Robert H. Ablove, MD
Present Position
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
State University of New York at Buffalo
Specialty
Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery
Education
State University of New York at Buffalo – M.A. 1993
State University of New York Health Science Center
at Syracuse College of Medicine – M.D. 1989
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor – B.S. 1985
Hospital Training
State University of New York at Buffalo Health Science Consortium Department of Orthopedics Surgery Residency 1992-96
State University of New York at Buffalo Health Science Consortium Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Section of Upper Extremity and Microsurgical Reconstruction Research Fellowship 1990-92
State University of New York at Buffalo Health Science Consortium Department of Surgery Internship 1989-90
Fellowship
State University of New York at Buffalo Health Science Consortium
Section of Upper Extremity and Microsurgical Reconstruction
Department of Orthopedic Surgery- Hand Surgery 1997
Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners
The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2001
Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand, 2005
Licensure
New York, Wisconsin
Regional Presentations
Ablove RH. The Effects of Ischemia and Reperfusion on Skeletal Muscle. Combined Hand Conference. Albany Medical Center, 1998.
Ablove RH. Common Sports Hand Injuries. Winter Weekend, Scientific Assembly and Sports medicine Conference. New York State Academy of Family Physicians & Lake Placid Sports Medicine Society. February 2000.
Ablove RH. Upper Extremity Problems in the Young Athlete. Winter Weekend, Scientific Assembly and Sports medicine Conference. New York State Academy of Family Physicians & Lake Placid Sports Medicine Society. February 2001.
Ablove RH. Common Upper Extremity Injuries in the Throwing Athlete. St Mary’s Hospital. Troy, NY. October 2002.
Ablove RH. Vascularized Grafting of Scaphoid Fractures. Orthopedic Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin.
Ablove RH. Soft Tissue Attachments of the Ulnar Coronoid Process. Fall Visiting Professor Lectureship, University of Wisconsin Department of Orthopedics, October 2003
Ablove RH. Diagnosis and Treatment of Carpal Instability. Wisconsin Orthopedic Society Meeting. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. June 2004
Ablove RH. What’s in a name? Who Originally Described Common Hand Conditions. Fall Visiting Professor Lectureship, University of Wisconsin Department of Orthopedics, October 2004
Ablove RH. Common Afflictions of the Hand. Third Year Medical Student Lecture. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2005
Ablove RH. Pathology 404 – Disorders of Bones and Joints. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2005
Ablove RH. What’s New in Shoulder Arthroplasty? Orthopedic Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin, June 2005
Ablove RH. Ligamentous Reconstruction of the Elbow. Orthopedic Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin, September 2005
Ablove RH. Common Afflictions of the Hand. University of Wisconsin Medical School, May 2006
Ablove RH. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries. University of Wisconsin, Madison Sports Medicine Symposium, May 2006
Ablove RH. Wrist Arthrosis. Orthopedic Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin, July 2006
Ablove RH. Hand Infections. Orthopedic Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin, September 2006
Ablove RH. Clinical Correlations: Hand Surgery. Gross Anatomy. University of Wisconsin Medical School, December 2006
Ablove RH. Knives, Machetes, and Axes. Orthopedic Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin, January 2007
Ablove RH. “What Was I Thinking?” Management of Surgeon Initiated Disasters. Orthopedics Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin, July 2007
Ablove RH. Congenital and acquired deformities. Medical Lectures in Occupational Therapy. University of Wisconsin, March 2008.
Ablove RH. Wrist Anatomy and Carpal Mechanics; Carpal Instability. Orthopedic Hand Conference, June 2008
Ablove RH. What’s in a Name: Ortho Eponyms. Orthopedic Grand Rounds. University of Wisconsin, July 2008.
Ablove RH. Kienbock’s and Preiser’s Disease. Orthopedic Hand Conference, September 2008
Ablove RH. Anatomy and Diagnosis of Lateral Epicondylitis. Upper Extremity Symposium. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, November 2008.
Ablove RH. Ulnar Nerve Transposition and Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repairs. Upper Extremity Symposium. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, November 2008.
Ablove RH. Common Afflictions of the Hand. Third Year Medical Student Lecture. University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 2009
Ablove RH. Pathology 404 – Disorders of Bones and Joints. University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 2009
Ablove RH. Elbow Injuries in the Throwing Athlete. University of Wisconsin Medical School, April 2009
Ablove RH. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. WPS Health Insurance Nurses Lecture. July 2009.
