James V. Nepola, MD

Professor

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Education

• Medical School - College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University;
  Internship, Roosevelt Hospital
• Residency - General Surgery Roosevelt Hospital;
  Resident Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Orthopaedics Center
• Fellowship - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Orthopaedics Center

Professional Affiliations

• The Johnson County Medical Society
• Iowa Orthopaedic Society
• Orthopaedic Trauma Society
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Iowa Medical Society
• American Medical Association
• Mid American Orthopaedic Association
• The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Research Interests

• Musculoskeletal Trauma
• Mechanical Influences on Fracture Healing
• Clinical Application of External Fixation
• Shoulder Reconstruction
• Dynamization of External Fixation
• The influence of pulsed electromagnetic field on acute healing distraction osteogenesis

Recent Publications

• Marsh, J.L; Nepola, J.V.: Dynamic Axial External Fixation for Tibial Nonunions? In Tibial Nonunions edit. John Connelly, p. 35-42. AAOS Park Ridge, Illinois
• Nepola, J.V.: (Contributing Author) Orthopaedics: Basic Principles and Practice. Churchill Livingstone. In Press.
• Press. Nepola, J.V. (Contributing Author): Rockwood and Greenês Principals in External Fixation, Fourth Edition. J. V. Lippincott Company. In Press.