Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, UCLA

Orthopaedic Surgery

Doctor Thomas P. Schmalzried, MD is an expert in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He went to medical school at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a one of the best medicals schools. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is ranked 13/7 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 4 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:Southern California" and "Super Doctor". Thomas Schmalzried has written publications. He has 101 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Metal on metal surface replacement of the hip. Technique, fixation, and early results.' He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• Femoral taperosis: an accident waiting to happen?
• The 2012 frank stinchfield award: decreasing patient activity with aging: implications for crosslinked polyethylene wear.
• The Painful hip: Diagnosis and Deliverance.
• The Hip Society: algorithmic approach to diagnosis and management of metal-on-metal arthroplasty.
• Fixed versus rotating platform total Knee arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized, single-blind study.
• Fracture of a cross-linked polyethylene liner a multifactorial issue.
• Survival of Hard-on-Hard Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review.
• The future of hip resurfacing.
• The influence of cementing technique in hip resurfacing arthroplasty on the initial stability of the femoral component.
• Measuring acetabular component position on Lateral radiographs - ischio-Lateral method.
• Cementing techniques for hip resurfacing arthroplasty: in vitro study of pressure and temperature.
• Metal-metal reactivity: Houston, we have a problem!
• Influence of bone density on the cement fixation of femoral hip resurfacing components.
• Modern metal-on-metal hip resurfacing.
• Decolonization of drug-resistant organisms before total Joint arthroplasty.
• Activity recommendations after total hip and Knee arthroplasty: a survey of the American Association for Hip and Knee Surgeons.
• Metal-metal bearing surfaces in hip arthroplasty.
• Posterior femoroacetabular impingement (PFAI) - after hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
• Resistant organisms in infected total Knee arthroplasty: occurrence, prevention, and treatment regimens.
• Perceptions concerning hip resurfacing from attendees at the Second Annual U.S. Comprehensive Course on Total Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty.
• A comparison of total hip resurfacing and total hip arthroplasty - patients and outcomes.
• Modern metal-on-metal hip resurfacing: important observations from the first ten years.
• Cementing techniques for hip resurfacing arthroplasty: development of a laboratory model.
• Reduction of osteolysis with use of Marathon cross-linked polyethylene. A concise follow-up, at a minimum of five years, of a previous report.
• Diagnosis and treatment of the infected primary total Knee arthroplasty.
• Infection in primary total Knee arthroplasty: contributing factors.
• Effect of changing indications and techniques on total hip resurfacing.
• Ion production and excretion in a patient with a metal-on-metal bearing hip Prosthesis. A case report.
• Why total hip resurfacing.
• Extended travel after hip arthroplasty surgery. Is it safe?
• Comparative arthroplasty alternatives for the young arthritic.
• What would you do? Challenges in hip surgery.
• Range of motion after total hip resurfacing.
• Femoral cementing technique for hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
• Preoperative planning for revision TKA: where do you want to go today?
• Hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
• The infected hip: telltale signs and treatment options.
• The optimal metal-metal arthroplasty is still a total hip arthroplasty: in opposition.
• Optimizing patient selection and outcomes with total hip resurfacing.
• Preoperative templating and biomechanics in total hip arthroplasty.
• Activity sampling in the assessment of patients with total Joint arthroplasty.
• Metal-on-metal resurfacing arthroplasty: no way under the sun!--in opposition.
• The relationship between activity and ions in patients with metal-on-metal bearing hip prostheses.
• The effects of lower-extremity total Joint replacement for arthritis on obesity.
• Metal-on-metal total hip replacement.
• How I choose a bearing surface for my patients.
• Total resurfacing for osteonecrosis of the hip.
• Short-term in vivo wear of cross-linked polyethylene.
• The biomechanical results of total hip resurfacing arthroplasty.
• Patient factors and wear in total hip arthroplasty.
• Bearing surface options for total hip replacement in young patients.
• Surface damage on open box posterior-stabilized polyethylene tibial inserts.
• Autopsy analysis thirty years after metal-on-metal total hip replacement. A case report.
• Knee strength after total Knee arthroplasty.
• Incidence rates of serious Complications after total hip replacement.
• Effect of patient-controllable factors on survivorship of primary total hip arthroplasty.
• Serum and urine metal levels in patients with metal-on-metal surface arthroplasty.
• Analysis of retrieved uncemented porous-coated acetabular components in patients with and without Pelvic osteolysis.
• Tibial post impingement in posterior-stabilized total Knee arthroplasty.
