Amin H Afsari, DO

Education:

• 8/2007-7/2008
  NYU Hospital for Joint Disease
  New York University, NY, NY Fellow Hand and Upper Extremity
• 7/2003-6/2007
  Grandview/Kettering Medical Center
  Ohio University, Dayton, OH Orthopedic Surgery Residency
• 7/2002-6/2003
  Grandview/Kettering Medical Center
  Ohio University, Dayton, OH Orthopedic Surgery Internship
• 5/1998-5/2002
  Western University of Health Sciences
  Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine, Pomona, CA
• 9/1996-5/1997
  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  Post Baccalaureate courses, Milwaukee, WI
• 8/1992-12/1995
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Bachelor of Science – Molecular Biology, Madison, WI

Research/Presentations:

• Aurora Transcriptionist Week Lecture Common Hand
  and Upper Extremity Problems, May 2011
• Lakeshore Medical Clinic All Physician
  Meeting “Finger Stiffness”, Spring 2010
• Lakeshore Medical Clinic Annual CME
  Meeting “Hand Surgery Overview”, Fall 2009
• Anterior Glenohumeral Instability,
  Afsari, Mehlman.
  Published on Emedicine.com
• Pseudoaneurysm complication
  due to volar plating, Afsari, Graham.
  Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
  Poster Presented at AOAO Annual Meeting 2006
• Bilateral Scapholunate
  Dissociation: X-ray the opposite wrist, Afsari, Gordon.
  Grandview Medical
  Center, Dayton, OH, Poster Presented at the AOAO Annual Meeting 2005
• T Cell
  Epitope from Hemaglutinin of 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus Fails to Bind to
  HLA-DR1, Afsari, Yassai, Gorski Blood Center of SE Wisconsin
  Presented at the
  Annual Midwest Immunology Conference, Chicago IL 3/1998
• C Terminal Anchoring
  of a Peptide to Class II MHC via the P10 Residue is Compatible with a Peptide
  Bulge, Yassai M, Afsari A, Garlie, J, Gorski J, Journal of Immunology, 2002 Feb
  1; 168(3): 1281-5.
• Basal Joint Management: 2006 update, Grandview Hospital
  Orthopedic Grand Rounds, 2006.
• Distal Radius Anatomy: Dayton Annual Occupational
  Therapist Meeting, 2004
• Humeral Shaft Fracture: IM nailing vs. ORIF, Grandview
  Hospital Orthopedic Grand Rounds, 2004.
• Total shoulder vs. Hemiarthroplasty,
  Grandview Hospital Orthopedic Grand Rounds, 2003.

Professional memberships

• American Society for Surgery of the Hand
• American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons
• American Osteopathic Association of Orthopedics
• American Osteopathic Association

Employment

• 12/2006-5/2007 Urgent Care Physician
  Amcare Urgent Care, Cincinnati, OH
• 8/1998-6/1999 Anatomy Teaching Assistant
  Western University of
  Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
• 5/1997-5/1998 Research Technologist
  Blood
  Center of SE Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
• 9/1996-5/1997 Academic Tutor –
  Anatomy, biology, physiology
  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 9/1994-8/1995 Student Researcher – Immune Response of Mice to Malaria
  UW Madison Dept of Med Micro and Immunology, Madison, WI

Honors and Awards

• Microsurgical Certificate Union Memorial Hospital
  Dept of Hand Surgery
• Excellence in Teaching Award: Western University Dept of
  Anatomy
• Outstanding Tutor Award: UW Milwaukee Tutor and Resource Center
• College
  Scholarship: Women’s Club of Whitefish Bay, 1992
• National Honor Society,
  1991-1992
• Wisconsin All State High School Soccer Team, 1992
• Annual Masonic All
  Star Game, 1992

Activities

• 2003 Team Physician Boys Soccer Centerville High
  School, Centerville, OH
• 2002-2003 Indoor Soccer Team Orthopedic Associates,
  Dayton, OH
• 1999-2000 Student Clinic Coord. City of Montclair Health Clinic,
  Montclair, CA
• 1998-2000 Medical Student Volunteer Pomona Community Health Action
  Team, Pomona, CA
• 1997-1998 Coach U-14 Select Soccer Team, Milwaukee, WI
• 1994-1995 Soccer Referee UW Dept. of Intramural Sports, Madison, WI

Languages Spoken

• English
• Spanish