Dr. Thomas F. Roush, M.D.

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Education

Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX
Fellow in Spine Surgery; 2006-2007
Fellow in Spinal Arthroplasty; 2006-2007

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery 2005-2006
Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery; 2001-2005

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
Doctor of Medicine; 2001           

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Bachelor of Arts, Magna cum Laude; 1997
Major: Neuroscience

Activities, Honors & Awards

• Annual Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research, Duke University, 2006
• American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Emerging Leader Inductee, 2005
• AOA-OREF-Zimmer Resident Leadership Forum, Duke Representative, 2005
• Reviewer, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2005-present
• Reviewer, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 2004-present
• Course Instructor, Anatomy of the Spine and Extremities, Duke University Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, 2003
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2000
• President, American Medical Student Assocation, University of Cincinnati Chapter, 1998-1999
• Orthopaedic Hand Surgery and Microvascular Summer Internship, Peter J. Stern M.D., 1998
• Captain, Vanderbilt University Men’s Golf Team, 1996-1997
• Varsity Letterman, Vanderbilt University Golf, 1994-1997
• 9 High School Varsity Letters (Golf, Basketball, Baseball)

Publications

1. Guyer RD, Roush TF. Combined anterior/posterior fusion techniques.  In: Phillips C and Lauryssen C editors.  The Lumbar Intervertebral Disc. Elsevier 2009.
2. Blumenthal, Geisler, Roush TF, Ohnmeiss DD.  Simultaneous lumbar fusion and total disc replacement.  In: Yue J, Bertagnoli R, McAfee P, An H editors.  Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine. Elsevier 2009.
3. Westberry DE, Davids, JR, Roush TF, Pugh LI.  Qualitative versus quantitative radiographic analysis of foot deformities in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2008;28:359-65.
4. Roush TF, Olson SA, Pietrobon R, Braga L, Urbaniak JR.  Influence of Acetabular Coverage on Hip Survival After Free Vascularized Fibular Grafting for Femoral Head Osteonecrosis.  J Bone Joint Surg Am 2006;88:2152-2158.
5. Roush TF, Aldridge JM, Berger RA, Rizzo MR.  Trapeziometacarpal arthritis does not correlate with abductor pollicis longus tendon insertions.  Clin Orthop Relat Res  2005 May;(434):138-142.
6. Coonrad RW, Roush TF, Major N, Basamania CJ.   The drop sign, a radiographic warning sign of elbow instability. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2005 May-Jun;14(3):312-7.
7. Richardson WJ, Roush TF.  Internet resources for spine care.  J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2004 May-Jun;12(3):204.
8. Roush TF, Crawford AH, Berlin RE, Wolf RK. Tension pneumothorax as a complication of video-assisted thorascopic surgery for anterior correction of idiopathic scoliosis in an adolescent female.  Spine 2001; Feb 15;26(4):448-50.
9. Roush TF, Stern PJ. Results following surgery for recurrent Dupuytren's disease.
   J Hand Surg [Am] 2000 Mar;25(2):291-6.
10. Roush TF.  Death: the great humbler. In: Macpherson CR, editor. Must I think about death? Now? Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Press; 2000. p 107-108.

Presentations

• “Lateral Trans-Psoas Fusion Techniques in the Lumbar Spine.”  Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Spine Society, Charleston, SC, 2008.
• “Interbody Fusion Using a Unique Trans-sacral Approach.”  International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2007.
• “Acetabular coverage influences hip survival in treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head.” Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association, Pinehurst, NC, 2005
• “Trapeziometacarpal arthritis does not correlate with abductor pollicis longus tendon insertions.”  Annual Meeting of the Southern Orthopaedic Association, Hilton Head, SC, 2004
• “The ‘Drop Sign’: An additional diagnostic modality for elbow ligamentous compromise.”  Annual Meeting of the North Carolina and South Carolina Orthopaedic Associations, Charleston, SC, 2003
• “Results following surgery for recurrent Dupuytren’s disease.”  Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Boston, MA, 1999; Louisville-Indianapolis-Cincinnati Hand Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 1999

Extracurricular Activities & Interests

All sports, cooking, music playing (piano, trumpet), traveling, architecture, history.

Professional Memberships

• North American Spine Society
• South Carolina Spine Society
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• South Carolina Orthopaedic Association
• American Medical Association
• Piedmont Orthopaedic Society

Board Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 2009

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