Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon Edward M. DelSole, M.D.

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) Part 1: Pass
• September 2018

Fellowship
Spine Surgery
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship Directors: Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA and Alan S. Hilibrand, MD

Residency
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital for Joint Diseases/NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY

Graduate Medical Education
NYU School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine

Undergraduate Education
The University of Scranton
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
Minor, Philosophy (Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Honors Program)
Magna cum laude
Dean's list all semesters
President, Health Professions Organization

New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
• Resident Member
• Delegate to the Resident Assembly (2015-2017)

North American Spine Society
• Resident/Fellow Member

Scoliosis Research Society
• Fellow Member

American Orthopaedic Society (AOA) Emerging Leaders Program (2018 - Present)

AOSpine North America/AO Foundation
• Member since 2018

The Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
• Member since 2018

Medical Alumni Council of the University of Scranton
• Executive Committee Member (2018 - Present)

The American Journal of Orthopaedics, Resident Advisory Board (2015-2018)

The Journal of Arthroplasty
• Peer Reviewer (2016 - Present)

Clinical Spine Surgery
• Editorial Board Member (2018 - Present)

1. Best Scientific Exhibit - AAOS 2017 Annual Meeting
• Eftekhary N, Elbuluk A, DelSole EM, Iorio R, Schwarzkopf R, Vigdorchik JM, Buckland AJ. The spinopelvic relationship: A stepwise approach to ensuring stability in high-risk dislocation patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. AAOS 2017, New Orleans, LA

2. Excellence in Musculoskeletal Clinical Rotation Award
• NYU School of Medicine (2013)

3. Dr. Saul J. Farber Award for Excellence in a Public Health Research Project
• NYU School of Medicine (2012)

4. Raymond J. Brianza Scholarship
• NYU School of Medicine (2009 - 2013)

1. Passias PG, Bortz C, Alas H, Segreto FA, Horn SR, Iiherjirika YU, Vasquez-Montes D, Pierce KE, Brown AE, Shenoy K, DelSole EM, Johnson B, Zhou PL, Deflorimonte C, Dhillon ES, Jankowski PP, Diebo BG, Lafage V, Lafage R, Vira SN, Bendo JA, Goldstein JA, Schwab FJ, Gerling MC. Alcoholism as a predictor for pseudoarthrosis in primary spine fusion: an analysis of risk factors and 30-day outcomes for 52,402 patients from 2005-2013. J Orthop. 2018 Dec 20;16(1):36-40. PMID 30662235.

2. Segreto FA, Vasquez-Montes D, Bortz CA, Horn SR, Diebo BG, Vira S, Kelly JJ, Stekas N, Ge DH, Ihejirika YU, Lafage R, Lafage V, Karamitopoulos M, DelSole EM, Hockley A, Petrizzo AM, Buckland AJ, Errico TJ, Gerling MC, Passias PG. Impact of presenting patient characteristics on surgical complications and morbidity in early onset scoliosis. J Clin Neurosci. 2019 Jan 8. PMID 30635164.

3. Passias PG, Botz CA, Pierce KE, Segreto FA, Horn SR, Vasquez-Montes D, Lafage V, Brown AE, Ihejirika Y, Alas H, Varlotta C, Ge DH, Shepard N, Oh C, DelSole EM, Jankowski PP, Hockley A, Diebo BG, Vira SN, Sciubba DM, Raad M, Neuman BJ, Gerling MC. Decreased Rates of 30-day preoperative complications following ASD-corrective surgery: A modified Clavien analysis of 3300 patients form 2010 to 2014. J Clin Neurosci. 2018 May;8(3):218-233. PMID 29796368.

4. Passias PG, Poorman GW, DelSole EM, Zhou PL, Horn SR, Jalai CM, Vira S, Diebo B, Lafage V. Adverse outcomes and prediction of cardiopulmonary complications in elective spine surgery. Global Spine J. 2018 May;8(3):218-223. PMID 29796368.