• Results of direct exchange or debridement of the infected total Knee arthroplasty.
• Average patient walking activity approaches 2 million cycles per year: pedometers under-record walking activity.
• Impingement and rim wear associated with early osteolysis after a total hip replacement : a case report.
• The effect of total Knee arthroplasty design on extensor mechanism function.
• Jumbo femoral head for the treatment of recurrent Dislocation following total hip replacement.
• [Cementing techniques for hip resurfacing arthroplasty. What do we know?].
• Development rationale for an articular surface replacement: a science-based evolution.
• Rotational constraint in posterior-stabilized total Knee prostheses.
• [Tripolar arthroplasty for recurrent total hip Prosthesis dislocation].
• Polyethylene wear characteristics in vivo and in a Knee stimulator.
• The Harris-Galante porous-coated acetabular component with screw fixation. Radiographic analysis of eighty-three primary hip replacements at a minimum of five years.
• Gluteal compartment and crush Syndromes. Report of three cases and review of the literature.
• Etiology of deep sepsis in total hip arthroplasty. The significance of hematogenous and recurrent infections.
• Periprosthetic bone loss in total hip arthroplasty. Polyethylene wear debris and the concept of the effective Joint space.
• The mechanism of loosening of cemented acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty. Analysis of specimens retrieved at autopsy.
• Spontaneous gluteal artery Rupture resulting in compartment syndrome and sciatic neuropathy. Report of a case in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
• Incidence of deep sepsis in total hip arthroplasty. Survivorship analysis over 17 years from one hospital.
• Nerve palsy associated with total hip replacement. Risk factors and prognosis.
• Metal removal in a pediatric population: benign procedure or necessary evil?
• Torsional strength of the Ankle in vitro. The supination-external-rotation injury.
• Autogeneic cancellous bone grafts in extensive segmental ulnar defects in dogs. Effects of xenogeneic bovine bone morphogenetic protein without and with interposition ...
• Bone repair induced by bone morphogenetic protein in ulnar defects in dogs.
• Endoprostheses for osteonecrosis of the femoral head. A comparison of four models in young patients.
• Isolation and characterization of debris in membranes around total Joint prostheses.
• The origin of submicron polyethylene wear debris in total hip arthroplasty.
• Isolation and characterization of wear particles generated in patients who have had failure of a hip arthroplasty without cement.
• Isolation of predominantly submicron-sized UHMWPE wear particles from periprosthetic tissues.
• Surgical approach and nerve palsy in total hip arthroplasty.
• Osteolysis associated with cemented total Knee arthroplasty.
• The Harris-Galante porous acetabular component press-fit without screw fixation. Five-year radiographic analysis of primary cases.
• The relationship between the design, position, and articular wear of acetabular components inserted without cement and the development of Pelvic osteolysis.
• Precision-fit surface hemiarthroplasty for femoral head osteonecrosis. Long-term results.
• Wear particles and lymphadenopathy.
• Hybrid total hip replacement. A 6.5-year follow-up study.
• Extensive porosity at the cement-femoral Prosthesis interface: a preliminary study.
• Particles in loose hips.
• Autopsy studies of the bone-cement interface in well-fixed cemented total hip arthroplasties.
• The contribution of frictional torque to loosening at the cement-bone interface in Tharies hip replacements.
• Long-duration metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasties with low wear of the articulating surfaces.
• Factors correlating with long term survival of McKee-Farrar total hip prostheses.
• Metal on metal surface replacement of the hip. Technique, fixation, and early results.

Schools

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• David Geffen School Of Medicine At UCLA University Of California Los Angeles

• University Of California Los Angeles

• Harvard University Mass Genl Hospital

• California Orthopaedic Association

Procedures Preformed

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• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Excision of Femur or Knee
• Foot and Ankle Fracture Treatment, Open
• Hip Replacement
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Conditions Treated

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• Adhesive Capsulitis
• Ankle Fracture
• Ankle Sprain and Achilles Tendon Sprain or Rupture
• Back Pain
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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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• America's Top Doctors
• Top Doctors:LA Area
• Top Doctors:Southern California
• Super Doctor

Education

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• UCLA Medical Center
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1841225042
NPPES Provider LastName		SCHMALZRIED
NPPES Provider FirstName		THOMAS
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		900571932
NPPES Provider State		CA
Specialty Description		Orthopedic Surgery
Total Claim Count		15.0
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]	1841225042
Last Name Of The Provider	SCHMALZRIED
First Name Of The Provider	THOMAS
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