Amin H Afsari, DO
Orthopedic and Hand / Upper Extremity Surgeon
Specialties: Elbow, Hand, Shoulder, Wrist, Orthopedic Surgery
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