5. Day LM, DelSole EM, Beaubrun BM, Zhou PL, Moon JY, Tishelman JC, Vigdorchik JM, Schwarzkopf R, Lafage R, Lafage V, Protopsaltis T, Buckland AJ. Radiological severity of hip osteoarthritis in patients with adult spinal deformity: the effect on spinopelvic and lower extremity compensatory mechanisms. Eur Spine J. 2018 Feb 7. PMID 29417324.

6. Buckland AJ, DelSole EM, George S, Vira S, Lafage V, Errico TJ, Vigdorchik J. Sagittal pelvic orientation: A comparison of two methods of measurement. Bull Hosp Jt Dis. 2017 Dec;75(4):234-240.

7. DelSole EM, Vigdorchik JM, Schwarzkopf R, Eerrico TJ, Buckland AJ. Total hip arthroplasty in the spinal deformity population: Does degree of sagittal deformity affect rates of safe zone placement, instability, or revision? J. Arthroplasty. 2017 June;32(6) 1910-1917. PMID 28153459.

8. Ferrero E, Lafage R, Vira S, Pierre-Yives R, Oren J, DelSole EM, Guigui, Pierre, Schwab F, Lafage V, Skalli W. Three-dimensional reconstruction using stereoradiography for evaluating adult spinal deformity: a reproducibility study. Eur Spine J. Accepted for publication August 2016.

9. DelSole EM, Egol, KA, Tejwani, NT. Construct Choice for the Treatment of Displaced Comminuted Olecranon Fractures: Are Locked Plates a Cost Effective Option? Iowa Orthop J. 2016.

10. Davidovitch RI, DelSole EM, Vigdorchik JV. Subspine Impingement: A Previously Unreported Cause of Instability in Total Hip Arthroplasty. Hip Int. 2016 Mar 23;26(2):e24-9.

11. DelSole EM, Pean A, Tejwani NT, Egol KA. Outcome After Olecranon Fracture: Does Construct Type Matter? The European Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 2016 Feb:26(2):153-9.

12. DelSole EM. Universal Hepatitis C Screening and Surgeon Safety: Author’s Response. Am J Orthop 2014 Nov;43(11):E245

13. DelSole EM, Mercuri JJ, Stachel A, Phillips M, Zuckerman JD. The risk of hepatitis C virus in orthopaedic surgery: Is universal screening needed? Am J Ortho 2014 Jun;43(6):E117-23.

14. Immerman I, Valencia H, DiTaranto P, DelSole EM, Glait S, Price AE, Grossman JAI. Subscapularis slide correction of the shoulder internal rotation contracture after brachial plexus birth injury: technique and outcomes. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 17(1):52-6. 2013 March.

15. Chaudhry S, DelSole EM, Egol KA. Post-splinting radiographs of minimally displaced fractures: Good medicine or medicolegal? J Bone Joint Surg Am. 94(17):E128 1-5. 2012 September 5.

16. Sechler TD, DelSole EM, Deak JC. Measuring properties of interfacial and bulk water regions in a reverse micelle with IR spectroscopy: a volumetric analysis of the inhomogeneously broadened OH band. J Colloid Interface Sci. 346(2):391-7.

1. DelSole EM*, Toombs C, Abimbola F, Bendo J, Bosco J, Lajam CA. The Use of Cell Saver in Spine Surgery: A Value-Based Utilization Analysis. Presented at: The Annual Meeting of the AAOS, San Diego, CA, March 2017.

2. DelSole EM*, Schwarzkopf R, Vigdorchik J, Errico T, Buckland AJ. Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Spinal Deformity Population: Does Degree of Deformity Affect Safe Zone Placement, Instability, or Revision? Presented at: The Annual Meeting of the AAOS, San Diego, CA, March 2017.

3. Ferrero E*, Lafage R, Vira S, Pierre-Yives R, Oren J, DelSole EM, Guigui, Pierre, Schwab F, Lafage V, Skalli W. Three-dimensional reconstruction using stereoradiography for evaluating adult spinal deformity: a reproducibility study. Presented at: SOFCOT 2016 Congress of the French Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Paris, France, November 2016.

