Traumatology Biosketches.

Last updated Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Carlo Bellabarba, MD

Dr. Carlo Bellabarba is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.  Following his training in Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois he completed a Trauma Fellowship at Tampa General Hospital and then a Spine Fellowship at Northwestern University.

He is currently an Assistant Professor at University of Washington in the Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery departments.  He is the Director of the Spine ACE Program at Harborview Medical Center and is on the HMC Medical Staff Quality Assurance Committee, and Medical School Admissions Committee at University of Washington. He is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma and has presented at numerous medical meetings. Dr. Bellabarba has published several articles and book chapters.

2003-2004 Bibliography:

Bransford R, Bellabarba C, Thompson JH, Henley MB, Mirza SK, Chapman JR: The safety of fluoroscopically-assisted thoracic pedicle screw instrumentation for fracture stabilization.  Accepted for publication, Journal of Trauma.

Bellabarba C, Mirza SK, West GA, Mann FA, Dailey AT, Newell DW, Chapman JR: Diagnosis and Treatment of Craniocervical Dissociation.  One Institution’s Experience with 17 Consecutive Survivors over Eight Years. Accepted for publication pending minor revision, Journal of Neurosurgery

Schildhauer TA, Bellabarba C, Nork SE, Barei DP, Routt MLC, Chapman JR: Decompression and Lumbopelvic Fixation for Highly Displaced Sacral Fracture-Dislocations with Neurologic Deficits. Accepted for publication pending minor revision, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Bellabarba C, Ricci WM, Herscovici D: Percutaneous Treatment of Pertrochanteric Fractures Using the Gamma Nail [Classical Article]. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma  17(8):S38-S50, 2003.

Bellabarba C, Barei DP, Mills WJ, Nork SE, Routt MLC Jr:  Total Hip Arthroplasty for Post-Traumatic Arthritis after Acetabular Fractures.  Minerva Ortop Traumatol  54(1):1-11, 2003.

Mirza SK, Wiggins GC, Kuntz C IV, York JE, Bellabarba C, Konodi MA, Chapman JR, Shaffrey, CI: Accuracy of Thoracic Vertebral Body Screw Placement Using Standard Fluoroscopy, Fluoroscopic Image Guidance, and Computed Tomographic Image Guidance: A Cadaver Study.   Spine 28(4):402-413, 2003.