J. Lawrence Marsh, MD

Professor

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Education

• Medical School - Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
• Residency - Boston University Affiliated Residency Training Program
• Fellowship - Oxford University and Nuffield Orthopaedic Center, Oxford, England

Honors, Awards and Organizations

• Orthopaedic Trauma Association
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Iowa Orthopaedic Society
• American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• American Orthopaedic Association
• Editor Oxford Textbook of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Recipient of first Austrian/Swiss/German traveling fellowship

Research Interests

• Musculoskeletal trauma
• Articular injury and repair
• Fracture classification
• Articulated fixation, ankle, elbow
• Elbow kinematics
• Ankle kinematics
• External fixation for peri-articular fractures
• Dynamization of external fixation
• Clinical application of external fixation
• Amputation vs. salvage for severe lower extremity injuries
• Factors leading to poor outcome after acetabular fracture surgery

Recent Publications and Reviews

• Bonar S., Marsh J.L.: Unilateral External Fixation for Severe Pilon Fractures. Foot and Ankle 14:57-64, 1993.
• Fitzpatrick D.C., Marsh J.L., Brown T.D.: Articulated External Fixation of Pilon Fractures: The Effects on Ankle Joint Kinematics. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 9:76-82, 1995.
• Marsh J.L., Bonar S., Nepola J.V., DeCoster T.A., and Hurwitz S.R.: Use of an Articulated External Fixator for Fractures of the Tibial Plafond. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 77-A:1498-1509, 1995.
• Martin J.G., Marsh J.L., Bonar S.K., DeCoster T.A., Found, E.M., Brandser E.A.: Assessment of the AO/ASIF Fracture Classification for the Distal Tibia. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 11:477-483, 1997.
• Williams T.M., Marsh J.L., Nepola J.V., Decister T.A., Hurwitz S., and Bonar S.: External Fixation of Tibial Plafond Fractures: Is Routine Plating of the Fibula Necessary? J Orthop Trauma 12:16-20, 1998.