ThomasW.WrightJr.MD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Gainesville, FL

Elbow Surgery, Hand Surgery, Shoulder Surgery

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University Fla College of Medicine

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Office
3450 Hull Road PO box 112727
UF Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone+1 352-273-7375

Fax+1 352-273-7388
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Education & Training

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 1989 - 1990
University of FloridaResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1984 - 1989
University of Florida College of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1983 - 1984
University of Florida College of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1985 - 2025
CA State Medical License 1989 - 2022
MN State Medical License 1989 - 1990
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Surgery of the Hand

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012

Clinical Trials

Arthroscopy and Manipulation vs a Home Therapy Program in the Treatment of Adhesive Capsulitis Start of enrollment: 1997 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 4
Outcome Study of Complex Distal Radius Fractures Start of enrollment: 2001 Apr 01
Completed
Safety and Effectiveness Study of Ascension's PyroCarbon Radial Head Compared to Ascension's Metal Radial Head Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Hydrogen Peroxide to the Wound Following Surgical Incision Affecting Cultures in Primary Shoulder Arthroplast Start of enrollment: 2021 Jan 26
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Insertion sites of latissimus dorsi tendon transfer performed during reverse shoulder arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Taylor R Rakauskas, Kevin A Hao, Robert J Cueto, Jean-David Werthel, Erick M Marigi, Jonathan O Wright, Joseph J King, Thomas W Wright, Bradley S Schoch, Keegan M Hones> ;Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Surgery & Research. 2024 Mar 30
The influence of depression on clinical outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic Review.
Victoria E Bindi, Hailey L Hampton, Kevin A Hao, Keegan M Hones, Bradley S Schoch, Thomas W Wright, Joseph J King> ;European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 2024 Mar 25
Utility of Superior Augments in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty (Exactech, Equinoxe GPS) without Significant Glenoid Deformity.
Christopher P Roche, Pierre-Henri Flurin, Jay M Levin, Eoghan Hurley, Christopher A Colasanti, Peter N Chalmers, Joseph D Zuckerman, Thomas Wright, Oke Anakwenze, Chri...> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Mar 19
Disease severity versus pain severity: Range of motion differences during single- and multiplanar tasks in women with carpometacarpal osteoarthritis.
Tamara Ordonez Diaz, Samuel Licht, Thomas W Wright, Jennifer A Nichols> ;Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2024 Mar 14
Stratification of the Minimal Clinically Important Difference, Substantial Clinical Benefit, and Patient Acceptable Symptomatic State after Total Shoulder Arthroplasty...
Ryan W Simovitch, Josie Elwell, Christopher A Colasanti, Kevin A Hao, Richard J Friedman, Pierre-Henri Flurin, Thomas W Wright, Bradley S Schoch, Christopher P Roche, ...> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Mar 8
Four-Corner Fusion Versus Proximal Row Carpectomy for Scapholunate Advanced Collapse and Scaphoid Nonunion Advanced Collapse Wrist: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Hones, K., Hao, K., Rakauskas, T., Densley, S., Hampton, H., Kim, J., Wright, T., Chim, H., Hones, K.> ;The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2024 Feb 27
Variable Return to Play and Sport Performance After Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Baseball Players: A Systematic Review.
Hones, K., Keegan M Hones, Sravya Kamarajugadda, Timothy R Buchanan, Brandon Portnoff, Kevin A Hao, Jongmin Kim, Jonathan O Wright, Joseph J King, Thomas W Wright, Bra...> ;Arthroscopy. 2024 Feb 8
Impact of Accumulating Risk Factors on the Incidence of Dislocation After Primary Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Using a Medial Glenoid Lateral Humerus Onlay Pros...
Parsons, M., Elwell, J., Muh, S., Wright, T., Flurin, P., Zuckerman, J., Roche, C.> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Feb 3
Predictors of adequate pain control after outpatient hand and upper extremity surgery.
Hones, K., Colin Swigler, Keegan M Hones, Joseph J King, Thomas W Wright, Aimee M Struk, Robert C Matthias> ;European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 2024 Apr 1
2 citations
Predictors of dislocations after reverse shoulder arthroplasty: a study by the ASES complications of RSA multicenter research group.
Smith, K., Smith, K., , Lohre, R., Swanson, D., Mahendraraj, K., Elmallah, R., Glass, E., Dunn, W., Cannon, D., Friedman, L., Gaudette, J., Green, J., Grobaty, L., Gut...> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
Two-year minimum survivorship and radiographic analysis of a pressfit short humeral stem for total shoulder arthroplasty.
Larose, G., Greene, A., Roche, C., Faber, K., Antuña, S., Flurin, P., Aibinder, W., Grey, S., Routman, H., Wright, T., Zuckerman, J., Virk, M.> ;JSES International. 2024 Jan 1
