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Ronald Joseph, M.D.

EDUCATION:

Northwestern University, B.S./Medicine 1967
Evanston, Illinois

                                                                Northwestern University Medical School M.D.
                                                                June 1970
                                                                Chicago, Illinois

                                                                                INTERNSHIP:
                                                                Mayo Graduate School of Medicine - Orthopaedic Surgery
                                                                1970-1971
                                                                Rochester, Minnesota

               RESIDENCY:
                Mayo Graduate School of Medicine – Orthopaedic Surgery
                1971-1975
                Rochester, Minnesota

                                                                              FELLOWSHIP:
                                                                Post Graduate Fellowship: Hand & Microvascular Surgery
                                                                Dr. Jack Tupper/ Samuel Merritt Hospital
                                                                1976
                                                                Oakland, California

                                                                R.K. Davies Medical Center and Microvascular Lab, 1976
                                                                Harry Buncke, M.D. (non-fellowship)
                                                                San Francisco, California

PRIVATE PRACTICE:
Limited to HAND,SHOULER & UPPER EXTREMITY SURGERY: 1976-present
(Microsurgery/Replantation) Arthritis and Reconstructive
Surgery of the Hand, Shoulder &Upper Extremity

                                                ARIZONA INSTITUTE OF HAND AND SHOULDER SPECIALISTS, P.C.
                                                                1992-Present
                                                                Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Sun City, Tempe,
                                                                Bullhead City, Kingman,   and Aspen, Colorado

                                                                PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
                                                                Midwestern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
                                                                1997- Present
                                                                Adjunct Assistant Professor/Consultant
                                                                Glendale, Arizona

                                                                Chairman, Orthopedic Surgery, Phoenix Memorial Hospital
                                                                2004-2005
                                                                Phoenix, Arizona

                                                                Clinical Consultant Ascension Medical Device Company
                                                                Shoulder design consultant
                                                                2005-Present

AFFILIATIONS

BOARD CERTIFIED-1977 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

BOARD CERTIFIED-1989 &1999 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery-Surgery of the Hand

BOARD CERTIFIED-1997 &2002 American Board of Independent Examiners

FELLOW American College of Surgeons

MEMBER American Association for Hand Surgery

FELLOW American Board of Forensic Examiners

DIPLOMATE American Board of Forensic Medicine

MEMBER American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

MEMBER International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand

MEMBER Mayo Hand Club

MEMBER Arizona Geriatric Society

MEMBER Arizona Orthopaedic Society

MEMBER American Medical Association

MEMBER Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

MEMBER Maricopa Medical Society

MEMBER Mayo Alumni Association

MEMBER Arizona Medical Association

MEMBER UNITED STATES OLYMPIANS

RESEARCH:

Adjunct Research Scientist with Harrington Arthritis Research Center
Phoenix, Arizona

                                                   Arizona CMC Joint- Developed & designed by Ronald B. Joseph, M.D. and Leonard S. Bodell, M.D.
                                                   Produced by Techmedica
                                                   TITAN SHOULDER – HUMERAL HEAD RESURFACE PROSTHESIS-Developed & designed by
                                                   Ronald B. Joseph, M.D. and Jerry Klawitter, Ph.D with Ascension Orthopedics

PUBLICATIONS:

                                                 “CHRONIC SPRAINS OF THE CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS,”
                                                   Journal of Hand Surgery, Volume 6, No. 2 pg. 172-180, March 1981, Ronald B. Joseph, M.D.,
                                                   Ronald L. Linscheid, M.D., et al.

                                                 “PROSTAGLANDIN EL IN HAND ANGIOGRAPHY,”
                                                  American Journal of Radiology, Volume 141, pg. 1043-1046, November 1983, Jonathon M. Levy, M.D.,
                                                  Ronald B. Joseph, M.D., Leonard L. Bodell, M.D., Paul W Nykamp, M.D. and Samuel J. Hessel, M.D.

“PAINFUL DYSFUNCTION OF THE THUMB CMC JOINT WITH EATON PROSTHESIS,”
American Association for Hand Surgery, Toronto, Canada, September 1988.

                                                “RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTIES
                                                  WITH SUTTER ARTHROPLASTIES,”
                                                  Internal Society of Surgery of the Hand Meeting, Paris, France, May 23-30, 1992.

“EXERCISE THAT’LL BOWL YOU OVER,”
The Physician and Sports Medicine. Volume 19, No. 3, March 1991.

“HUMERAL HEAD RESURFACING: A NEW APPROACH TO SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY,”
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 20-21, 1993.

                                              “USE OF HO: YAG LASER IN SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY,”
                                                Orthopaedic and Spine Laser Surgery: An International Symposium, Abbott Northwestern Hospital,
                                                Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 20-22, 1993.

“RHEUMATIC THERAPEUTICS SYMPOSIUM,”
Advance Orthopaedics and Arthritis Centers, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 23-25, 1993

“HUMERAL HEAD SURFACING; ANEW APPROACH TO SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY,”
Arizona Orthopaedic Society, Apache Junction, Arizona, June 12-13, 1993.

“HAND, SHOULDER & UPPER EXTREMITY ANATOMY & TREATMENT,”
National Association for Orthopaedic Nurses, May 10, 1995.

“NEW TREATMENT OF OLD PROBLEMS: HANDS & SHOULDERS,”
Mesa General Hospital, November 9, 1996.l

“CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME & SHOULDER ANATOMY,”
Rehabilitation Insurance Nurses Group, Phoenix, Arizona, March 7, 2001

“HUMERAL HEAD RESURFACING: TECHNIQUE & THEORY”
Biomet Shoulder Symposium, Palm Springs, California, April 9, 2002.

“DEGENERATIVE SHOULDER & ELBOW / ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR”
Biomet Shoulder Symposium, Detroit, Michigan, October 9, 2002

“ARTHROSCOPY GLENOHUMERAL JOINT / HUMERAL HEAD RESURFACING”
Medical Education Resources, Park City, Utah, January 19, 2003