Curriculum Vitae

Erik Thor Otterberg, M.D.

Present Position:

Private Practice

Drs. Gross, Iwersen, Kratochvil and Klein, P.C.

         Bernard L. Kratochvil, M.D.

         R. Michael Gross, M.D.

         Timothy C. Fitzgibbons, M.D.

         C. Michael Kelly, M.D.

         Jack A. McCarthy, M.D.

         T. Kevin O’Malley, M.D.

         Jeffrey J. Tiedeman, M.D.

         Scott T. McMullen, M.D.

Address:

         Office: 7710 Mercy Road, Suite #224

         Omaha, Nebraska 68124

         Phone: (402) 399-8550

Personal Data:

          Birthdate: July 8, 1966

          Janesville, WI

          Marital Status: Married

          Spouse’s name - Elisabeth

          Children: Alex Thor - 5/20/97

          Jordan Elisabeth - 9/21/98

Education:

            1992 University of Michigan Medical School

            Ann Arbor, Michigan

            Doctor of Medicine

            1988 Albion College

            Albion, Michigan

            Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology with Honors

            1984 Rochester Adams High School

            Rochester Hills, Michigan

 

Post Graduate Training:

             1999-2000 Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

             Boston, Massachusetts

             Adult Reconstruction Fellowship, William H. Harris, M.D.

             1993-1999 Creighton/Nebraska Orthopaedic Foundation

             Omaha, Nebraska

             Orthopaedic Surgery Resident

             1992-1993 University of Michigan Medical Center

             Ann Arbor, Michigan

             Surgical Internship

             Honors and Activities:

             Undergraduate: Phi Beta Kappa

             Magna Cum Laude

             Outstanding Senior Biology Student

             Webster Academic Scholarship

             Sigma Xi, Outstanding Research Award

             President, Beta Beta Beta, Biology Honorary

             Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Academic Honorary

Medical School:

             Student Member, Medical School Admissions Committee

Residency:

             1999 Frank P. Stone Award for Academic Excellence

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

             ASOS/AOA/OREF Joint Parade Volunteer

             1995-1998 Resident Representative, Resident Selection Committee

             Creighton/Nebraska Health Foundation

             Multipurpose Resident Grant

            $4,000 grant to study with Prof. Klaus Draenert in

             Munich, Germany

             1992 House Office of the Month

              Mott Children’s Hospital

               Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

Post Graduate Courses:

                May 1998 Miller Review of Orthopaedics

                           Colorado Springs, Colorado

                September 1997 Senior Residents Course in Arthroplasty and Trauma

                Sponsored by Howmedica.

                           Colorado Springs, Colorado

                 August 1997 Senior Residents Course

                 Sponsored by Zimmer

                            Chicago, Illinois

                  July 1996 AO/ASIF Basic Course

                             Portland, Maine

                  September 1996 Foot and Ankle Society’s Review Course

                            Omaha, Nebraska

                  October 1996 Dallas Short Course: Orthotics and Prosthetics

                             Dallas, Texas

Board Certification:

                 July 1, 1993 Diplomat, National Board of Medical ExaminersJ

                 July 23, 1999 Board Eligible (Passed Part I), American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Professional Certificates/Licensure:

                 State of Nebraska Board of Medical Examiners, 2000

                 Massachusetts - 202248

Teaching Experience:

                 Guest Lecturer: Physician Assistant Program

                                 University of Nebraska Medical Center

                 Guest Lecturer: Physical Therapy Program

                                 Creighton University Medical School

                 Guest Lecturer: Department of Surgery

                                 Trauma Series for Surgery Students

                                 Creighton University Medical School

 

Published Abstracts:

Otterberg, E.T., McMullen, S.T., Fitzgibbons, T.C., : Arthodeses in the Foot Using Demineralized Bone Matrix and Bone Marrow Aspirate as an Alternative to Iliac Crest Bone Grafting. Orthopaedic Transactions, 1998-1999.

