Institution Affiliations:

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon

Medical School:

MD, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1984

Internship:

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, Surgery, 1984-85

Residency:

Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, New York, NY, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1985-89

Fellowship:

University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, Orthopaedic Traumatology, 1989-90

Board Certification:

Orthopaedic Surgery, 1992, 2001

Specialties:

Orthopaedics

Joined Staff in 2003

Practice Note: Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Reconstructive Orthopaedics, Osteomyelitis, Fracture Care, Trauma Reconstruction

Selected Publications:

Specht, L.M.; Gupta, S.; Egol, K.A.; and Koval, K.J.: Heterotopic Ossification of the Quadriceps Following Distal Femoral Traction: A Report of Three Cases and a Review of the Literature. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 18(4):241-246, 2004

Bong, M.R.; Patel, V.; Iesaka, K.; Egol, K.A.; Kummer, F.J.; and Koval, K.J.: Comparison of a Sliding Hip Screw with a Trochanteric Lateral Support Plate to an Intramedullary Hip Screw for Fixation of Unstable Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: A Cadaver Study. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 56(4):791-4. 2004

Edelstein, D.; Aharonoff, G.B.; Karp, A.; Zuckerman, A.; and Koval, K.J.: Effect of Postoperative Delirium on Outcome after Hip Fracture. Clinical Orthopaedics, May;(422):195-200, 2004

Halm, E.A.; Wang, J.J.; Boockvar, K.; Penrod, J.; Silberzweig, S.B.; Magaziner, J. Koval, K.J.; and Siu, A.L.: The Effect of Perioperative Anemia on Clinical and Functional Outcomes in Patients with Hip Factures. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 18(6):369- 374, 2004

Egol, K.A.; Chang, E.Y.; Cvitkovic J.; Kummer, F.J.; and Koval, K.J.: Mismatch of Current Intramedullary Nails with the Anterior Bow of the Femur. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 18(7):410-415, 2004.