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Full Time Faculty

Frank M. Ivey, Jr., MD

Education:
1967 - B.S. - Rice University, Houston, Texas
1971 - M.D. - University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
1972 - Surgery Internship - Maricopa County Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona

1978 - Residency - Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

1979 - Fellowship in Sports Medicine - with Martin Blazina, Sherman Oaks, California

 

Military Service:
1972 - 1974 - Navy Lieutenant, Active Duty, Guam

 

Professional and Teaching Experience:
1979 - Attending - University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

1985 - Assistant Professor - University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

1992 - Associate Professor - University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Hospital Affiliation:

Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, 2009-present

Research interests:

Normal knee arthroscopy

Diagnostic accuracy of meniscal tears -- a comparison of MRI and arthroscopy

Complications after knee arthroscopy

Transarticular pin fixation of the knee after ligament repair

Staple capsulorraphy of the shoulder for recurrent anterior dislocation

Topography of the lateral tibial plateau

Fixation strength of implants for soft tissue repair to bone

Treatment options for infected knee arthroscopy

Clinical Investigator for F.D.A. - Press fit (cementless)      

Implantation of Richards Tricon-M Total Knee

The effect of extremity rotation on mechanical alignment of the lower extremity

Arthrodesis of the knee

Anatomic variations of the pes anserinus--cadaver study

Contact pressures and surface area contact between cruciate sacrificing posterior stabilized condylar knee arthroplasties

Survival studies of radiochromium labeled red cells obtained during autotransfusion--Study of Cr-Red cell survival of blood cells obtained in corrective knee surgery during Intraoperative Autologous Transfusion (IAT)

Kinematic and kinetic analysis of total knee arthroplasty under dynamic conditions

Intermedics Natural knee II system study

A single blind, randomised, parallel-group, multicentre study to assess the safety and efficacy of hemaseel HMN as an adjunct to haemostasis in total knee replacement surgery

Double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose ranging comparison of the efficacy, opioid dose sparing effects and safety of controlled release oxymorphone (numorphanâ CR) and placebo in patients with postsurgical pain following total knee arthroplasty

A single-blind randomized, parallel-group, multinational, multicenter study to assess the safety and efficacy of hemaseel HMNTM as an adjunct to hemostasis in total knee replacement surgery

Continuous infusion of a local anesthetic for pain relief following knee arthroplasty

Ischemic preconditioning in skeletal muscle

Nutritional interventions to enhance muscle rehabilitation following knee surgery

Outcomes assessment of total knee arthroplasty patients treated for symptoms arthroscopically