Clifford Colwell, MD

Clifford Colwell, MD

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Started Practice: 1968

Scripps Clinic & Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles:

Director, Alfred A. and Marian E. Smith Joint Mechanics Laboratory
Director, Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education at Scripps Clinic

Teaching Roles:

Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Clinical Member, Department of Academic Affairs, Scripps Clinic

Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Basic Science and Clinical Research, The Scripps Research Institute
Director, Lower Extremity Reconstruction Fellowship Program, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery

Professional Societies:

American Medical Association
California Medical Association
San Diego County Medical Society
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Association for Research in General Orthopaedics
Western Orthopaedic Association
California Orthopeadic Association, Inc.
Wilson-Bost Interurban Club
San Diego Rheumatism Society
Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons
Orthopaedic Research Society
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Board of Trustees
Knee Society
La Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopaedique et de Traumatologie
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Society
American Orthopaedic Association
Hip Society
National Institutes of Health, Orthopaedic Research Grant Request Review
Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)

Board Membership:

YMCA Board of Directors

Honors & Awards:

Francis West, MD Award, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine – In recognition of outstanding contributions to resident education, 1991 & 1994
Knee Society Award – A Clinical Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Enoxaparin: A Low Molecular Weight Heparin and Unfractionated Heparin for the Prevention of Deep Venous Thrombosis after Elective Knee Replacement Surgery, 1995
Nicolas Andry Award – Venous Thromboembolic Disease Prophylaxis and Surveillance in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Awarded by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and based on a body of work dealing with the musculoskeletal system done over an extended time, 1997
The Spirit of Scripps Award, 1999
International Award for Basic Cartilage Research from the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS), 2000
HAP Paul Award- Tibial Forces Measured In Vivo after Total Knee Arthroplasty from the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) for the best paper on the development of and/or the evaluation of new technology relating to joint replacement, 2004
Chitranjan Ranawat Award – In Vivo Knee Forces after Total Knee Arthroplasty from The Knee Society for the best work on surgical technique, 2004
Kappa Delta Award – Cartilage Injury Chondrocyte Apoptosis and Matrix Degradation: In Vitro, In Vivo and Clinical Consequences from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) for outstanding basic research related to the musculoskeletal system, 2004
Best Paper Award – Dynamic Intraoperative Ligament Balancing for Total Knee Arthroplasty, from the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, 2006

Research Focus:

Lower extremity reconstruction

Clinical Interests Within Specialty:

Lower extremity reconstruction

Board Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1970

Medical Education

University of Michigan Medical School, MD, 1962

Internships: University of Michigan Hospitals, General Surgery, 1963
Residencies: Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, 1967
University of Michigan Hospitals, General Surgery, 1964
Fellowships: Los Angeles County General Hospital, Trauma, 1968

Publications

See a listing of Clifford Colwell's publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

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Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
Area of Expertise: Orthopaedic Surgery
On Medical Staff at: Scripps Green Hospital; Scripps Clinic; Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines

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