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William J. Robb, III, MD

 

Curriculum Vitae

Appointments and Memberships

Hospital Staff Appointments:
Senior Attending; Evanston NorthwesternHealthcare, Evanston, Glenview and Highland Park Illinois, 1975-present

Attending; Rush North Shore,
Skokie, Illlinois, 2003 - Present

Chairman, 2005 - 2010
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

University Faculty Appointments:
Assistant Professor-Clinical
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois, 1975 - Present

Professional Society Memberships:
American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons

American Orthopaedic Association

American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

International and North American Arthroscopy Association

Illinois Association of Orthopaedic
Surgeons

American Medical Association

Lake County Medical Society

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association

Awards

Academic Awards:
Most Outstanding Research Award: Resident
Dissertation Day
University of Iowa/Department of
Orthopaedic Surgery

"Gait Analysis of Geomedic Total Knee
Replacement", 1975


Elected Offices:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons:
Councilor, Illinois, 1984-1990
Secretary, Board of Councilors, 1987-1988
Chairman-Elect, Board of Councilors, 1988-1989
Chairman, Board of Councilors, 1988-1989
AAOS Board of Directors, 1987-1990
Nominating Committee, 1995
Secretary, A.A.O.S., 1997-2000

Illinois Orthopaedic Society:

Board of Directors, 1983-1990, 1993 -1998
Vice President, 1993
President-Elect, 1994
President, 1995

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare:

Secretary- Professional Staff, 1997
Treasurer-Professional Staff 1998
President-Elect Professional Staff 1999-
2000
President-Professional Staff 2001-2002
Chairman-Medical Executive Committee
2002-2003


Committee Appointments:
American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons

Committee on Health Care Financing, 1988
Committee on Publications, 1988
Committee on Health Policy, 1989
Committee on Public Education:
Secretary, 1990-1993
Chairman, 1993-1996
Council on Health Policy, 1993-1996
Council of Musculoskeletal Specialty
Societies, AAHKS 2001 - Present

American Association of Hip and Knee
Surgery

Practice Guidelines Committee,
1998- 2001
Chairman, 1999-2001
Council of Musculoskeletal Specialty
Society's Representative, 2001-Present
Task Force on Minimally Invasive TJR-2004

Task Force Appointments:
American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons

Task Force on Orthopaedics as a Primary
Care Specialty, 1986-1987
Task Force on Candidate Membership,
1986-1987
Task Force on Orthopaedic Data & Surveys,
1989
Task Force on AIDS, 1987-1991
Task Force on Hip Fracture Prevention:
Chairman, 1992-1994
Task Force on Injury Prevention and
Wellness, Chairman, 1998-1999


Orthopaedic Research Education Foundation:
Member, Order of Merit, 1985-Present
Member, Shands Circle, 1996-Present
Member Board of Trustees, 1995-1998,
2004-Present
Treasurer, 1996 - 1997


Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Committees:
Tissue Committee, 1983-1991
Ambulatory Surgery Committee, 1986-1991
Chairman, 1992-1995
Surgical Case Review Committee:
Chairman, 1992-Present
Professional Staff QI Committee,
1993- 2002
Department of Pediatrics Review Committee
Chairman, 1997
Total Knee Replacement, C.P.G. Committee

Hip and Knee Center-Co-Director,
1992-2001
Professional Staff Quality Improvement
Committee, 1999-2002; Chairman, 2001

Northwestern University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Committees:
Residency Review & Admission Committee, 1982-1998
Academic Promotion Committee, 2000-Present

Scientific Meetings Attended:
AAOS Annual Meetings:
1983, Anaheim, California
1984, Atlanta, Georgia
1985, Las Vegas, Nevada
1986, New Orleans, Louisiana
1987, San Francisco, California
1988, Atlanta, Georgia
1989, Las Vegas, Nevada
1990, New Orleans, Louisiana
1991, Anaheim, California
1992, Washington, D.C.
1993, San Francisco, California
1994, New Orleans, Louisiana
1995, Orlando, Florida
1996, Atlanta, Georgia
1997, San Francisco, California
1998, New Orleans, Louisiana
1999, Anaheim, California
2000, Orlando, Florida
2001, San Francisco, California
2002, Dallas, Texas
2003, New Orleans, Louisiana
2004, San Francisco, CA

AOA Annual Meetings:
1999, West Virginia
2002, Palm Beach, Florida
2005, Huntington Beach, California

AANA Annual Meetings:

1982, Chicago, Illinois
1984, New Orleans, Louisiana
1985, Boston, Massachusetts
1989, Seattle, Washington
1992, Boston, Massachusetts
1995, San Francisco, California
1998, Palm Desert, California
2001, Seattle, Washington

PCA THR/TKR Meetings:

1981, Baltimore, Maryland
1984, Vail, Colorado
1986, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

AAHKS Annual Meetings:

