GERSHON ZINGER, MD, MS
MARITAL STATUS:
Married with 4 children ages 13, 10, 7 and 4 years.
SURGICAL PRACTICE
2014-Present Shaare Zedek, Jerusalem, Israel
Senior Surgeon
2010-Present Kaiser Permanente, Downey California
Per Diem Surgeon
2010-2013 Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel
Senior Surgeon
2001-2009 Kaiser Permanente, Denver, Colorado
Senior Surgeon
1996-2001 Woodridge Orthopaedic & Spine Center, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Partner in private practice
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1995-1996 Fellowship in Hand, Wrist, Elbow & Microsurgery
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
7/1995-6/1996
1990-1995 Orthopedic Residency
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
6/1990-7/1995
1989-1990 General Surgery Residency PGY-II
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
7/1989-6/1990
1986-1987 Internship, Transitional Surgical
Pres/St. Luke’s Hospitals Denver, Colorado
7/1986-7/1987
EDUCATION
1987-1989 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
MS, 9/1987-6/1989
1982-1986 University of California Los Angeles Medical School, Los Angeles CA
MD, 6/1982-6/1986
1976-1982 University of California Los Angeles School of Engineering Los Angeles CA
BS, 6/1976-6/1982
ACTIVE MEDICAL LICENSE
107097 Israel Medical License
28270 California
69830 Colorado
268834 New York
BS0971538 Federal DEA registration
CERTIFICATIONS
Dec 2010 Israel Ministry of Health – Specialist in Surgery of the Hand
Dec 2010 Israel Ministry of Health – Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery
Aug 2009 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, Board Re-Certification
Combined Orthopedic Surgery and Hand CAQ
Aug 1999 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
CAQ – Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery
July 1998 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
Board Certification Orthopedic Surgery
July 1998 Level II Accreditation, Workman’s Compensation
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/ACTIVITY
2012-Present AO Trauma Europe, Member
2011-Present Israel Medical Society, Member
2011-Present Israel Orthopedic Association, Member
2011-Present Israel Hand Society, Member
1996-Present American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Member
1996-Present American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Member
2008-2009 Rocky Mountain Hand Society, Denver, Colorado
President
2008-2009 Rocky Mountain Hand Society, Denver, Colorado
executive committee
1997-2009 Denver Hand Journal Club, Denver, Colorado
Founder & President
2003-2007 American Society Surgery of the Hand – Translational and Clinical Research Committee (former Outcomes Studies Committee)
2003-2004 Research & Review Committee, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, Colorado
1999-2001 Medical Education Committee, Lutheran Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
TEACHING ACTIVITY
2011 Hadassah Medical School – assist anatomy course
2008 Course director “The Elbow Demystified” – Denver, CO April 2008
2007 Course director “The Thumb Demystified” – Denver, CO April 2007
2006 Course director “The Wrist Demystified” – Denver, CO October 2006
2005 Course director “The Finger Demystified’ – Denver, CO August 2005
2004 Course director: “The Shoulder Demystified” – Denver, CO August 2004
1993-2008 Tutor anatomy to first-year medical students – 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2008
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2011-Present Journal of Hand Surgery, Associate Editor
2010-2011 Journal of Hand Surgery, Scientific Reviewer
1996-2000 Journal of Hand Surgery, Consultant Reviewer
Apr 2005 Clinical Orthopedics & Related Research, Guest Reviewer
1999-2000 Hand Therapy Certification Commission, Item Writer
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
- Poverty medicine in Bangladesh & Calcutta (Mother Theresa’s Home for the Dying Destitute)
- Volunteer at Venice Family Free Clinic in second/third year of medical school
- Organized medical ethics seminar in third year of medical school
- Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society
- Two-Year Regent’s Scholarship Recipient UCLA
- Honors Program & Dean’s List UCLA
- Engineering Tutor for Academic Advancement Program UCLA
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS – National/International
2012 Israel Orthopedic Assoc. 32th Annual Mtg “Visual estimation of wrist & elbow position: how good are we?” Dec 2012.
2011 The 27th International Jerusalem Symposium on Sports Injuries “Exposure for the large C-arm vs. the mini C-arm using hand/wrist and elbow phantoms: Larger is Less” Jan 2011
2010 Israel Orthopedic Assoc. 30th Annual Mtg “Exposure for the large C-arm vs. the mini C-arm using hand/wrist and elbow phantoms: Larger is Less” Dec 2010
2009 Israel Orthopedic Assoc. 29th Annual Mtg “Radiation and the Hand Surgeon” Dec 2009
2008 CAPA (Colorado Annual Physician Assistant) Mtg “Carpal & Cubital Tunnel Syndrome” Sept 2008
2007 Grand Rounds, Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jerusalem Israel “Elbow and Wrist Arthroplasty” Nov 2007
2007 Grand Rounds, Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jerusalem Israel “Elbow Fracture-Dislocation” Oct 2007
2006 National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (NAON), August 2006: “Injuries to the Hand & Wrist”.
2004 American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Sept 2004, Presentation: “Radiation Exposure to the Hands of Hand Surgeons”.
