Director, Orthopedic Trauma Service, IU Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Walter W. Virkus, MD
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Walter W. Virkus works in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Rutgers New Jersey Medical School is ranked 76/0 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Indianapolis Monthly", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors". Walter Virkus is a published doctor. He published 26 publications, including: 'Is Intralesional Treatment of Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Radius Comparable to Resection With Respect to Local Control and Functional Outcome?' He accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Is Intralesional Treatment of Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Radius Comparable to Resection With Respect to Local Control and Functional Outcome?
- Frequent Complications and Severe Bone Loss Associated With the Repiphysis Expandable Distal Femoral Prosthesis.
- Hip Pain in active patients: what you may be missing.
- New Radiographic Parameters to Describe Anterior Acetabular Rim Trimming During Hip Arthroscopy.
- Use of the reamer-irrigator-aspirator may reduce tumor dissemination during intramedullary fixation of malignancies.
- Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease presenting as an isolated glenoid lesion in a high school athlete.
- Treatment of acetabular Fractures in an older population.
- Intercalary allograft reconstructions using a compressible intramedullary nail: a preliminary report.
- Locking plates for extremity Fractures.
- Intramedullary nailing of proximal and distal one-third tibial shaft Fractures with intraoperative two-pin external fixation.
- The use of locking plates in orthopedic oncology reconstructions.
- Femoral Fracture through a previous pin site after computer-assisted total knee arthroplasty.
- Arthroscopically assisted minimally invasive intraarticular bullet extraction: technique, indications, and results.
- High-energy tibial plateau Fractures.
- Evaluation of masses around the Knee.
- Stage IE primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of bone.
- The effect of contaminated surgical margins revisited.
- Radiation therapy for low-grade soft tissue sarcoma.
- Preoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas.
- Healing of rat femoral segmental defect with bone morphogenetic protein-2: A dose response study.
- Intramedullary nailing of the Femur: reamed versus nonreamed.
- Functional outcomes of bone graft substitutes for benign bone tumors.
- Results of giant cell tumor of bone treated with intralesional excision.
- Blastomycosis of long bones.
- Minimally invasive trauma surgery.
Schools
UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School
Mt Sinai School Of Med
University Of MD Med Sys
Hospital For Special Surgery
Shock Trauma Center
University Of Florida Gainesville
Procedures Preformed
- All Shoulder or Elbow Replacement Procedures
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Elbow Fracture and-or Dislocation Treatment, Open
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
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Conditions Treated
- Ankle Fracture
- Ankle Sprain and Achilles Tendon Sprain or Rupture
- Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
- Ataxia
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Doctors Specialties
- Adult Orthopedic Surgery
- Adult Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Indianapolis Monthly
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors
Education
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University of Maryland -
Mount Sinai School of Medicine -
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Hospital
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IU Health Methodist Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1780663484 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | VIRKUS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | WALTER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 462021204 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IN | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 32.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 14.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 43.75 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1780663484 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | VIRKUS |
| First Name Of The Provider | WALTER |
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