiranek et al) and Katz commentary; Appropriateness of TKR utilization.
- Joint Replacement Registries in the United States: A New Paradigm.
- Preoperative Pain and Function Profiles Reflect Consistent TKA Patient Selection Among US Surgeons.
- Modification of Ti6Al4V Substrates with Well-defined Zwitterionic Polysulfobetaine Brushes for Improved Surface Mineralization.
- The Role of Emotional Health in Functional Outcomes After Orthopaedic Surgery: Extending the Biopsychosocial Model to Orthopaedics: AOA Critical Issues.
- Patient-reported outcomes after total knee replacement vary on the basis of preoperative coexisting Disease in the lumbar spine and other nonoperatively treated joints...
- pHEMA-nHA Encapsulation and Delivery of Vancomycin and rhBMP-2 Enhances its Role as a Bone Graft Substitute.
- Integrating Patient-reported Outcomes Into Orthopaedic Clinical Practice: Proof of Concept From FORCE-TJR.
- The Importance of Outcome Measurement in Orthopaedics.
- Incorporating Patient-reported Outcomes in Total Joint Arthroplasty Registries: Challenges and Opportunities.
- Surface mineralization of Ti6Al4V substrates with Calcium apatites for the retention and local delivery of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2.
- Elastomeric osteoconductive synthetic scaffolds with acquired osteoinductivity expedite the repair of critical femoral defects in rats.
- Periprosthetic osteolysis: characterizing the innate immune response to titanium wear-particles.
- A proteasome inhibitor, bortezomib, inhibits breast cancer growth and reduces osteolysis by downregulating metastatic genes.
- Reduction in narcotic use after primary total knee arthroplasty and association with patient Pain relief and satisfaction.
- Sustained and localized in vitro release of BMP-2/7, RANKL, and tetracycline from FlexBone, an elastomeric osteoconductive bone substitute.
- Enhanced Fracture repair by leukotriene antagonism is characterized by increased chondrocyte proliferation and early bone formation: a novel role of the cysteinyl LT-1...
- Two-year radiostereometric analysis evaluation of femoral head penetration in a challenging population of young total hip arthroplasty patients.
- Secreted frizzled related protein 1 is a target to improve Fracture healing.
- Elastomeric high-mineral content hydrogel-hydroxyapatite composites for orthopedic applications.
- Dexamethasone modulates BMP-2 effects on mesenchymal stem cells in vitro.
- The Chitranjan Ranawat Award: functional outcome after total Knee replacement varies with patient attributes.
- Pilot study of methods to document quantity and variation of independent patient exercise and activity after total Knee arthroplasty.
- Total Knee replacement outcome and coexisting physical and emotional illness.
- The effect of valgus/varus malalignment on load distribution in total Knee replacements.
- Psychological attributes of preoperative total Joint replacement patients: implications for optimal physical outcome.
- Cement microcracks in thin-mantle regions after in vitro fatigue loading.
- Early cementing does not increase debond energy of grit blasted interfaces.
- Early cement damage around a femoral stem is concentrated at the cement/bone interface.
- Total therapy with tandem transplants for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
- Age is not a prognostic variable with autotransplants for multiple myeloma.
- A phase I-II study of bi-weekly paclitaxel as first-line treatment in metastatic breast cancer.
- Arthritis surgery.
- Dissociation of bone mineral density from age-related decreases in insulin-like growth factor-I and its binding proteins in the male rat.
- Phase I/II trial of biweekly paclitaxel and cisplatin in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
- Prevention of heterotopic bone formation in high-risk patients by postoperative irradiation.
- Prevention of deep-vein thrombosis after total hip arthroplasty. Comparison of warfarin and dalteparin.
- Differential distribution of insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins within bone: relationship to bone mineral density.
- The prevention of heterotopic ossification in high-risk patients by low-dose radiation therapy after total hip arthroplasty.
- Dialysis arthropathy of the hip.
- Prevention of heterotopic ossification in high-risk patients by radiation therapy.
- Maximizing ultra high molecular weight polyethylene performance in total Knee replacement.
- Polyethylene wear and osteolysis following total Knee replacement.
- Blood salvage after total hip arthroplasty.
- Supracondylar Fracture of the distal femur proximal to a total knee replacement.
- The importance of proximal cement filling of the calcar region: a biomechanical justification.
- Osteoblast differentiation onto different biometals with an endoprosthetic surface topography in vitro.
- A randomized clinical trial of a peri-operative behavioral intervention to improve physical activity adherence and functional outcomes following total Knee replacement.
- Early failure of the femoral component in unicompartmental Knee arthroplasty.
- Pre-yield and post-yield shear behavior of the cement-bone interface.
- Modeling the tensile behavior of the cement-bone interface using nonlinear Fracture mechanics.
- Mixed-mode failure response of the cement-bone interface.
- The influence of surface roughness on stem-cement gaps.
- Secreted frizzled related protein 1 regulates Wnt signaling for BMP2 induced chondrocyte differentiation.
- Influence of stem geometry on mechanics of cemented femoral hip components with a proximal bond.
- Tensile strength of the cement-bone interface depends on the amount of bone interdigitated with PMMA cement.
- Effects of stem length on mechanics of the femoral hip component after cemented revision.
- Mechanical strength of the cement-bone interface is greater in shear than in tension.
Schools
University Of Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital
Oxford University
Procedures Preformed
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
- Hip Replacement
- Hip Replacement Revision
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Conditions Treated
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- Ankle Fracture
- Back Pain
- Bursitis
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Rochester -
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Hospital
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UMass Memorial Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1235129594 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | AYERS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | DAVID | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 016052903 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 106.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1235129594 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | AYERS |
| First Name Of The Provider | DAVID |
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