4. DelSole EM*, Schwarzkopf R, Vigdorchik J, Errico T, Buckland AJ. Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Spinal Deformity Population: Does Degree of Deformity Affect Safe Zone Placement, Instability, or Revision? Presented at: The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Boston, MA, October 2016.

5. DelSole EM*, Schwarzkopf R, Vigdorchik J, Errico T, Buckland AJ. Total Hip Arthroplasty in the Spinal Deformity Population: Does Degree of Deformity Affect Safe Zone Placement, Instability, or Revision? Presented at: Alumni Scientific Program, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, May 6, 2016.

6. DelSole EM*, Mercuri JJ, Glass NE, Frangos SG, Tejwani NC. Pedestrians Struck by Automobiles: Are Injuries Predicated Upon Time of Day? An Analysis of 1036 Patients. Presented at: International Society for Fracture Repair Biannual Meeting, New York, NY, May 2014.

7. Mercuri JJ*, DelSole EM, Glass NE, Frangos SG, Tejwani NC. Bicyclists versus Pedestrians Struck by Motor Vehicles in a Major City: Is it Safer to Ride or Walk? Presented at International Society for Fracture Repair Biannual Meeting, New York, NY, May 2014.

8. DelSole EM*, Mercuri JJ, Stachel A, Phillips MS, Zuckerman JD. The Risk of Hepatitis C Virus Exposure in Orthopaedic Surgery: Is Universal Screening Needed? Presented at the AAOS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 19-22, 2013.

9. Chaudhry S*, DelSole EM, Egol KA. Post-Splinting Radiographis of Minimally Displaced Fractures: Good Medicine or Medicolegal? Presented at: The Annual Meeting of the AAOS, San Francisco, CA, February 2011.

10. Chaudhry S*, DelSole EM, Egol KA. Post-splinting radiographs of minimally displaced fractures: Good medicine or medicolegal? Presented at the OTA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 12-16, 2011.

11. Immerman I*, Valencia H, DelSole EM, Grossman JAI, Price AE. Release of the internal rotations contracture of the shoulder in children with a brachial plexus injury using the subscapularis slide. Presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Las Vegas, NV, September 8-10, 2011.

1. Eftekhary N, Elbuluk A, DelSole EM, Iorio R, Schwarzkopf R, Vigdorchik JM, Buckland AJ. The spinopelvic relationship: A stepwise approach to ensuring stability in high-risk dislocation patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. AAOS 2017, New Orleans, LA

1. Sharma R, DelSole EM. How to revise a non-union of an ALIF. Revision Spine Surgery, 1st ed. (In press).

2. Goyal D, DelSole EM, Schroeder G. Cervical Spine Injuries in Athletes. Spinal Conditions in the Athlete: A Clinical Guide to Evaluation, Management, and Controversies (In press).

3. DelSole EM, Lajam C, Deshmuk AJ. The Role of Continuous Passive Motion After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Insall and Scott’s Surgery of the Knee, 6th ed.

4. DelSole EM, Taormina D, Lajam CA, Deshmuk AJ. The Role of Post-Operative Splinting After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Insall and Scott’s Surgery of the Knee, 6th ed.

5. DelSole EM, Aggarwal V, Lajam CA, Deshmukh, AJ. The role of Post-Operative Cryotherapy After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Insall and Scott’s Surgery of the Knee. 6th ed.

1. Ihejerika R, DelSole EM, Protopsaltis T. Intradural lumbar disc herniation and cauda equina syndrome. AAOS Orthopaedic Video Theater. Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the AAOS.

1. DelSole EM. The Greatest Problem Facing Medicine Today. Doximity Op-(m)Ed. https://opmed.doximity.com/the-greatest-problem-facing-medicine-today-9f0c79385b4b

NYU Varsity Athletics (2014 - 2016)
Division 1 Basketball, Wrestling

Long Island University Varsity Athletics (2014 - 2016)
Division 1 Basketball

New York City Public Schools Athletic League (2014 - 2016)
High school football in the five New York City Boroughs

Alvin Ailey Dance School (2014 - 2018)
New York, NY

University of Scranton Annual Medical Mission to Haiti
• St. Damien Pediatric Hospital, Port au Prince
• January 2008 and January 2009