Brian J. Divelbiss, M.D.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Hand and Microvascular Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

August 2000

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, Allegheny General Hospital,
Pittsburgh, PA, July 1996 to June 2000

Staff General Medical Officer, Emergency Room
Fort Riley, KS, August 1992 to June 1996

Army Flight Surgeon Primary Course 92-3
Fort Rucker, AL , July 1992 to August 1992

Transitional Internship, Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA, June 1991 to June 92

University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 1987-91
Doctor of Medicine, May 1991

Research Assistant, 1990-1
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Iowa
Spinal decompensation in scoliosis

Westmar College, Le Mars, IA August 1982 to May 1986
B.A. in Biology and Natural Sciences, summa cum laude,
M ay 1986

HONORS AND AWARDS

Army Career

• Meritorious Service Medal, 1996

Internship

• Army Commendation Medal, 1992
• American Orthopaedic Association/Zimmer Annual Resident/Fellow Travel Award, 1992

Medical School

• Michael Bonfiglio Student Research Award in
• Orthopaedics, 1991
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 1990
• Oxford Fellowship, Alternate, 1990

Undergraduate

• NAIA Academic All-America, Tennis, 1986
• Alpha Chi Valedictorian Award, 1986
• Most Valuable Player, Golf, 1983,1985
• Most Valuable Player, Tennis, 1985
• Alpha Chi National Scholarship, 1985
• Alpha Chi Honor Society, 1985
• Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1985
• United Methodist National Scholarship, 1985
• Chemistry-Physics Academic Fellow, 1985
• Homecoming Royalty, 1985
• Biology Academic Fellow, 1984

RESEARCH

Publications

Divelbiss BJ and ME Baratz. Phalangeal Fractures. In Gellman H (Senior ed.); eMedicine: Orthopaedic Surgery. St. Petersburg: eMedicine Corp., 2000 (In Review).

Divelbiss BJ and ME Baratz. Hand, Fracture and Dislocation: Phalangeal. In Aly A, Furnas DW, Grazer FM. (Senior Eds.); eMedicine: Plastic Surgery. St. Petersburg: eMedicine Corp., 1999, 2000 (In Review).

Kurtz CA and BJ Divelbiss. Achilles tendon injuries and related disorders. Top Emerg Med 22:1-8, 2000.

Divelbiss BJ and ME Baratz. The role of arthroplasty and arthrodesis following trauma to the upper extremity. Hand Clin 15:335-45, 1999.

Baratz ME and BJ Divelbiss. Fixation of phalangeal fractures. Hand Clin 13:541- 55, 1997.

Divelbiss BJ and S Kumar. Isolated traumatic denervation of the Extensor Pollicis Longus. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 78:783-5, 1997.

Divelbiss BJ. The identification of a 123 base pair fragment from the 5'-flanking region of the adult chicken (-globin gene. The Alpha Chi Recorder 28:9- 18, 1985.

Presentations

Divelbiss BJ, Murphy M, Riemer BL, et al. Colonization of orthopaedic trauma implants in patients without evidence of infection. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Orlando, FL, January 1999.

Divelbiss BJ, Baratz ME and WH Hagberg. The triceps-sparing approach for the management of distal humerus fractures. Poster at the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Vancouver, BC, October 1998.

Divelbiss BJ, Keyarash AK, Zivaljevic N and ME Baratz. The use of MRT technology in the evaluation of motion in the upper extremity. Poster at the annual meeting of the American Association of Hand Surgery, Scottsdale, AZ, January 1998.

Mintz LJ, Divelbiss BJ, and SL Weinstein. Cephalad imbalance in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated with Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation. Poster at the Ninth Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Associations of the English-speaking world, Toronto, Canada, June 1992.

Mintz LJ, Divelbiss BJ, and SL Weinstein. The fate of the unfused curve in idiopathic scoliosis. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, Minneapolis, MN, September 1991.

Grants Received

Adams BD, Divelbiss BJ, and J El-Khoury. Total wrist replacement using the Universal Total Wrist implant. ASSH Outcomes grant, 2000.

Divelbiss BJ. The use of IGF-1 impregnated bioabsorbable screws in the rabbit osteochondral fracture model. The Albert Ferguson Foundation, 1997.

Divelbiss BJ, Murphy M, Riemer BL, et. al. Colonization of orthopaedic trauma implants in patients without evidence of infection. Allegheny Singer Research Institute Intramural Grant #RC-2238, 1997.