Ablove RH. Compartment Syndrome; Vascular Insufficiency and Replantation. Orthopedic Hand Conference, July 2009
Ablove RH. Elbow Injuries in the Throwing Athlete. University of Wisconsin Medical School, July 2009
Ablove RH. Hand Infections. Orthopedic Hand Conference, October 2009
Ablove RH. Upper Extremity Injuries and Clinical Reasoning. Occupational Therapy Conference, November 2009.
Ablove RH. Tendon transfers for rotator cuff insufficiency. Grand Rounds, 2011.
Ablove RH. M3 Case Lectures, 2011.
Ablove RH. Pathology 404 Lecture, April 2011.
Ablove RH. Gross Anatomy Clinical Correlations Lecture, May 2011.
Ablove RH. The History of Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty, Grand Rounds, 2012
National Presentations
Ablove RH, Peimer CA, Diao E, Oliverio R, Kuhn JR. Morphologic changes following endoscopic and two-portal subcutaneous carpal tunnel release. American Society for Surgery of the Hands Meeting, 1991
Ablove RH, Brown J, Peimer CA, Dian E, Czrny J., Sherwin F. Abductorplasty with Carpal tunnel release. American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting, 1991
Ablove RH, Moy, OJ, Wheeler DR, Peimer CA, Diao E. Pressure changes in Guyon’s Canal after carpal tunnel release. American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting, 1993
Badola R, Medige J, Kojima A, Diao E, Ablove RH. Biomechanical effects of phalageal shortening and lengthening on digital function. Residents and Fellows Conference in Hand Surgery, 1993
Ablove RH, Moy OJ, Peimer CA, Severin CM. The effect of high-energy phosphates and free-radical scavengers on replant survival in an ischemic extremity model. American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting, 1994
Ablove RH, Moy OJ, Peimer CA, Wheeler DR. Early vs. delayed treatment of enchondroma. Residents and Fellows Conference in Hand Surgery, 1994
Ablove RH, Chairman and Lecturer AO ASIF Basic Operating Room Personnel Course Madison, Wisconsin, June 24-25 2005
Ablove RH, Kijowski R, Singh S. The capsular attachment of the ulnar coronoid process: an MRI Arthrography Study. Poster presentation, American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting, 2005
Ablove RH, Singh S. Position of the Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Relative to the Ulnar Grove in the Sixth Dorsal Compartment During Forearm Rotation by Ultrasound Examination. Poster presentation, American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting, 2006
Wills B, Crum J, Ablove RH. The Effect of Metacarpal Shortening on Digital Flexion Force. American Society for Surgery of the Hand Residents and Fellows Meeting, 2009.
Ablove RH, Jacques L, Geissler J. The Epidemiology of Acromioplasty in the State of Wisconsin 2002-2010. Mid-American Orthopedic Society Meeting 2012.
International Presentations
Ablove TS, Ablove RH, Lobel RW. Vaginal Wall Sling with Bone Anchors- Incidence of Osteomylitis Pubis. International Urogynecologic Society Meeting, 2000
Publications – Peer Reviewed
Ablove RH, Peimer CA, Diao E, Oliverio R, Kuhn JP. Morphologic Changes Following Endoscopic and Two-Portal Subcutaneous Carpal Tunnel Release. J Hand Surg[Am]. 1994; 19 (5):821-6.
Ablove RH, Moy OJ, Wheeler DR, Peimer CA, Diao E. Pressure Changes in Guyon’s Canal After Carpal Tunnel Release. J Hand Surg[Br]. 1996; 21(5):664-5.
Ablove RH, Moy OJ, Peimer CA, Severin CM, Sherwin F. Effect of High-Energy Phosphates and Free-Radical Scavengers on Replant Survival in an Ischemic Extremity Model. Microsurgery. 1996; 17(9):481-6.
Ablove RH, Howell RM. The Physiology and Technique of Skin Grafting. Hand Clin. 1997; 13(2): 163-73.
Ablove RH, Moy OJ, Peimer CA. Pediatric Hand Disease. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1998; 45(6):1507-24.
