Full-time Faculty

Gregory DeSilva, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Address:

707 North Alvernon Way
Tucson, AZ 85711
Phone: (520) 694-8000

Education

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1994

INTERNSHIP

University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1994

RESIDENCY

University of Michigan Hospitals, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1995-1999

FELLOWSHIP

Hand and Microvascular Surgery

Curtis National Hand Center, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Professional Experience

Residency Program Director
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine/ University Physicians Healthcare,
Tucson, Arizona
7/2009 - Present

Associate Professor, Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Tucson, Arizona
10/2007- present

Member Physician
University Physicians Healthcare
Tucson, Arizona
10/2007 - present

Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
7/2000 - 9/2007

Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Detroit, Michigan
7/2005 - 7/2006

Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery
John D. Dingell VA Medical School
Detroit, Michigan
8/2001 - 12/2006

Staff Physician, Orthopaedic Surgery
John D. Dingell VA Medical School
Detroit, Michigan
7/2000 - 8/2001
Board Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2002
Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand (CAQSH), 2004

Professional Societies

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopedic Trauma Association
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Mid-America Orthopaedic Association
Michigan Orthopaedic Society
Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery

Publications

DESILVA GL, Fritzler A, DeSilva SP. Antibiotic Impregnated Cement Spacer for Bone Defects of the Forearm and Hand. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 11(2):163-7, 2007

Krygier JE, DESILVA GL. Metastasis to the Bones of the Hand. Federal Practitioner, 24(1), 23-30, 2007.

Grutter PW, Meehan RE, DESILVA GL, DeSilva SP. The Accuracy of Distal Posterior Interosseous and Anterior Interosseous Nerve Injection. J Hand Surg, 29A(5), 865-870, 2004.

Grutter PW, Meehan, RE, DESILVA GL, DeSilva SP. The accuracy of distal posterior interosseous and anterior interosseous nerve injection: A tool for preoperative outcome assessment for wrist denervation. AAHS Abstracts, Orthopedics, 25(12):s1449, 2002.

DESILVA GL, DeSilva SP. Surgical Treatment of Ipsilateral Radius and Scaphoid Fractures. Journal of Venezuelan Society for Surgery of the Hand, 3(2):25, 2001.

Gentchos CE, DESILVA GL. Cost Awareness and Reduction in the Surgical Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures. Journal of Venezuelan Society for Surgery of the Hand, 3(2):40, 2001.

DESILVA GL, DeSilva SP. What is new in Kienbock's Disease? In Hand Secrets, 2nd Edition ed. Kasdan M. Jebson PJ. Hanley Publishing, Philadelphia, 2001.

DESILVA GL, DeSilva SP. Kienbock's Disease. In Hand Secrets, ed. Kasdan M. Jebson PJ. Hanley Publishing, Philadelphia, 1998.

Jebson PJ, DESILVA GL, Kuzon WM Jr, Goulet JA, Hak DJ. The box frame fixator: a technique for simultaneous fracture and free-tissue management. Plast Reconstr Surg, 102(1):262-263, 1998.

Goulet JA, Senunas LE, DESILVA GL, Greenfield ML. Autogenous iliac crest bone graft: Complications and functional assessment. Clin Orthop, 339:76-81, 1997.

Loder RT, Wittenberg B, DESILVA GL. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis associated with endocrine disorders. J Pediatr Orthop, 15(3):349-356, 1995.

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