Edith M. Ashley Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Orthopaedic Surgery

Harry Rubash works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He went to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "Super Doctor" and "Top MD". Harry Rubash has written publications. He has 104 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Does "6-Clicks" Day 1 Postoperative Mobility Score Predict Discharge Disposition After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasties?' Harry E. Rubash accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Reducing the distal profile of dual mobility liners can mitigate soft-tissue impingement and liner entrapment without affecting mechanical performance.
• Motion of the femoral condyles in flexion and extension during a continuous lunge.
• Does the Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool predict discharge disposition after Joint replacement?
• Comparative Epidemiology of Revision Arthroplasty: Failed THA Poses Greater Clinical and Economic Burdens Than Failed TKA.
• Do 360-degree FeedBack Survey Results Relate to Patient Satisfaction Measures?
• In vivo length change patterns of the medial and lateral collateral ligaments along the flexion path of the Knee.
• A Comprehensive Analysis of Medicare Trends in Utilization and Hospital Economics for Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty From 2005 to 2011.
• How often is functional range of motion obtained by manipulation for stiff total Knee arthroplasty?
• Surgeons' Attitudes Are Associated With Reoperation and Readmission Rates.
• A Nomogram to Predict Major Complications After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.
• Gender analysis of the anterior femoral condyle geometry of the Knee.
• In vivo kinematics of the extensor mechanism of the Knee during deep flexion.
• The Fate of Unplanned Retention of Prosthetic Articulating Spacers for Infected Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty.
• Range of Motion in a Modular Femoral Stem System with a Variety of Neck Options.
• Risk Factors for Early Revision After Primary TKA in Medicare Patients.
• Risk Factors for Early Revision After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty in Medicare Patients.
• Does cruciate-retaining total Knee arthroplasty enhance Knee flexion in Western and East Asian patient populations? A meta-analysis.
• In vivo kinematics of the Knee during weight bearing high flexion.
• Kinematic characteristics of the tibiofemoral Joint during a step-up activity.
• A novel dual fluoroscopic imaging method for determination of THA kinematics: In-vitro and in-vivo study.
• Estimating Risk in Medicare Patients With THA: An Electronic Risk Calculator for Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Mortality.
• Is administratively coded comorbidity and complication data in total Joint arthroplasty valid?
• Quality of life during orthopaedic training and academic practice: part 2: spouses and significant others.
• In-vivo Patellar Tendon Kinematics during Weight-Bearing Deep Knee Flexion.
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of custom total Knee cutting blocks.
• Management of polyethylene wear associated with a well-fixed modular cementless shell during revision total hip arthroplasty.
• The Surgical Apgar Score in hip and Knee arthroplasty.
• Do high flexion posterior stabilised total Knee arthroplasty designs increase Knee flexion? A meta analysis.
• The John Charnley Award: risk factors for cup malpositioning: quality improvement through a Joint registry at a tertiary hospital.
• Are current total Knee arthroplasty implants designed to restore normal trochlear groove anatomy?
• Differences of Knee anthropometry between Chinese and white men and women.
• Kinematics of medial osteoarthritic Knees before and after posterior cruciate ligament retaining total Knee arthroplasty.
• Risk of complication and revision total hip arthroplasty among Medicare patients with different bearing surfaces.
• Relationship between three-dimensional geometry of the trochlear groove and in vivo Patellar tracking during weight-bearing knee flexion.
• In vivo tibiofemoral cartilage deformation during the stance phase of Gait.
• Patellar tendon orientation and Patellar tracking in male and female knees.
• The epidemiology of revision total Knee arthroplasty in the United States.
• Tibiofemoral kinematics and condylar motion during the stance phase of Gait.
• Effect of post-traumatic tibiotalar osteoarthritis on kinematics of the Ankle joint complex.
• Navigation in total hip arthroplasty.
• Gender differences in trochlear groove orientation and rotational kinematics of human Knees.
• The epidemiology of bearing surface usage in total hip arthroplasty in the United States.
• Unicompartmental Knee arthroplasty: past, present, and future.
• In vivo cartilage contact deformation in the healthy human tibiofemoral Joint.
• Medicare part B: physician participation options.
• An analysis of medicare payment policy for total Joint arthroplasty.
• In vivo cartilage contact deformation of human Ankle joints under full body weight.
• In vivo Patellar tracking: clinical motions and patellofemoral indices.
• Impact of hospital volume on the economic value of computer navigation for total Knee replacement.
• Human macrophage response to UHMWPE, TiAlV, CoCr, and alumina particles: analysis of multiple cytokines using protein arrays.
• Hip resurfacing arthroplasty: time to consider it again? No.
• Hot topics and controversies in arthroplasty: cementless femoral fixation in elderly patients.
• The coupled motion of the femur and Patella during in vivo weightbearing knee flexion.
• Medicare physician reimbursement: past, present, and future.
