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| State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Orthopaedics |
| CURRICULUM VITAE | ![]() |
| Christopher L. Hamill, M.D. | |
| Present Position Clinical Associate Professor | |
| Office Address(es) University Orthopaedic Center 4949 Harlem Road Amherst, New York 14226 100 College Parkway Suite 100 Williamsville, New York 14221 | |
| Education Colgate University, Hamilton New York, B.A. 1984 State University of New York at Buffalo, M.D. 1989 |
| Hospital Training General Surgery Internship, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989-90 Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1990-94 Spine Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital 1994-95 |
| Current Professional Appointments Clinical Associate Professor / Fellowship Director Department of Orthopaedics, State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Certification ABOS Written Examination 1994 National Board of Medical Examiners Part I 1987 Part II 1989 Part III 1990 Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners - 1990 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - 1998 |
| Licensure New York and Missouri |
| Current Professional Activities/Committees Fellow, Scoliosis Research Society Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons North American Spine Society Western New York Orthopaedic Society American Medical Association Medical Society, County of Erie Medical Society, State of New York American Society of General Surgeons The Scoliosis Association of Western New York, Chapter 21 |
| Publications Hamill, C.L., Simmons, E.H. (October 1997) Inter and intra observer variability in grading lumbar spine fusions. Journal of Spinal Disorders 10 (5) 387-390 Hamill C.L., Lenke, L.G., Bridwell, K.H., Chapman, M.P., Blanke, K., Baldus, C. (May 1996) The use of pedicle screw fixation to improve correction in the lumbar spine of patients with idiopathic scoliosis. Is it warranted? Spine 21 (10) 1241 – 1249 Hamill, C.L., Bridwell, K.H., Lenke, L.G., Chapman, M.P., Baldus, C., Blanke, K. (June 1997) Posterior arthrodesis in the skeletally immature patient. Assessing the risk for crankshaft: is an open triradiate cartilage the answer? Spine 22 (12) 1343 – 1351 Komanetsky, R.M., Padberg, A.M., Lenke, L.G., Bridwell, K.H. Russo, M.H., Chapman, M.P., Hamill, C.L. (February 1998) Neurogenic motor evoked potentials: a prospective comparison of stimulation methods in spinal deformity surgery. Journal of Spinal Disorders 11 (1) 21-28 Hamill, C.L. The treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. Current Opinion in Orthopaedics 2003, 14: 119-126 Polly, D.W. Jr., Hamill, C.L., Bridwell, K.H. (September 2006) To fuse or not to fuse the sacrum, the fate of the L5-S1 disc. Spine 31 (19) S179-184 |
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