Finerman, Gerald A.M.   M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, UCLA Sports Medicine Program
Head Team Physician, UCLA Athletic Department
Dorothy and Leonard Straus Scholar

Contact Information
(310) 794-7930 Academics
(310) 825-6019 Patient Affairs
(310) 825-1311 Fax
gfinerman@mednet.ucla.edu
                                                     

Mailing Address
UCLA Medical Center
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Box 956902 CHS
Los Angeles , Ca  90095-6902

Education (including locations, dates and degrees obtained):

Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania , B.S. Chemistry, 1954-1958

Surgery Internship/Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital , 1962-1969

Current Professional Appointments: Professor and Chairman, Dorothy and Leonard Straus Scholar

Certification, including date(s): State of Maryland Board of Medical Examiners, 1962, State of California Board of Medical Examiners, 1967, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1971

Licensure(s): California , Maryland

Current Professional Activities/Committees: (1) Director of Sports Medicine, UCLA Intercollegiate Athletic Department  (2) Johns Hopkins Alumni Executive Committee member (3) Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Board member (4) Medical Staff Hospital Operating Rooms Policy Committee (5) Clinical Program Planning Committee, Medical Staff Master Plan (6) Member of the Strategic Alliance Council, Orthopaedic Hospital/UCLA Medical Center. (7) UCLA Healthcare Committee

Role in Residency Training Program: Supervise in the planning and organization of program as Chairman of the Department. Clinical instructor and Director of the Sports Medicine Program.

Selected Publications in Referred Journals :

1. Liu, SH., Al-Shaikh, R., Panossian, V., Yang, RS, Nelson, SD, Soleiman, N, Finerman, GAM, Lane, JM: Primary immunolocalization of estrogen and progesterone target cells in the human anterior cruciate ligament. J.Ortho. Res. 14(4):526-533, 1996.
2. 2.Lieberman, JR, Dorey, F, Schumacher, L, Kilgus, DJ, Thomas, BJ, and Finerman, GAM: Differences between Patients' and Physicians' Evaluations of Outcome after Total Hip Arthroplasty. J. Bone and Joint Surg.  78A:835, 1996.
3. 3.Lieberman, JR, Wollaeger, J, Dorey, F, Thomas, BJ, Kilgus, DJ, Grecular, M, Finerman, GAM, Amstutz, HC:  The Efficacy with Low-Dose Warfarin for Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism following Total Hip Arthroplasty.  J. Bone and Joint Surg. 79A(3):319-325, March 1997.
4.  Lieberman, JR, Daluiski, A, Stevenson, S,  Wu, L, McAllister, P, Lee, YP, Kabo, JM, Finerman, GAM, Berk, AJ, Witte, ON:  The Effect of Regional Gene Therapy  with Bone Morphogentic Protein-2-Producing Bone-Marrow Cells on the Repair of Segmental Femoral Defects in Rats.  J. Bone and Joint Surgery, 81A(7):905-917,  July, 1999.
5. Markolf, KL, Willems, MJ, Jackson, SR, Finerman, GAM: In Situ Calibration of Miniature Sensors Implanted into the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Part I: Strain Mearsurements. J. of Ortho Res, 16(4):455-463, 1998.
6. Markolf, KL, Willems, MJ, Jackson, SR, Finerman, GAM: In Situ Calibration of Miniature Sensors Implanted into the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Part II: Probe Measurements.  J. of Ortho Res, 16(4):464-471, 1998.
7. Lieberman, JR, Le, QL, Wu, L, Finerman, GAF, Berk, A, Witte , ON , Stevenson, S:  Regional Gene Therapy with a BMP-2-Producing Murine Stromal Cell Line Induces Heterotopic and Orthotopic Bone Formation in Rodents. J. of Ortho Res. 16(3):330-339, 1998.
8. Lieberman, JR, Daluiski, A, Stevenson, S,  Wu, L, McAllister, P, Lee, YP, Kabo, JM, Finerman, GAM, Berk, AJ, Witte, ON:  The Effect of Regional Gene Therapy  with Bone Morphogentic Protein-2-Producing Bone-Marrow Cells on the Repair of Segmental Femoral Defects in Rats.  J. Bone and Joint Surgery, 81A(7):905-917,  July, 1999.
9. McAllister, D., Tsai, A., Dragoo, J. , McWilliams, J. , Dorey, F., Hame, S., Finerman, GAM:  Knee function after anterior cruciate ligament injury in elite collegiate athletes. Am. J. Sports Med. (31)4:560-564, July-Aug 2003.
10. Dragoo, JL, Finerman, GAM, Benhaim, P, Hame, S: Relaxin receptors in the human female ACL.  Am J. Sports Med 31(4):577-84, Jul-Aug, 2003.
11. Markolf, KL, Hame, SL, Shapiro , MS , Jackson, SR, Finerman, GAM:  Effects of femoral tunnel placement on knee laxity and forces in an anterior cruciate ligament graft.  J. of Orthopaedic Research, in press 2003.
12. Hame, SL, Markolf, KL, Hunter, DM, Oakes, DA, Finerman, GAM:  Effects of notchplasty and femoral tunnel orientation on excursion patterns of an ACL graft.  Arthroscopy, in press 2003.