Instructor, Orthopedic Surgery-Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Orthopaedic Surgery

Thomas D. Cha, MD works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He studied medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. Thomas is also a published MD. He has 16 paper published. The most recent paper is: Sagittal plane rotation center of lower lumbar spine during a dynamic weight-lifting activity. Thomas D. Cha accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• In-vivo T2-relaxation times of asymptomatic Cervical intervertebral discs.
• Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Elderly Patients with Cervical Spine Fractures: A Comparison of the Charlson and Elixhauser Comorbidity Measures.
• In-vivo Dynamic Changes of Dimensions in the Lumbar Intervertebral Foramen.
• Allogeneic blood transfusions and postoperative infections after lumbar Spine surgery.
• In vivo morphological features of human lumbar Discs.
• Dynamic motion characteristics of the lower lumbar Spine: implication to lumbar pathology and surgical treatment.
• Economic benefit to society at large of total Knee arthroplasty in younger patients: a Markov analysis.
• In vivo loads in the lumbar L3-4 Disc during a weight lifting extension.
• Psychiatric Disorders and Major Spine Surgery: Epidemiology and Perioperative Outcomes.
• Clinical sequelae after rhBMP-2 use in a minimally invasive transforaminal Lumbar interbody fusion.
• Closing the loop between evidence-based medicine and care delivery: a possible role for clinical audits in spinal surgery.
• Cervical spine manifestations in patients with inflammatory arthritides.
• An anatomical study of the mid-lateral pars relative to the pedicle footprint in the lower lumbar Spine.
• An anatomic and radiographic study of Lumbar facets relevant to percutaneous transfacet fixation.
• Sagittal plane rotation center of lower lumbar Spine during a dynamic weight-lifting activity.

Schools

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• Drexel University College of Medicine

Procedures Preformed

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• Disc Replacement
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
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Conditions Treated

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• Back Pain
• Cervical Spine Fracture
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Chronic Neck Pain
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Spine Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Rush University Medical Center
• New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus
• Drexel University College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Massachusetts General Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1700043007
NPPES Provider LastName		CHA
NPPES Provider FirstName		THOMAS
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		021142621
NPPES Provider State		MA
Specialty Description		Orthopedic Surgery
Total Claim Count		36.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1700043007
Last Name Of The Provider	CHA
First Name Of The Provider	THOMAS
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