1997, Dallas, TX
1998, Dallas, TX
1999, Dallas, TX
2001, Dallas, TX
2002, Dallas, TX
2003, Dallas, TX
2004, Dallas, TX

University of Iowa Alumni Meeting:

1981, Iowa City, IA
1983, Iowa City, IA

A.O. Courses:

Basic Course, Davos, Switzerland, 1981
Advanced Course, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1985

A.A.O.S. Courses: Cemented vs. Non-Cemented Knee
Arthroplasty, Chicago, Illinois, 1986

Athletic Knee Injury:
Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1988

Winter Sports Injuries
Snowbird, Utah, 1990

Primary Total & Revision Knee
Arthroplasty,
Chicago, Illinois, 1993

Complex Knee Reconstruction,
Chicago, Illinois, 1996 and 1997

Other: IX Annual Adult Reconstructive Knee
Surgery Meeting
1997- New York City, NY
2001- New York City, NY

Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Course
2004 - Plano, TX


Scientific Presentations:
Arthroscopy:

Arthroscopic Lateral Meniscectomy:
Zimmer Telemation Meeting, 1983
National Medical Association, 1983

Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction:
1986-1988:
Wisconsin Orthopaedic Society, 1989

Colles Fractures:

Clinical Follow-up Colles Fractures Treated
with Roger-Anderson External Fixator:
University of Iowa Orthopaedic Alumni
Meeting, 1983


Sports Medicine:

Stress Fractures: Chicago Committee on
Trauma
American College of Surgeons Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1983

Total Knee Replacement:

PCA Total Knee Replacement Follow-up
Study: 1982-1984:
Chicago Orthopaedic Society, 1984
Illinois State Orthopaedic Society, 1984
Wisconsin Orthopaedic Society, 1989

Unicompartment Knee Arthroplasty
University of Chicago, 1995
Wichita State University, 1997

Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment of
Infection in Total Knee Replacement:
Hips and Knees in the Keys, Key Largo,
Florida, 1995, 1996

Comparison of Early Recovery following
MIS and MIS/CAS Total Knee Replacement
Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, The University
of Colorado, Denver Colorado, Oct. 5, 2005

AIDS:

AIDS, Ethics and Implication for Testing
and Orthopaedic Practice:
Instructor, A.A.O.S. Annual Meeting, 1992

Hip Disease:

Hip Fracture Prevention - "Hip Fracture
Disease" - New Terminology for an
Orthopaedic Epidemic: Femoral Neck
Fracture Symposium Symposium Speaker,
A.A.O.S. Annual Meeting, 1993

Elder Abuse

Geriatric Orthopaedics: "Orthopaedic
Aspects of Elder Abuse",
Instructional Course Lecture, AAOS Annual
Meeting, 2002



Scientific Course and Annual Meeting Faculty Memberships:
Instructor: -Cook County Orthopaedic
Review Course
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988

Zimmer Telemation International
Arthroscopy Meeting, Instructor, Chicago, Illinois, 1983

Co-Chairman-Total Knee, Total Joint
Arthroplasty, A Look at the Choices,
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois,
1985

PCA Unicompartment Knee Arthroplasty
Chairman, Evanston Hospital, Evanston,
Illinois, 1985

Advanced Arthroscopy of Shoulder & Ankle
Instructor, Chicago, Illinois, 1991, 1992

Hip Fracture Prevention, AAOS Annual
Meeting Symposium, 1993

Orthopaedic Aspects of Elder Abuse, AAOS Annual Meeting Instructional Course, 2002

How Did We Get form There to Here-
Understanding Coding for THR and TKR -
AAHKS Annual Meeting, Dallas, 2004


Publications:
"Hip Fracture Prevention" - Journal of
Musculoskeletal Medicine, February 1993

"Polyethylene Wear in Unicompartment
Arthroplasty" - Clinical Orthopaedic &
Related Research, February, 1994

"Family Violence: Tools for the
Orthopaedic Surgeon"- AAOS Instructional
Lectures, Vol. 52, 2003


"Orthopaedic Aspects of Elder Abuse" -
AAOS/Ruth Jackson Society: Website
www.aaos.org/orr/oko/rjos/familyviolence/menu.htm

Scientific Posters:
Comparison of Inactivated vs. Activated
CPM after Total Knee Replacement
AAHKS Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1999

Book Chapters:
Practice Management for the Young
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital Practice
AAOS, 1998

Current Research:
A Comprehensive Combination- Treatment
Approach to Thrombosis Prophylaxis
Following Total Knee Arthroplasty, - ready
for submission - J Caprini MD, Marina
Oysender MD, W Robb MD

Nasal Culture for Infection Prevention in
Total Knee Replacement - in Progress with Lance Peterson MD

Informed Decision Making in Older Patients
and Orthopaedic Surgeons - EH 03-124 -
Completed - in data analysis

Computer Assisted Total Knee Replacement
- In progress; A comparison of the
medical and orthopaedic variables of recovery.

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