2004 International Federation for Surgery of the Hand, Budapest June 2004: Poster Exhibit: “Radiation Exposure to the Hands of Hand Surgeons”.
2004 International Federation for Surgery of the Hand, Budapest June 2004, Presentation: “Radiation and the Hand Surgeon”.
2002 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 69th Annual Meeting Feb 13-17, 2002: Poster Exhibit: “Anatomic Variations and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 10-Year Clinical Experience.
1997 American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Sept 1997: “Biomechanical Comparison of Flexor Tendon Repairs for Immediate Active Flexion Rehabilitation: a new method of analysis and optimization for improved quality”. (Winner of Sumner L. Koch Award – best research paper presented at meeting)
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS – National/International
2013 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Elbow Stiffness”. Orthopedic Grand Rounds Jan 2013
2012 Denver, Colorado. Invited speaker Rocky Mountain Hand Society: “From Denver to Jerusalem: From Gordo to Gershon”. December 2012
2012 Hadassah Ein Kerem, resident teaching: “Common mistakes and how to avoid them” Dec 2012
2012 Hadassah Ein Kerem, resident teaching: “Supracondylar humerus fractures in the child: the Pink Pulseless Hand”, Nov 2012
2012 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Stiffness of the Hand”. Orthopedic Grand Rounds Nov 2012
2012 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Combining teams: Elbow Trauma”. Ortho Grand Rounds Oct 2012
2012 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Treatment of metacarpal fractures”. Ortho Grand Round May 2012
2012 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Biomechanics Part II”. Orthopedic Grand Rounds Mar 2012
2012 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Biomechanics Part I”. Orthopedic Grand Rounds Feb 2012
2012 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Kinematics of the wrist”. Orthopedic residents. Feb 2012
2011 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Complex Instability of the Elbow”. Ortho Grand Rounds Dec 2011.
2011 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Injuries of the Wrist” Medical Students, November 2011.
2010 Hadassah Ein Kerem. “Cubital tunnel syndrome” April 11, 2010
2009 University of Colorado Orthopedic Conference. “Elbow Fracture/Dislocations”. May 2009.
2008 Orthopedic Grand Rounds, Kaiser Colorado: “Update on wrist fractures: current concepts of volar locked plating. October 2008.
2008 University of Colorado Hand Conference. “Elbow Fracture/Dislocations”. March 21, 2008.
2007 University of Colorado Hand Conference. “Elbow Instability”. June 15, 2007.
2007 “Demystify the Thumb” A course for allied personnel. St. Joseph Hospital, April 2007. Course chairman and presentation included “The Thumb: Human vs. Other Apes”.
2006 “Demystify the Wrist” A course for allied personnel. St. Joseph Hospital, October 2006. Course chairman and presentations included “Biomechanics of the Wrist”.
2006 Kaiser Department of Rheumatology. “Wrist and Elbow Arthroplasty”. September 2006.
2005 “Demystify the Finger” A course for allied personnel. St. Joseph Hospital, August 2005. Course chairman and presentation included “Congenital Deformities”.
2004 Denver Hand Special Interest Group, Pres/St. Luke’s Hospital Oct 2004: “Radiation and Biomechanics”.
2004 “Demystify the Shoulder” A course for allied personnel. St. Joseph Hospital, August 2004. Course chairman and presentations included shoulder exam, and thoracic outlet syndrome.
2000 Lutheran Medical Center Grand Rounds February 2000: “Marketing your practice: Ethical & Practical Issues”.
1999 University of Colorado Health Sciences, Orthopedic Trauma Lecture November 1999: “Adult and Pediatric injuries to the Elbow”.
1999 Rocky Flats Nuclear Waste Site – Industrial Accidents to the Hand. May 1999
1998 Denver Hand Special Interest Group March 1998: “Fractures and Dislocations about the Elbow”
1998 Lutheran Medical Center Grand Rounds March 1998: “Management of Acute Pain after Surgical and Medical Procedures”
1997 Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Course for Primary Care Physicians and Allied Personnel, May 1997. Course chairman and presented “Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity”
1997 Lutheran Medical Center Grand Rounds Dec 1997:“Gordo the Orthopod Does Medicine in Calcutta”
1997 Lutheran Medical Center Grand Rounds, March 1997: “Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome”
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
2013 Barzilay Y, Schroeder JE, Safran O, Singer G, Hasharoni A, Hiller N, Gelfond R, Kaplan L: “Robotic assisted vertebral body augmentation-a radiation reduction tool”. Accepted for publication in Spine.
