Ericka A. Lawler, MD

Assistant Professor

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Education

• MD, George Washington University School of Medicine, 2000
• Residency, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, 2000-2005
• Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• BS, Yale University, 1996

Awards and Organizations

• Senior Research Award, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, 2005
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 2000
• Robert J. Neviaser Award in Orthopaedic Surgery, 2000

Research Interests

• Wrist Replacement Hemiarthroplasty – examining biomechanics of wrist implant hemiarthroplasty.

Publications

• Lee SK, Kubiak EN, Lawler E, Iesaka K, Liporace FA, Green SM.  Thumb metacarpophalangeal ulnar collateral ligament injuries: a biomechanical simulation study of four static reconstructions.   J Hand Surg 30A:1056-1060, 2005.

• Jentsch JD, Andrusiak EA, Tran A, Bowers Jr. MB, Roth RH.  D9- Tetrahydrocannabinol Increases Prefrontal Cortical Catecholaminergic Utilization and Impairs Spatial Working Memory in the Rat: Blockade of Dopaminergic Effects with HA966.  Neuropsychopharmacology 1997; 16:426-432

• Grogan J, Shou M, Andrusiak EA, Tamura S, Buters JTM, Gonzalez FJ, Korzeka KR.  Cytochrome P450 2A1, 2E1, and 2C9 cDNA- expression by insect cells and partial purification using hydrophobic chromatography.  Biochemical Pharmacology October 1995; 59(9): 1509-1515.

• Toni M. McLaurin, MD and  Ericka A. Lawler, MD.  Treatment Modalities for Subtrochanteric Fractures in the Elderly. Techniques in Orthopaedics: Hip Fractures in the Elderly. 19(3):197-213, September 2004.

• Lawler EA, Pereira DS.  Clinical Cases from Hospital for Joint Disease: Meniscal Repair after Soccer Injury.  Medscape General Medicine 2003; 5(2)

• Arthroscopy of the Distal Radioulnar Joint.  Ericka A. Lawler, M.D. & Brian D. Adams, M.D. in Hand & Wrist Arthroscopy (in progress), 2006.

• DRUJ Instability: Ligament Reconstruction & Notchplasty, Ericka A. Lawler M.D. & Brian D. Adams, M.D. in Master Skills in Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy & Reconstruction (in progress), 2006.

• Total Wrist Arthroplasty, Ericka A. Lawler M.D. & Brian D. Adams, M.D. in Master Skills in Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy & Reconstruction (in progress), 2006.