Associate Professor of Pediatric OrthopaedicsDivision Chief,ÌýPediatric OrthopaedicsDirector of Orthopaedics – ºÚÁÏÍø Children’s Hospital |
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Medical Degree
Cornell University, New York, NY
Residency
Orthopedic Surgery and Research Fellowship, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Fellowships
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Hip Preservation, Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Division Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics |
Director of Orthopaedics – ºÚÁÏÍø Children’s Hospital |
- Hip dysplasia surgery: closed or open hip reductions and pelvic osteotomies (Salter, Pemberton, Dega, Tönnis, Periacetabular, and Staheli shelf osteotomies)
- Neuromuscular hip and lower extremity procedures
- Limb deficiency surgery, including limb reconstruction or conversion amputations
- Lower limb realignment with growth modulation or osteotomies
- Ponseti clubfoot techniques, including casting and surgical procedures
ºÚÁÏÍø Orthopaedics (Ambulatory Care Center)
102 Mason Farm Road
Second Floor
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
ºÚÁÏÍø Hospitals Children’s Specialty Services at Raleigh
2801 Blue Ridge Road
First and Second Floor
Raleigh, NC 27607
- Limb deficiencies
- Pediatric fracture management
- Hip dysplasia
- Quality of life outcomes
- Stem cell therapies
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Keil LG, Sullivan MH, Daddo S, Stillwagon MR, Vergun AD. 2021. How much opioid do kids actually need? A prospective study of analgesic prescribing and post discharge opioid use among pediatric patients with operative fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 41(10):e871-e876. Doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001965.Ìý
ÌýBarnes RH, Harter D, Esther RJ, Kamath, Vergun AD. 2021. Recurrent Hemarthrosis following resections of benign bone tumors: a case report of two pediatric cases. Case Rep Orthop. 2021 Aug 3;2021:5533636. doi: 10.1155/2021/5533636. eCollection 2021.Ìý
ÌýLouer CR Jr, Scott-Wyard P, Hernandez R, Vergun AD. 2021. Principles of amputation surgery, prosthetics, and rehabilitation in children. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 15;29(14):e702-e713. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-20-01283.Ìý
ÌýStillwagon MR, Feinstein S, Andrews PN, MS, Nichols EB, Vergun AD. 2020. Pain Control and Medication Use in Children Following Closed Reduction and Percutaneous Pinning of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Are We Still Overprescribing Opioids? J Pediar Orthop. 40(10):543-548.Ìý
ÌýClement RC, Carpenter DP, Cuomo AV. 2018. Spontaneous healing of a bucket-handle posterior labral detachment after hip dislocation in a five-year-old child: a case report. JBJS Case Connect. 8(2): e28.Ìý
ÌýFedorak GT, Cuomo AV, Watts HG, Scaduto AA. 2017.Ìý Management of terminal osseous overgrowth of the humerus with simple resection and osteocartilaginous grafts. J Pediatr Orthop. 37(3): e216-e221.Ìý
ÌýCuomo AV, , . 2015. A practical approach to determining the center of the femoral head in subluxated and dislocated hips. . 35(6): 556-60.ÌýÌý
Ìý, Cuomo AV, , , Bowen RE, . 2015. Osteocartilaginous transfer of the proximal part of the fibula for osseous overgrowth in children with congenital or acquired tibial amputation: surgical technique and results. 97(7): 574-81.ÌýÌý
ÌýBoutis K, Howard A, Constantine E, Cuomo A, Narayanan U. 2014. Evidence into practice: emergency physician management of common pediatric fractures. Pediatr Emerg Care. 30(7): 462-8.ÌýÌý
ÌýFedorak GT, Cuomo AV, Otsuka NY. 2015. Does pediatric body mass index affect surgical outcomes of lower-extremity external fixation? J Pediatr Orthop. 35(4): 391-4.ÌýÌý
ÌýBoutis K, Howard A, Constantine E, Cuomo A, Somji Z, Narayanan UG. 2015. Evidence into practice: emergency physician management of common pediatric fractures. J Pediatr Orthop. 35(1): 18-23.ÌýÌý
ÌýCuomo A. 2013. CORR Insights®: Variations in the use of diagnostic criteria for developmental dysplasia of the hip. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 471(6):1955-6.ÌýÌý
ÌýCuomo AV, Howard A, Hsueh S, Boutis K. 2012. Gartland type I supracondylar humerus fractures in children: is splint immobilization enough? Pediatr Emerg Care. 28(11): 1150-3.ÌýÌý
ÌýBernthal NM, Gamradt SC, Kay RM, Wren TA, Cuomo AV, Reid J, Bales J, Otsuka NY. 2010. Static and dynamic gait parameters before and after multilevel soft tissue surgery in ambulating children with cerebral palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 30(2): 174-9.ÌýÌý
ÌýCuomo AV, Virk M, Petrigliano F, Morgan EF, Lieberman JR. 2009. Mesenchymal stem cell concentration and bone repair: potential pitfalls from bench to bedside. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 91(5): 1073-83.ÌýÌý
ÌýVirk MS, Conduah A, Park SH, Liu N, Sugiyama O, Cuomo A, Kang C, Lieberman JR. 2008. Influence of short-term adenoviral vector and prolonged lentiviral vector mediated bone morphogenetic protein-2 expression on the quality of bone repair in a rat femoral defect model. Bone. 42(5): 921-31.ÌýÌý
ÌýCuomo AV, Gamradt SC, Kim CO, Pirpiris M, Gates PE, McCarthy JJ, Otsuka NY. 2007. Health-related quality of life outcomes improve after multilevel surgery in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy. J Pediatr Orthop. 27(6): 653-7.Ìý
ÌýCuomo AV, Pirpiris M, Otsuka NY. 2006. Case report: biceps tenosynovial rice bodies. J Pediatr Orthop B. 15(6):423-5.Ìý
2020 ºÚÁÏÍø Learning Environment Committee AcknowledgementÌýÌý
2018 Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Humanitarian AwardÌý
2009 Shriners Hospitals for Children – Los Angeles Research AwardÌýÌý
2008 Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society, Jacqueline Perry Research AwardÌýÌýÌý
2003 HSS Orthopedic Surgery Research AwardÌýÌýÌý
1995 Phi Beta KappaÌýÌý
1995 First Group ScholarÌýÌý
1993 Sigma XiÌýÌý
1992-1995 Dean’s ListÌýÌý
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