DavidJBozentkaMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Philadelphia, PA

Hand Surgery

Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine

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Office
3737 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-3340

Fax+1 215-349-5128
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Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 1992 - 1993
West Virginia UniversityResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1987 - 1992
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1992 - 2024
NJ State Medical License 1993 - 2003
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Surgery of the Hand

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2014
Philadelphia Magazine Castle Connolly, 2006-2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Complications and Revision Surgery of Forearm Fractures.
Viviana M Serra Lopez, Chia H Wu, David J Bozentka> ;Hand Clinics. 2023 Aug 1
Investigating Patient-Level Radiation Exposure in Hand and Wrist Fracture Surgery.
Wen Xu, Adrienne N Christopher, Sophia Hu, David R Steinberg, David J Bozentka, Ines C Lin> ;Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2022 May 1
2 citations
Distal Radius Fracture and the Distal Radioulnar Joint.
Christina Nypaver, David J. Bozentka> ;Hand Clinics. 2021 May 1
7 citations
Four-Year Follow-Up of the World's First Pediatric Bilateral Hand-Forearm Transplants: Do They Grow as Expected?
Saïd C. Azoury, Niv Milbar, Rotem Kimia, Jie C. Nguyen, Sammy Othman, Christine McAndrew, Stephen J. Kovach, Robert B. Carrigan, David R. Steinberg, David J. Bozentka,...> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2020 Dec 1
3 citations
Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound Evaluations of Zone II Partial Flexor Tendon Lacerations: A Cadaveric Study.
Andrew R. Stephens, Kristin L. Buterbaugh, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Steinberg, David J. Bozentka, Viviane Khoury, Nikolas H. Kazmers> ;Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2021 Aug 1
Bilateral Plexiform Neurofibromas of the Posterior Interosseous Nerve Mimicking Dorsal Wrist Ganglions.
Rikesh A. Gandhi, David J. Bozentka> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2020 Aug 1
11 citations
Predicting Outcomes After Distal Radius Fracture: A 24-Center International Clinical Trial of Older Adults.
Kevin C. Chung, H. Myra Kim, Sunitha Malay, Melissa J. Shauver, Steven C. Haase, Jeffrey N. Lawton, John R. Lien, Adeyiza O. Momoh, Kagan Ozer, Erika D. Sears, Jennife...> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2019 Jul 23
12 citations
Logistics in Coordinating the First Adult Transatlantic Bilateral Hand Transplant: Lessons Learned.
Oded Ben-Amotz, Erwin A. Kruger, Christine McAndrew, Laurent Lantieri, David J. Bozentka, David R. Steinberg, Benjamin B. Chang, L. Scott Levin> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2018 Sep 1
3 citations
The Effect of Computed Tomography Scans Oriented Along the Longitudinal Scaphoid Axis on Measurements of Deformity and Displacement in Scaphoid Fractures.
Adnan N. Cheema, Paul J. Niziolek, David R. Steinberg, Bruce Kneeland, Nikolas H. Kazmers, David J. Bozentka> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2018 Jun 13
1 citations
Partial Hand Transplant: Lessons Learned From Cadaveric Dissection Studies.
Valeriy Shubinets, Christine McAndrew, Jaclyn T. Mauch, Alyssa Ricker Glennon, Stephen J. Kovach, Benjamin L. Gray, David R. Steinberg, David J. Bozentka, Laurent Lant...> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2018 May 25
7 citations
Patient- and Disease-Specific Factors Associated With Operative Management of de Quervain Tendinopathy.
Nikolas H. Kazmers, Tiffany C. Liu, Joshua A. Gordon, David J. Bozentka, David R. Steinberg, Benjamin L. Gray> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2017 Nov 1
2 citations
Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Zone II Partial Flexor Tendon Lacerations of the Fingers: A Cadaveric Study.
Nikolas H. Kazmers, Joshua A. Gordon, Kristen L. Buterbaugh, David J. Bozentka, David R. Steinberg, Viviane Khoury> ;Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2018 Apr 1
31 citations
18-month outcomes of heterologous bilateral hand transplantation in a child: a case report
Sandra Amaral, Sudha Kilaru Kessler, Todd J. Levy, William Gaetz, Christine McAndrew, Benjamin B. Chang, Sonya Lopez, Emily Braham, Deborah Humpl, Michelle Hsia, Kelly...> ;The Lancet. Child & Adolescent Health. 2017 Sep 1
1 citations
Deferring Routine Wrist Radiography Does Not Affect Management of de Quervain Tendinopathy Patients
Nikolas H. Kazmers, Tiffany C. Liu, Chia H. Wu, David R. Steinberg, David J. Bozentka, L. Scott Levin, Benjamin L. Gray> ;Journal of Wrist Surgery. 2017 Aug 14
5 citations
Acute Deep Infections of the Upper Extremity: The Utility of Obtaining Atypical Cultures in the Presence of Purulence
Nikolas H. Kazmers, George W. Fryhofer, Daniel J. Gittings, David J. Bozentka, David R. Steinberg, Benjamin L. Gray> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2017 Aug 1
Hematoma of the Flexor Tendon Sheath Mimicking Acute Septic Tenosynovitis: A Case Report.
Jonathan B. Slaughter, Nicholas Pulos, Daniel P. Lim, David J. Bozentka> ;JBJS Case Connector. 2016 Aug 24
7 citations
Carpal Ligament Anatomy and Biomechanics
Nicholas Pulos, David J. Bozentka> ;Hand Clinics. 2015 Aug 1
15 citations
Management of complications of flexor tendon injuries.
Nicholas Pulos, David J. Bozentka> ;Hand Clinics. 2015 May 1
6 citations
Timing of forearm arterial repair in the well-perfused limb.
Min Jung Park, Itai Gans, Ines C. Lin, Lawrence Scott Levin, David J. Bozentka, David R. Steinberg> ;Orthopedics. 2014 Jun 1
13 citations
Technical implications in proximal forearm transplantation.
Nicholas T. Haddock, Benjamin B. Chang, David J. Bozentka, David R. Steinberg, Lawrence Scott Levin> ;Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery. 2013 Dec 1
2 citations
Rate of clinically significant posttraumatic arthritis after small finger intra-articular carpometacarpal fractures.
Min Jung Park, Nick D. Pappas, John Kim, David J. Bozentka> ;Orthopedics. 2013 Aug 1
13 citations
Reflections 1 year into the 21-center national institutes of health-funded wrist study: A primer on conducting a multicenter clinical trial
Kevin C. Chung, H. Myra Kim, Steven C. Haase, Jeffrey N. Lawton, Kagan Ozer, Jennifer F. Waljee, Kate W. Nellans, Sunitha Malay, Melissa J. Shauver, Tamara D. Rozental...> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2013 Jun 1
13 citations
Immobilization in supination versus neutral following surgical treatment of Galeazzi fracture-dislocations in adults: case series.
Min Jung Park, Nick D. Pappas, David R. Steinberg, David J. Bozentka> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2012 Mar 1
3 citations
Quadrimembral amputation: indications and contraindications for vascularized composite allotransplantation.
Abtin Foroohar, River M. Elliott, L. Fei, David R. Steinberg, David J. Bozentka, Benjamin B. Chang, Stephen J. Kovach, Abraham Shaked, Lawrence Scott Levin> ;Transplantation Proceedings. 2011 Nov 1
1 citations
Case Report: Pseudotendon Formation after a Type III Flexor Digitorum Profundus Avulsion
Nick Pappas, Nancy Major, David J. Bozentka> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2011 May 3
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