• The pants too short, the leg too long: leg length inequality after THA.
• The 2007 ABJS Marshall Urist Award: The impact of direct-to-consumer advertising in orthopaedics.
• Assessing osteolysis with use of high-throughput protein chips.
• The hospital-physician relationship: past, present, and future.
• Simulated normal Gait wear testing of a highly cross-linked polyethylene tibial insert.
• Orthopaedic procedure volume and patient outcomes: a systematic literature review.
• Nonsurgical management of osteolysis: challenges and opportunities.
• Comparison of conventional and highly crosslinked UHMWPE Patellae evaluated by a new in vitro patellofemoral joint simulator.
• Predictors of discharge to an inpatient extended care facility after total hip or Knee arthroplasty.
• Effect of duty hour standards on burnout among orthopaedic surgery residents.
• The value of the dedicated orthopaedic trauma operating room.
• Six DOF in vivo kinematics of the Ankle joint complex: Application of a combined dual-orthogonal fluoroscopic and magnetic resonance imaging technique.
• Use of cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate new technologies in orthopaedics. The case of alternative bearing surfaces in total hip arthroplasty.
• Knee biomechanics after UKA and its relation to the ACL--a robotic investigation.
• Differences in patient and procedure characteristics and hospital resource use in primary and revision total Joint arthroplasty: a multicenter study.
• The acetabular insert-metal Backing interface: an additional source of polyethylene wear debris.
• Acetabular anatomy and transacetabular screw fixation at the high hip center.
• Ex vivo wear of conventional and cross-linked polyethylene acetabular liners.
• Kinematic analysis of conventional and high-flexion cruciate-retaining total Knee arthroplasties: an in vitro investigation.
• Highly cross-linked polyethylene: the debate is over--in the affirmative.
• What would you do? Case challenges in hip surgery.
• Anterior tibial post impingement in a posterior stabilized total Knee arthroplasty.
• In vivo kinematics of the ACL during weight-bearing Knee flexion.
• In vivo articular cartilage contact kinematics of the Knee: an investigation using dual-orthogonal fluoroscopy and magnetic resonance image-based computer models.
• In vivo tibiofemoral contact analysis using 3D MRI-based Knee models.
• Dislocation after total hip arthroplasty.
• Knee kinematics with a high-flexion posterior stabilized total Knee prosthesis: an in vitro robotic experimental investigation.
• In situ forces of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments in high Knee flexion: an in vitro investigation.
• The Painful total hip replacement.
• Function of the anterior cruciate ligament after unicompartmental Knee arthroplasty: an in vitro robotic study.
• Proprioception, kinesthesia, and balance after total Knee arthroplasty with cruciate-retaining and posterior stabilized prostheses.
• Economic evaluation in total hip arthroplasty: analysis and review of the literature.
• Long-stem cemented calcar replacement arthroplasty for proximal femoral bone loss.
• Kinematics of the Knee at high flexion angles: an in vitro investigation.
• Biologic fixation of total hip implants. Insights gained from a series of canine studies.
• Osteolysis of the pelvis: evaluation and treatment.
• The efficacy of BMP-2 to induce bone ingrowth in a total hip replacement model.
• The kinematics of fixed- and mobile-bearing total Knee arthroplasty.
• Optimizing flexion after total Knee arthroplasty: advances in prosthetic design.
• Quadriceps rupture associated with a proximal quadriceps release in total Knee arthroplasty. A report of three cases.
• Femoral rollBack after cruciate-retaining and stabilizing total knee arthroplasty.
• Vascularized compared with nonvascularized fibular grafting for the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head.
• The Patella in revision total knee arthroplasty.
• Polyethylene damage in total Knees and use of highly crosslinked polyethylene.
• Femoral head sizes larger than 32 mm against highly cross-linked polyethylene.
• Reconstruction of a ruptured patellar tendon with Achilles tendon allograft following total knee arthroplasty.
• Side-to-side variation in normal femoral morphology: 3D CT analysis of 122 femurs.
• Does "6-Clicks" Day 1 Postoperative Mobility Score Predict Discharge Disposition After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasties?
• The Use of Hyaluronic Acid and Corticosteroid Injections Among Medicare Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.

Schools

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• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• University Of Pittsburgh

• Massachusetts General Hospital

• Rechts Der Isar Hospital Munich

• International Congress for Joint Reconstruction

Procedures Preformed

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• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Hip Replacement
• Hip Replacement Revision
• Hip Resurfacing
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Conditions Treated

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• Achilles Tendinitis
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• Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Super Doctor
• Top MD

Education

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• Massachusetts General Hospital
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Newton-Wellesley Hospital
• Massachusetts General Hospital
• UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1538159827
Last Name Of The Provider	RUBASH
First Name Of The Provider	HARRY
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