KIRK WESLEY DABNEY, M.D.

PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON

CURRICULUM VITAE:

Kirk Dabney is the associate director of the cerebral palsy program. Approximately 60% of his clinical practice comprises children with cerebral palsy and gait disorders. He has a special interests in pediatric orthopaedic trauma, spinal deformity, and the orthopaedic manifestations of sickle cell disease. Research interests involve experimental spinal cord injury, and hip and spine problems in the cerebral palsy patient.

OFFICE ADDRESS:

Alfred I. duPont Institute

1600 Rockland Rd., P.O. Box 269

Wilmington, Delaware 19899

Phone: (302) 651-5950

Fax: (302) 651-5951

DATE OF BIRTH:

December 4, 1958

PLACE OF BIRTH:

Overbrook, Pennsylvania

MARITAL STATUS:

Married

EDUCATION:

• 1973-1976 Ridley Sr. High School

Morton Avenue

Folsom, Pennsylvania 19033

• 1976-1980 Princeton University

P.O. Box 70

Princeton, New Jersey 08544

A.B. - 1980

• 1980-1984 Jefferson Medical College

1015 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

M.D. - 1984

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

• 1984-1985 Surgical Internship

Thomas Jefferson University

111 South 11th Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

• 1985-1986 Orthopaedic Research Fellowship

Alfred I. duPont Institute

1600 Rockland Road, P.O. Box 269

Wilmington, Delaware 19899

• 1986-1990 Orthopaedic Residency

Howard University Hospital

2041 Georgia Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20060

• 1990-1991 Pediatric Orthopaedic Clinical Fellowship

Alfred I. duPont Institute

1600 Rockland Road, P.O. Box 269

Wilmington, Delaware 19899

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

• National Board of Medical Examiners 7/1/85
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 7/9/93

LICENSURE:

• 1985 - Present Pennsylvania
• 1989 - 1992 District of Columbia
• 1990 - Present Delaware
• 1995 - Present Maryland

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:

• 1992 - Present Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

• 1994 - Present Georgetown University Medical Center

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

• 1991 - Present Alfred I. duPont Institute, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• 1990 - Present National Medical Association
• 1991 - Present The American Medical Association
• 1991 - 1994 Medical Society of Delaware
• 1991 - 1994 New Castle County Medical Society
• 1991 - Candidate Member Delaware Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• 1992 - Present American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
• 1994 - Present American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• 1994 - Present Academic Orthopaedic Society
• 1995 - Present Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• K.W. Dabney, S.K. Salzman: Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Spinal Distraction Injury in the Rat.
• K.W. Dabney, J. Miller, C. Smith: Fractures Patterns in Children with Cerebral Palsy.
• F. Miller, K.W. Dabney: The Prevention of Heterotopic Ossification in Children with Cerebral Palsy Who Have Undergone Soft Tissue Procedures.
• C. Simmons, D. Sutton, K.W. Dabney, F. Miller: Hip Arthrodesis in Children and Adolescents - Long-Term Results.
• F. Miller, K.W. Dabney, G.C. Griffin: The Use of Desmospressin Acetate to Reduce Blood Loss in Cerebral Palsy Patients Undergoing Segmental
• Spinal Fusion Surgery - Double-Blind Randomized Study.
• H. Marks, J.A. Childs, F. Miller, M.C. Theroux, C.R. Hartzell, P. Moore, K.W. Dabney: The Effects of Monotherapy with Valproic Acid or Phenobarbital on Muscle Carnitine in Children with Cerebral Palsy.
• K.W. Dabney, J. Borges, M. Stanwood, M. Walters. Distal Transfer of the Greater Tochanter: Long-term reuslts and gait analysis.
• J. Fernandez, K.W. Dabney: Anterior Knee Pain in Cerebral Palsy.
• J.P. Albarracin, F. Miller, K.W. Dabney, P. Castagno, K. Sullivan:
• Rectus Transfer: Improved Timing and Range of Motion in the Sagittal Plane.
• R.C. Dias, K.W. Dabney, F. Miller: Revision Surgery in Cerebral Palsy Patients Using Modified Unit Rod Instrumentation.
• G. Gupta, P. Gabos, F. Miller, K.W. Dabney: Palliative Treatment for Painful Dislocated CP Hips.
• H. Altiok, G. Lipton, K.W. Dabney, F. Miller, P. Castagno: Triple Arthrodesis in Cerebral Palsy.
• A. Schindler, F. Miller, K.W. Dabney: Classification of Hip Dislocation in Cerebral Palsy Patients.
• H. Fernandez, F. Miller, K.W. Dabney: Kyphosis and Other Sagittal Plane Deformities in Cerebral Palsy Patients.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1. K.W. Dabney, D.G. MacEwen, N. Davis: Recurring Digital Fibrous Tumor of Childhood; Case Report with Long-Term Follow-Up and Review of the Literature. J Pediatr Orthop, 6:612-617, 1986.
2. J.F. Sarwark, K.W. Dabney, S.K. Salzman, T. Wakabayashi, H.K. Kitadai, J.K. Beauchamp, A.L. Beckman, W.P. Bunnell: Experimental Scoliosis in the Rat, I. Methodology, Anatomic Features and Neurologic Characterization. Spine, 13:466-471, 1988.
3. K.W. Dabney, S.K. Salzman, T. Wakabayashi, J.F. Sarwark, G. Gao, A.L. Beckman, W.P. Bunnell: Experimental Scoliosis in the Rat, II.
4. Biomechanical Analysis of the Forces During Harrington Distraction. Spine, 13:472-477, 1988.
5. S.K. Salzman, K.W. Dabney, A.A. Mendez, J.T. Beauchamp, J.C. Daley, G.M. Freeman, A. Fonseca, E.B. Ingersoll, A.L. Beckman, W.P. Bunnell: The Somatosensory-Evoked Potential Predicts Neurologic Deficits after Spinal Distraction Injury in Experimental Scoliosis. Journal of Neurotrauma, 5:173-185, 1988.
6. S.K. Salzman, A.A. Mendez, K.W. Dabney, J.C. Daley, A.L. Beckman, W.P. Bunnell: Serotonergic Response to Spinal Distraction Trauma in Experimental Scoliosis: A Universal Injury Mechanism. Journal of Neurotrauma, 8;1:45-54, 1991.
7. C.H. Epps, K.W. Dabney, V.E. Boswell, P. Schneider, J. Wood: Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency, Longterm Results, In Review.
8. K.W. Dabney, J.R. Bowen: Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis. In: Weinstein S. ed. Seminars in Spine Surgery, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 3;4:254-65, 1991. (Monograph Chapter)
9. F. Miller, K.W. Dabney: Unit Rod Procedure for Neuromuscular Scoliosis, Scoliosis Research Society Procedure Manual, 1992.
10. S. Ishikawa, K.W. Dabney, H.T. Harcke, J.R. Bowen: Growth Plate Arrest: Basic Research in Percutaneous Epiphysiodesis. Fundacion Mapfre Medicina, European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society. Surgery of the Growth
11. Plate. 4:52-51, 1993.
12. J.L. Borges, K.W. Dabney, J.R. Bowen: Percutaneous Epiphyseodesis for the Treatment of Limb-Length Inequalities. Fundacion m¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ūmm¶Ū