2005 Singer G, Herron D, Herron B. “Exposure for the large C-arm versus the mini C-arm using hand, wrist and elbow phantoms: larger is less”. J Hand Surgery 36(4):628-31..
2005 Singer G. “Commentary: Radiation Exposure in Hand Surgery”. J Hand Surgery 30:1317, Nov 2005.
2005 Singer G. “Radiation Exposure to the Hands of Hand Surgeons”. J Hand Surgery 30:795-797, July 2005.
2005 Singer G. “Occupational Radiation Exposure to the Surgeon”. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 13:69-76, Jan/Feb 2005.
2001 Singer G, Ashworth C: “Anatomic Variations and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 392:330-340, November 2001.
2000 Patzakis MJ, Bains RS, Jackson L, Shepherd L, Singer G, Ressler R, Harvey F, Holtom P: “Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study Comparing Single-Agent Antibiotic Therapy, Ciprofloxacin, to Combination Antibiotic Therapy in Open Fracture Wounds. J of Ortho Trauma 14(8):529-533, Nov 2000.
1998 Singer G, Ebramzadeh E, Jones NF, Meals R: “Use of the Taguchi Method for Biomechanical Comparison of Flexor-Tendon-Repair Techniques to Allow Immediate Active Flexion. A New Method of Analysis and Optimization of Technique to Improve the Quality of the Repair” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 80A:1498-1506, October 1998.
1997 Headley BJ, Singer G: “Sifting Through CTS Symptoms”. Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation:41-45, June 1997.
1995 Kao JT, Giangarra CE, Singer G, Martin S: “A Comparison of Outpatient and Inpatient Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery”. Arthroscopy 11:151-156, 1995.
1994 Singer G, Thordarson D: “Train Versus Pedestrian Injuries: Orthopedic Management”. Orthopedic Review: Aspects of Trauma: 30-34, Feb 1994.
1992 Davies JP, Singer G, Harris WH: “The effect of a thin coating of poly-methylmethacrylate on the torsional fatigue strength of the cement-metal interface. J Appl Biomater 1992;3:45-9.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1987-1989 Mass General Hospital & MIT, Biomechanics Laboratory William H. Harris, M.D. & Robert W. Mann, Scud. MIT Master’s Thesis: “Bone-Implant Stiffness in a Canine Model” Accepted June 1989
1979-1980 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Sept 1979 – June 1980
Participated in project utilizing genetic mapping of industrial microorganism (Streptomyces griseus)
PROFESSIONAL COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS
2013 OKU Update 10 Home Study AAOS CME 50
2013 Orthopaedic Self-Assessment Exam 2011 CME 20
2013 Self-assessment examination ASSH CME 20
2013 8th Zurich Workshop on Hand Flaps SGH 12/SGPRAC 16
2013 Journal of Hand Surgery, Associate Editor CME 6
2013 Advanced Elbow Arthroscopy, Mayo Clinic CME 13.5
2012 Journal of Hand Surgery, Associate Editor CME 15
2011 Self-assessment examination ASSH CME 20
2011 Advanced Elbow Skills:Stiffness Mayo Clinic CME 11.75
2010 Online Certification: Pain Assess & Mngmnt CME 13
2009 Comprehensive Review Course Hand Surgery CME 8.5
2008 Surgical Techniques in Ortho: Elbow Arthroscopy CME 3
2008 Techniques in Orthopedic Trauma CME 7
2008 Selective exposures: The elbow CME 3
2008 Pediatric orthopedic trauma CME 6
2008 The Athlete’s Elbow CME 20
2009 Comprehensive review in hand surgery, Chicago CME 8.5
2008 Advanced Elbow Skills:Arthroplasty Mayo Clinic CME 14
2008 Online education AAOS elbow and genrl trauma CME 39
2007 Advanced Elbow Skills: Arthroscopy Mayo Clinic CME 11.5
2007 ASSH Advanced Tech in Elbow Surgery CME 16.5
2006 Amer Society for Surg Hand Annual Meeting CME 33
2005 ASSH “The Elbow: Unforgiving Joint”` CME 22.75
2003 Amer Society for Surg Hand Annual Meeting CME 30.5
2002 Amer Society for Surg Hand Annual Meeting CME 35.5
2001 Amer Society for Surg Hand Annual Meeting CME 28.5
1999 Amer Society for Surg Hand Annual Meeting CME 23
1998 Disorders of the Wrist CME 20
1997 Amer Society for Surg Hand Annual Meeting CME 25
INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
- Worked as commercial fisherman Kodiak, Alaska
- Travel including Nepal, India, China, Egypt, Europe
- Certified advanced SCUBA diver since 1975
- UCLA Varsity Fencing Team, Varsity letter 1985
- Black Belt Karate
