James D. Dowd, MD, F.A.C.S.

Dr. Dowd received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Davis. He was a member of the Phi Sigma Honor Society. He completed is MD at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. Dr. Dowd is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Education:

1984 – Bachelor of Arts in Physiology, University of California, Davis, graduating Phi Sigma Honor               Society
1988 – Doctorate of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine

Clinic Experience:

1990 – Present San Francisco Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Training Program, 1994 graduate
1989 – 1990 Martin Luther King Junior Medical Center Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
1988 – 1989 University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Hospital General Surgery                        Internship

Research Experience:

1991 – Present Trapeziometacarpal Joint Arthritis Study, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center,
           Oakland,CA
1989 – 1990 Meniscal Repair Study, Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
1987 – 1988 Selenium Supplementation Study, University of California, San Diego
1982 – 1984 Osteomyelitis Study, University of California, Davis

Publications:

Dowd J. Hoffman R.; “Treatment of Advanced Trapeziometacarpal Arthritis with Ligament Resonstruction Tendon Interposition Arthoplasty”, submitted to AOA 1993 meeting

Sharpe F. Dowd J., et al; “The Early Healing Response of Meniscal Tissue to Mechanical Injury: A Histological and Scanning Electron Microscopy Evaluation”, Ortho Res Soc Mar 1991

Merritt K., Dowd J.; Role of Internal Fixation of Open Fractures: Studies with Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus mirabilis”; J Orthop Res 5:23-28, 1987

Merritt K., Dowd J.; “Fracture Site Motion and Infection”; Europ Soc of Biomaterials, Sept 1984

Merritt K., Dowd J.; “Factors Affecting Infection Rates of Open Fractures”; Ortho Res Soc, Jan 1985

Merritt K., Dowd J.; “Effect of Internal Fixation on Infection Rates in Open Fractures”; Ortho Res Soc, Feb 1984