Ablove RH, Moy OJ, Peimer CA, Wheeler DR. Early Versus Delayed Treatment of Enchondroma. Am J Orthop. 2000; 29(10):771-2.
Ablove RH, Babikian G, Moy OJ, Stegeman PM. Elevation in Compartment Pressure Following Hypovolemic Shock and Fluid Resuscitation: a Canine Model. Orthopedics. 2006; 29(5):443-5.
Ablove RH, Moy OJ, Howard C, Peimer CA, S’doia S. Ulnar Coronoid Process Anatomy: Possible Implications for Elbow Instability. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006; 449:259-61.
Ablove RH, Wells, Jason. Coronoid Fractures of the Elbow. Clinical Medicine & Research. 2008; 6 (1): 40-44
Ablove RH, Ablove, TS. Prevalence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Pregnant Women. Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2009; 108(4); 194-196.
Lee KS, Ablove RH, Singh S, De Smet AA, Haaland B, Fine JP. Ultrasound Imaging of Normal Displacement of the Extensor Carpi Ulnar Tendon Within the Ulnar Groove in 12 Forearm-Wrist Positions. American Journal of Radiology 2009; 193:651-655.
Ablove RH. Perioperative insulin dosing in diabetic patients undergoing outpatient upper extremity surgery. J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Feb;35(2):320-1.
Tackett JJ, Ablove RH Magnetic resonance imaging study of glenohumeral relationships between genders. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2011 Dec;20(8):1335-9. Epub 2011 Jul 1. PMID: 21723749
Wills BP, Crum JA, McCabe RP, Vanderby R Jr, Ablove RH The effect of metacarpal shortening on digital flexion force. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2012 Oct 11.
Ablove RH, Kijowski R, Grogan B, Uttech R. The Capsular Attachment of the Ulnar Coronoid Process: An MRI Arthrography Study; 2013 Dec.
Publications – Non-Peer Reviewed
Ablove RH. From Maimonides to Managed Care. The Jewish World 1998
Ablove RH. Orthopedic R.I.C.E.: Acute care of common orthopedic injuries. Pacific Parenting 1996
Publications – Pending
Ablove RH. Jacques L, Geissler J. The Epidemiology of Acromioplasty in the State of Wisconsin 2002-2010. Submitted
Ablove RH. Prone positioning for ulnar nerve transposition in patients with internal rotation contractures of the shoulder. Manuscript in preparation.
Book Chapters
Moy OJ, Ablove RH. Microvascular Surgery. In Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, Peimer CA (ed): New York, NY, McGraw Hill, 1996
Moy OJ, Ablove RH, Work-Related Illnesses, Cumulative Trauma, and Compensation. In Orthopedic Knowledge Update 8, Vaccaro, AR (ed): Rosemont, IL, AAOS, 2005.
Research
Osteochondral grafing for thumb CMC arthrosis. Study under design. Grant proposal pending
The use of BMP-2 in revision surgery for scaphoid nonunion. Clinical study.
The functional benefit of Latisimus Dorsi Transfer on rotator cuff deficient shoulders. Ongoing clinical study.
Platelet-rich plasma injections for chronic lateral epicondylosis. Submitted for R-01 grant.
The effect of x-ray tilt on measured proximal humeral parameters. Project in progress.
Gender specific differences in proximal radial anatomy: implications on prosthetic design. Manuscript in preparation.
The epidemiology of labral repair in the state of Wisconsin 2002-2010. Data being collected.
The incidence of wrist pain in post-partum parents: IRB submission pending.
Immunohistochemical analysis of Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis origin tissue in lateral epicondylitis. Tissue staining complete, quantitative analysis in progress.
Are there ideal screw lengths for distal screws in locking distal radial plates? Summer 2010 Shapiro project.
The effect of uniform instructions on range of motion testing consistency in shoulder examination.
Measurement of shoulder internal rotation: how does thumb to spinous process measurement correlate with true rotation?
Current Professional Activities/Committees
American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Director Combined Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery Monthly Hand Conference
Director American Society for Surgery of the Hand “Lending a Hand” project
Instructor and Lecturer, Gross Anatomy
American Society for Surgery of the Hand Resident Education Committee
American Society for Surgery of the Hand Commercial Support Committee Member
Joint Committee on Surgery of the Hand Question Writing Task Force
Examiner Part II ABOS Certification Examination
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