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Department of Orthopaedics
State University of New York at Buffalo



CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert D. Galpin, MD, FRCSC
Present Position
Chief of Orthopaedics
Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Office Address(es)
219 Bryant Street
Buffalo, New York 14222

4949 Harlem Road
Amherst, New York 14226

University Orthopaedic Center - Southtowns
Mercy Ambulatory Care Center
Suite 207
3671 Southwestern Boulevard
Orchard Park, New York 14127

Education
University of Western Ontario MD 1977
University of Western Ontario BA 1973
Hospital Training
Toronto East General and Orthopaedic Hospital Internship 1977-78
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency University of Western Ontario 1978-82
AO Traumatology Fellowship Harbor View Medical Center 1/84-4/84
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children 7/86-6/87
Current Professional Appointments
Chief of Orthopaedics at the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Clinical Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo
Certification
Royal College of Surgeons 1982, ABOS 1986, re-certification 12/96
Licensure
New York, Georgia and Ontario, Canada
Current Professional Activities/Committees
Surgical Heads Committee, Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Role in Residency Training Program
Teaching of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery to all residents at SUNY at Buffalo training program
Facilitate/foster clinical research at The Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Publications

Carey TP, Galpin RD.:
Flexible Intramedullary Nail Fixation of Pediatric Femoral Fractures.
Clinical Orthopaedics 332: 110-118, November 1996

Pugh DW, Galpin RD, Carey TP:
Intramedullary Steinmann Pin Fixation of Pediatric Forearm Fracture.
Clinical Orthopaedics 336: 39-48, July 2000

Buckley R, Tough S, McCormack R, Pate G, Leighton R, Petrie D, Galpin R:
Prospective, Randomized Clinical Multi-Centre Trial: Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment of Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneus Fractures - A Two / Eight Year Follow-Up
(in press)

Csizy M, Buckley R, Smith J, Tough S, McCormack R, Pate G, Leighton R, Petrie D, Galpin R:
Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneus Fractures - Who Fails Treatment and Needs a Subtalar Fusion
(in press)

Howard JL, Buckley R, Mccormack R, Pate G, Leighton R, Petrie D, Galpin R:
Complications Following Management of Displaced Intra-articular Calcaneal Fractures - A Prospective Randomized Trial comparing Open Reduction Internal Fixation With Non-Operative Management
(in press)

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