Publications:

Otterberg, E.T., Hauser, D.L., Siddiqui, M.M., Bragdon, C.R., Harris, W.H., : “Radiographic Techniques to Assess in vivo Polyethyleen Wear Following Total Hip Arthroplasty”. The Harvard Orthopaedic Journal. (2): 100-103, July 2000.

Burt, C.F., Garvin, K.L., Otterberg, E.T., and Jardon, O.M.: “Uncemented Femoral Prosthesis in Hip Arthroplasty. Average ten year follow-up of the Trilock femoral component”. JBJS 80-A: 952-960.

Otterberg, E.T., and Garvin, K.L.: “Technical Considerations in Difficult Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty”. Surgical Technologies International III. Z. Szabo, M.D. Kerstein, and J.E. Lewis. Universal Medical Press, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 549-558, 1994.

Otterberg, E.T.: “The Effects of Glycogen Concentration, pH, and Temperature on the Action of 1, 4 alpha-D-glucan glucanohydrolase”. Honors Thesis, Albion College, 1988. Portions of this study were published in the “Albion College Cell Biology Laboratory Manual”, Albion, Michigan, 1988.

Presentations:

Otterberg, E.T., Most, E, Li, G, Sabbag, K, Zayontz, S, Rubash, H., “The Effect of Posterior Cruciate Retention and Substitution on Tibial-Femoral Motion in Total Knee Arthroplasty”. Accepted for Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting 2001.

Otterberg, E.T., Li, G, Most, E, Sabbag, K., Johnson, T., Rubash, H., “In-Situ Forces in the Posterior Cruciate Ligament After Total Knee Arthroplasty”. Accepted for Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting 2001.

Otterberg, E. T., Hoeffel, D.P., Duffy, G. P., Wessinger, S.J., Harris, W.H., “The Trilogy Acetabular Component in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty, A Prospective Average Five Year Follow-Up Study”. The Harvard Hip Course, Boston, MA, Sept. 20-23, 2000.

Hauser, D.L., Otterberg, E.T., Siddiqui, M.M., Velasco, A. F., et al., “In Vivo Techniques for 3-D Polymer Wear Measureement From Radiographs: Martell vs. Devane”. The Harvard Hip Course, Boston, MA, Sept. 20-23, 2000.

 

Duffy, G.P., Hoeffel, D.P., Otterberg, E.T., Harris, W.H., “Durasul: The First Cohort 1 Year Results”. The Harvard Hip Course, Boston, MA, Sept. 20-23, 2000.

Otterberg, E.T., Kelly, C.M., and Kratochvil, B.L. “The Use of Strut Allografts in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty and Periprosthetic Fractures of the Femur”. 1999 Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Bermuda. April 14-18, 1999.

Otterberg, E.T., Fitzgibbons, T.C., and McMullen, S.T. “Arthrodeses in the Foot Using Demineralized Bone Matrix and Bone Marrow Aspirate as an Alternative to Iliac Crest Bone Grafting”. American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. Boston, Massachusetts. July, 1998.

Otterberg, E.T., Fitzgibbons, T.C., and McMullen, S.T. “Arthrodeses in the Foot Using Demineralized Bone Matrix and Bone Marrow Aspirate as an Alternative to Iliac Crest Bone Grafting”. Mid-America Orthopaedic Association. Acapulco, New Mexico. April 22-26, 1998.

Otterberg, E.T., and Garvin, K.L. “Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Paget’s Disease”. Prakissches Seminar in der Orthopadie und Chirurgie des Bewegungsapparates. Munich, Germany. March, 1995.

Otterberg, E.T., Draenert, K., and Garvin, K.L. “Thirty Year Follow-up on a Phemister Bone Graft of the Head and Neck of the Left Hip”. A Histomorphologic Analysis. Mid-America Orthopaedic Association. San Antonio, Texas. August 1996.

Scientific Exhibits:

Burt, C.F., Garvin, K.L., Otterberg, E.T., and Jardon, O.M. “Uncemented Femoral Prosthesis in Hip Arthroplasty. Average Ten year follow-up of the Trilock Femoral Component”. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. 1996.

 

 

 

 

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