Thomas A. Zdeblick, MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation K3/703 Clinical Science Center 600 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53792-7375 Appointments: (608) 265-3207 Office: (608) 263-3178 FAX: (608) 265-6375 zdeblick@orthorehab.wisc.edu

Education

• MD, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, 1982
• Internship, Residency, and Microsurgery Research Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1982-1988
• Spine Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1988-1989
• AOA North American Traveling Fellow, 1989

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Zdeblick is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He is the director of the University of Wisconsin Spine Center. His practice focuses on the treatment of spinal disorders. His clinical interests include cervical deformity, spinal trauma, anterior thoracolumbar spinal instrumentation, spinal tumor surgery, interbody fusion cages, bone graft substitutes (BMP), and laparoscopic spinal surgery. Dr. Zdeblick also is the designer and innovator of the Z-plate anterior thoracolumbar spinal fixation system and the Novus interbody lordotic fusion cage.

Research Interests

Dr. Zdeblick established the University of Wisconsin Spinal Biomechanics Research Laboratory in 1989. Funded through the Veterans' Administration Hospital and private industry sources, the laboratory houses an 858 MTS Bionix materials testing machine that has been adapted for spinal research. Specific research interests include spinal biomechanics, fusion healing, interbody fusion cages, spinal instrumentation, and bone graft substitutes.

Professional Activities

Dr. Zdeblick directs the University of Wisconsin Spine Fellowship. He is also on the editorial board of several national academic journals, including Neuro-Orthopedics and Spine.

Publications of Note

• White AP, Vaccaro AR, Zdeblick T. Counterpoint: physician-industry relationships can be ethically established, and conflicts of interest can be ethically managed., Spine. 2007 May 15;32(11 Suppl):S53-7.
  [PubMed ID: 17495588]
• Mummaneni PV, Burkus JK, Haid RW, Traynelis VC, Zdeblick TA. Clinical and radiographic analysis of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion: a randomized controlled clinical trial., Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2007 Mar;6(3):198-209.
  [PubMed ID: 17355018]
• Ragab AA, Escarcega AJ, Zdeblick TA. A quantitative analysis of strain at adjacent segments after segmental immobilization of the cervical spine., Journal of spinal disorders & techniques. 2006 Aug;19(6):407-10.
  [PubMed ID: 16891975]
• Jacobs JJ, Galante JO, Mirza SK, Zdeblick T. Relationships with industry: critical for new technology or an unnecessary evil?, The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume. 2006 Jul;88(7):1650-63.
  [PubMed ID: 16818992]
• Schuler TC, Burkus JK, Gornet MF, Subach BR, Zdeblick TA. The correlation between preoperative disc space height and clinical outcomes after anterior lumbar interbody fusion., Journal of spinal disorders & techniques. 2005 Oct;18(5):396-401.
  [PubMed ID: 16189449]
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