Orthopaedic faculty and resident involved in supplement to international journal

Michael Suk, M.D., J.D., a University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville (UFCOM-J) assistant professor in the department of orthopaedic surgery and chief of the division of orthopaedic trauma surgery, was a co-editor of a supplement to the international journal Injury.

The November 2010 supplement entitled The Reamer Irrigator Aspirator (RIA) System: Applications and results of treatment, consists of three articles also co-authored by Dr. Suk.

Additionally, fourth year UFCOM-J orthopaedic resident, Pratik P. Desai, M.D. co-authored two of the articles within the supplement.

  • Giannoudis P, Suk M, Pape HC. RIA: The Journey Just Started But What the Future Holds?. Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 41 (2010) S2, S1-S3.
  • Streubel P, Desai P, Suk M. Comparison of RIA and Conventional Reamed Nailing for Treatment of Femur Shaft Fractures. Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 41 (2010) S2, S51-S56.
  • Desai P, Bell AJ, Suk M. Treatment of recalcitrant, multiply operated tibial nonunions with the RIA graft and rh-BMP2 using intramedullary nails. Injury, Int. J. Care Injured 41 (2010) S2, S69-S71.

Injury, International Journal of the Care of the Injured was founded in 1969 and is an international journal dealing with all aspects of trauma care and accident surgery