Education

• Dartmouth Medical School
  M.D. degree with honors
  
• Dartmouth College
  A.B. degree in Biochemistry

Graduate Training

• Orthopedic/Neurosurgical Fellowship in Spine Surgery Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• M.E. Muller Foundation European Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction
  Bern, Switzerland
• Chief, Beth Israel Orthopedic Trauma Service
  Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Resident, Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program
  Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Intern, General Surgery
  Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Board Certification

• Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Certified        1998
  Re-certified    2008

Honors and Awards

• Danbury Hospital and Danbury Health Systems Board of Directors, 2007 - Present
• Danbury Hospital Medical Affairs Committee, 2007 - Present
• Director, The Spine Center at Danbury Hospital, 2005- Present
• Connecticut Magazine Top Doctors, 2013, 2012, 2011
• Consumers’ Research Council of America - Award for America’s Top Orthopedists, 2010
• The Patients’ Choice Award 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
• Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd Award America’s Top Doctors 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
• American Orthopaedic Association Zimmer Award for Orthopaedic Research, 1996
• Cervical Spine Research Society Resident/Fellow Award for Research, 1996
• Thomas Jefferson University and the Rothman Institute Award for Outstanding Research, 1996
• American Orthopaedic Association Award for Outstanding Research, 1996
• Jefferson Orthopaedic Society Research Day Award, 1996
• Dartmouth Medical School Surgical Scholar Award, 1989
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Dartmouth Medical School, 1989
• Daniel Webster Scholar, Dartmouth College, 1981

Dr. Kramer's Articles

• Madonia-Barr, JR, Kramer DL.  Interspinous Process Decompression with the X-Stop Device for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis:  A Retrospective Review.  Submitted for publication to the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.  2008.
• Kramer DL, Shah SA, Klien GR, Vaccaro AR, Cotler JM. Traumatic Injuries of the Occipitocervical Junction.  Mastercases:  Spine Surgery.   288-296. Eds. Alexander R. Vaccaro and Todd J. Albert.  New York:  Thieme, 2001. 
• Kramer DL, Ludwig SC, Balderston RA, Vaccaro AR, Foley KF, Albert TJ. Placement of Pedicle Screws in the Human Cadaveric Cervical Spine:  Comparative Accuracy of Three Techniques.  Spine. 25 (13):  1655-1667, 2000. 
• Ludwig SC, Kramer DL, Vaccaro, AR, Albert TJ. Transpedicle Screw Fixation of the Cervical Spine.  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 359:77-88, February 1999. 
• Kramer DL, Albert TJ. The Spinal Cord and its Reaction to Traumatic Injury:  Implications for the Timing of Surgical Intervention.  Comprehensive Management in Spine Trauma.  345-349. Eds. Daniel A. Capen and Willi Haye. St. Louis, Mosby, 1998.
• Kramer DL, Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ. Posterior Cervical Instrumentation.  Seminars in Spine Surgery. 9 (3):  240-249, 1997.
• Kramer DL, Booth RE, Albert TJ, Balderston RA.   Posterior Lumbar Approach.  Surgical Approaches to the Spine. 173-192.  Eds. Albert TJ, Balderston RA, Northrup BE.  Philadelphia:  W.S. Saunders Co., 1997.
• Vaccaro AR, Kramer DL, Albert TJ.  Instrumentation for Occipitocervical Fusion.  Seminars in Spine Surgery, Vol 9 (3) 227-232, 1997.
• Dante, Stephen J. MD; Kramer, David L. MD; Heary, Robert MD. Cervical Laminectomy for Myelopathy.  Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics.  6 (1): 30-37, 1996. 
• Kramer DL, Rodgers WB, Mansfield FL. Transpedicular Instrumentation and Short Segment Fusion of Thoracolumbar Fractures:  A Prospective Study Using a Single Instrumentation System. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.  (6): 499-506, 1995.

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Dr. David A. Bomback, M.D.

Education

• Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
  M.D. degree with honors
• Columbia College
  B.A. degree in Biological Sciences

Graduate Training

• Fellowship, Spine and Scoliosis Surgery
  Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
• Chief Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery
  Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
• Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery
  Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
• Intern, General Surgery
  Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Board Certification

• Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Certified   2007

Honors and Awards

• Medical Director, Danbury Hospital Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Unit, 2010
• Connecticut Magazine Top Doctors, 2013, 2012, 2011
• Consumers’ Research Council of America Award for America’s Top Orthopedists; 2010
• The Patient’s Choice Award, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
• Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. Award America’s Top Doctors; 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
• O. Donald Chrisman Award -Yale graduating Chief Resident for most outstanding thesis presentation and excellence in research; June, 2004.
• Wayne O. Southwick Orthopaedic Surgery Award -Yale graduating Chief Resident who exemplifies the qualities and characteristics of Dr. Southwick (former Chairman of Orthopaedics, Yale New Haven Hospital); June, 2004.
• Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation - New York Metropolitan Area Resident Research Symposium 3rd Place Award Recipient; May 9, 2003
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1999
• Rosamond Kane Cummins ’52 Award - Graduate entering orthopaedics with academic excellence, sensitivity, kindness, devotion to patients and the fine human qualities that she exemplified Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1999
• Robert G. Bertsch Prize - Emulating Dr. Bertsch’s ideals of the humane surgeon Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1999
• Herbert J. Bartelstone Award - Exceptional accomplishments in pharmacology Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1999

Dr. Bomback's Articles

• Cunningham DE, Bomback DA, Boachie-Adjei O. Revision Deformity Surgery. Surgical Management of Spinal Deformities. pp. 399-417, 2009.
• Bomback DA, Charles G, Widmann R, Boachie-Adjeio. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Compared with Thoracotomy:  Early and Late Follow-up of Radiographic and Functional Outcome.  The Spine Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 4, Pages 399-405. July 2007.
• Farmer JC, Bomback DA, Sculco TP.  Neck pain.  Hospital for Special Surgery: Manual of Rheumatology and Outpatient Orthopedic Disorders, Diagnosis and Therapy. 5th edition. pp. 139-144, 2006.
• Bomback DA, Grauer J. Bone Morphogenetic Proteins: Spinal Fusion Applications. Principles of Molecular Neurosurgery, Vol. 18. Karger. Basel, Switzerland. Pp.52-64. 2005.
• Grauer J, Bomback DA, Lugo R, Troiano N, Patel T, Friedlaender GE. Posterolateral Lumbar Fusions in Athymic Rats: Characterization of a Model. The Spine Journal, 4: 281-286, 2004.
• Holmes S, Bomback DA, Baumgaertner MR. Coronal Fractures of the Femoral Condyle: A Brief Report of Five Cases. Journal Orthopedic Trauma, 18(5): 316-319, 2004.
• Bomback DA, Grauer J, Lugo R, Troiano N, Patel T, Friedlaender GE. Comparison of Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Rates of Grafton Putty and OP-1 in an Athymic Rat Model.  Spine, 29:15, 1612- 1617, 2004.
• Slade JF III, Bomback DA. Percutaneous Capitolunate Arthrodesis Using Arthroscopic or Limited Approach. Atlas of the Hand Clinics, Vol. 8.  Saunders.  Philadelphia. pp. 149-162. 2003.
• Bomback DA, Zikria B, Freeman H. Visceral Pleural Lung Graft for Myocardial Injury. Journal of Trauma:  Injury, Infection and Critical Care.  48 (1):149-151, January 2000. 
• Bomback DA. Intussusception: Current Concepts. Emergency and Office Pediatrics, 11:4, 133-135, 1998.

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Carter B. Vann, PA-C

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