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Eric J. Kropf, MD

Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

Telephone:  215-707-2811

Fax:  215-707-2324

Email: eric.kropf@tuhs.temple.edu

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

BS, Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 1998

 

MD, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2003

 

Internship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2003-2004

 

Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004-2008

 

Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Sports Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008-2009

 

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• Sports medicine
• Care of athletes
• Throwing and overhead athletes
• Arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgery
• Shoulder and elbow injuries
• Shoulder instability
• Labral tears
• SLAP tears
• Rotator cuff disease and tears
• Shoulder, clavicle, elbow, wrist and arm fractures
• Shoulder arthritis and shoulder replacement
• Hip pain and injuries
• Knee injuries
• Ligament injuries
• Patella or kneecap instability and pain
• Knee dislocations
• Foot and ankle injuries and overuse syndromes
• Stress fractures

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American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Board eligible 9/08

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• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• Orthopaedic Research Society, 2004-present
• Alpha Omega Alpha, 2003-present

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• Shoulder instability and bone defects
• Revision surgery for recurrent shoulder dislocation
• Return to sports after knee ligament surgery
• Double-bundle ACL surgery
• Advanced imaging / MRI of knee injuries

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Kropf EJ, Sekiya JK:  Treatment of Bone Defects of Humeral Head and Glenoid.  In Cole BJ, Sekiya JK Eds. Surgical Techniques of the Shoulder, Elbow and Knee in Sports Medicine.  New York.  2008.

Mascarenhas R, Kropf EJ, Harner CD.  Ligamentous Injuries of the Knee.  In Sivananthan S, Miller MD, Sherry E, Warnke PH Eds.  Mercer’s Textbook of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 10th Edition.  London, UK.  2009.

Wang JH, Kropf EJ, Fu FH.  Double Bundle ACL Reconstruction.  In Ryu RK Ed.  AANA Advanced Knee Arthroscopy.  2009

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Tjoumakaris FP, Kropf EJ, Sekiya JK.  Osteoarticular allograft reconstruction of a large glenoid and head defect in recurrent shoulder instability.  Tech in Shoulder and Elbow Surg 2007; 8(2):98-104

Kropf EJ, Sekiya JK: Osteoarticular allograft transplantation of large humeral head defects in glenohumeral instability: A case report. Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal 2006

Kropf EJ, Forsythe B, Tranovich M, Baker III CL, Irrgang JJ, Harner CD.  Revision versus primary single bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A matched pairs case control study.  Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal 2008.

Martins C, Kropf EJ, Shen W, Fu FH.  The concept of anatomic ACL reconstruction.  Oper Tech Sports Med 2009; 16(3) 104-115

Wong AK, Kopf S, Kropf EJ, Shen W Fu FH.  Radiographic assessment of femoral tunnel position after anatomic ACL reconstruction.  Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal 2009.

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Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

17637415. Kropf EJ, Tjoumakaris FP, Sekiya JK, Arthroscopic shoulder stabilization: is there ever a need to open? Arthroscopy 23:7(779-84)2007 Jul

17349479. Kropf EJ, Sekiya JK, Osteoarticular allograft transplantation for large humeral head defects in glenohumeral instability. Arthroscopy 23:3(322.e1-5)2007 Mar

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