Influence of acromioclavicular joint arthritis on outcomes after reverse total shoulder.
Schneider, B., Hao, K., Pazik, M., Taylor, J., Wright, J., Wright, T., Schoch, B., King, J.> ;JSES International. 2024 Jan 1
Graft choice and techniques used in elbow ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction over the last 20 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hones, K., Keegan M Hones, Trevor Simcox, Kevin A Hao, Brandon Portnoff, Timothy R Buchanan, Sravya Kamarajugadda, Jongmin Kim, Jonathan O Wright, Joseph J King, Thoma...> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 May 1
Does hydrogen peroxide application to the dermis following surgical incision affect Cutibacterium acnes cultures in total shoulder arthroplasty in male patients? A ran...
Hao, K., Sutton, C., Vasilopoulos, T., Struk, A., Wright, J., King, J., Farmer, K., Schoch, B., Wright, T., Ritter, A.> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Mar 1
Risk factors of acromial and scapular spine stress fractures differ by indication: a study by the ASES Complications of Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Multicenter Resea...
Smith, K., Smith, K., , Lohre, R., Swanson, D., Mahendraraj, K., Elmallah, R., Glass, E., Dunn, W., Cannon, D., Friedman, L., Gaudette, J., Green, J., Grobaty, L., Gut...> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2023 Dec 1
Mitigating Fracture of the Acromion and Scapular Spine After Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Critical Analysis Review of Patient and Surgical Risk Factors.
Buchanan, T., Bindi, V., Caban-Klepac, E., Hao, K., Hones, K., Wright, T., Schoch, B., King, J.> ;JBJS Reviews. 2023 Dec 1
Clinical outcomes of anatomical versus reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in patients with primary osteoarthritis, an intact rotator cuff, and limited forward elevation.
Amy P Trammell, Kevin A Hao, Keegan M Hones, Jonathan O Wright, Thomas W Wright, Terrie Vasilopoulos, Bradley S Schoch, Joseph J King> ;The Bone & Joint Journal. 2023 Dec 1
Anatomic versus reverse total shoulder arthroplasty outcomes after prior contralateral anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty in patients with bilateral primary osteoart...
Lacie M Turnbull, Kevin A Hao, Victoria E Bindi, Jonathan O Wright, Thomas W Wright, Kevin W Farmer, Terrie Vasilopoulos, Aimee M Struk, Bradley S Schoch, Joseph J King> ;International Orthopaedics. 2024 Mar 1
Early outcomes after first reverse total shoulder arthroplasty better prognosticate contralateral success compared with early outcomes after anatomic total shoulder ar...
Kevin A Hao, Victoria E Bindi, Lacie M Turnbull, Jonathan O Wright, Thomas W Wright, Kevin W Farmer, Terrie Vasilopoulos, Aimee M Struk, Bradley S Schoch, Joseph J King> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2023 Nov 23
1 citations
Influence of lateralized versus medialized reverse shoulder arthroplasty design on external and internal rotation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Kevin A Hao, Robert J Cueto, Christel Gharby, David Freeman, Joseph J King, Thomas W Wright, Diana Almader-Douglas, Bradley S Schoch, Jean-David Werthel> ;Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow. 2024 Mar 1
Relationship between the prosthesis scapular neck angle and clinical outcomes in reverse shoulder arthroplasty.
M Zino Kuhn, Kevin A Hao, Robert J Cueto, Ethan W Dean, Joseph J King, Bradley S Schoch, Jonathan O Wright, Kevin W Farmer, Aimee M Struk, Thomas W Wright> ;Shoulder & Elbow. 2023 Nov 1
Prognostic value of the Walch classification for patients before and after shoulder arthroplasty performed for osteoarthritis with an intact rotator cuff.
Ryan W Simovitch, Kevin A Hao, Josie Elwell, Samuel Antuna, Pierre-Henri Flurin, Thomas W Wright, Bradley S Schoch, Christopher P Roche, Zachary A Ehrlich, Christopher...> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
Quantifying success after first revision reverse total shoulder arthroplasty: the minimal and substantial clinically important percentage of maximal possible improvement.
Kevin A Hao, Keegan M Hones, Daniel S O'Keefe, Supreeya A Saengchote, Lacie M Turnbull, Jonathan O Wright, Thomas W Wright, Kevin W Farmer, Aimee M Struk, Ryan W Simov...> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Mar 1
Does achieving clinically important thresholds after first shoulder arthroplasty predict similar outcomes of the contralateral shoulder?
Lacie M Turnbull, Kevin A Hao, Ramesh C Srinivasan, Jonathan O Wright, Thomas W Wright, Kevin W Farmer, Terrie Vasilopoulos, Aimee M Struk, Bradley S Schoch, Joseph J ...> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Apr 1
Clinical outcomes of anatomic vs. reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in primary osteoarthritis with preoperative external rotation weakness and an intact rotator cuff...
Kevin A Hao, Amy P Trammell, Jonathan O Wright, Thomas W Wright, Terrie Vasilopoulos, Bradley S Schoch, Joseph J King, Hones, K., Keegan M Hones> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2024 Apr 1
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Press Mentions

Le Système De Remplacement D'épaule Sans Tige Equinoxe® D'Exactech Fait Ses Débuts en EuropeSeptember 17th, 2021
Research Advances Understanding of Life-Threatening Lung Inflammation Following FluOctober 29th, 2020