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Daniel Nelson Fish, M.D.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth August 10, 1960
   
Place of Birth Ann Arbor, MI

EDUCATION
Undergraduate Bachelor of Science, 1982
Chemistry and Economics
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
   
Graduate Department of Biochemistry
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
   
Medical Education Doctor of Medicine, 1987
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
   
POST DOCTORAL TRAINING
   
Internship Department of Surgery, 1987-8
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
   
Residency Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1988-92
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
   
Fellowship Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Medicine (Bertram Zarins, M.D., director)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
August 1992-3
   
CERTIFICATION and LICENSURE
  Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1995
Michigan, Permanent License #4301057246 (1990-1997)
Massachusetts, Permanent License #75072 (1991-1996)
Connecticut, Permanent License #033073 (1993-present)
New York State, Permanent License, (2001-present)
Federal Licensure Examination, (passed 7/87)
   
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
  Danbury Hospital, Danbury CT, attending 1993-present
Danbury Surgical Center, Danbury, CT, attending 1993-present
New Milford Hospital, provisional 2000-present
   
AWARDS and ACTIVITIES
  Associate Team Physician
New England Patriots Football Club
Foxboro, MA, 1992-3

National Football League Combine, National Invitational Camp
New England Patriots team physician, 1993

Instructor
Harvard Primary Care-Orthopaedic Course
Cambridge, MA, May 1993

Associate Team Physician
Boston Bruins Hockey Club
Boston, MA 1992-3

Co-Chairman
American Orthopaedic Association Residents' Conference
Ann Arbor, MI, March 1992

Finalist
1993 Richmond Cerebral Palsy Center Award
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

Finalist
1992 O'Connor Research Award
Arthroscopy Association of North America

Admissions Committee
University of Michigan Orthopaedic Residency 1989-1991

Samuel Clausen Fellowship, awarded for clinical studies in
pediatric orthopaedics
University of Rochester, Summer 1985

Omicron Delta Epsilon, national economics honorary
St. Lawrence University, 1981
   
PEER REVIEW BOARDS
  Secretary and Treasurer
Danbury Surgical Center
1998-present

Physician Quality Assurance Reviewer
Physicians Health Service, Trumbull, CT
1994-present

Reimbursement Board
Physicians Health Services, Inc., Trumbull, CT
1995-1998

Quality Assurance Committee and Physician Review Board
Danbury Surgical Center, Danbury, CT
1997-present

Trauma Operations Committee
Danbury Hospital, Danbury , CT
1997-present

Foundation Contract Work Group
Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
1997-2000
   
MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES
  Member, Eastern Orthopaedic Association (1997 -present)

Carl Badgley Orthopaedic Society
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1992-present)

Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (l997-present)

American Medical Association (l984-present)

Resident Member, Michigan Orthopaedic Society (1990-1993)

Member, Connecticut State Medical Society (1993-present)

Member, Fairfie1d County Medical Association (1993-present)

Member, Danbury Medical Society (l994-present)

Member, Connecticut Orthopaedic Society (2000-present)
   
PUBLICATIONS
  Fish, DN   Herzenberg, JE   Hensinger, RN
The Current Practice in the Use of Traction for Congenital
Dislocation of the Hip

J. Pediatr Orthop Vol 11(#2) Mar -Apr 1991: p.149-53

Fish, DN   Goulet, JA   Stevenson, TR
Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Calcaneus. Treatment with
a vascularized muscle flap

Orthopaedics Vol 16 (#1) Jan 1993: p.81-5

Carpenter, J   Fish, DN   Huston, L Goldstein, SA
Comparison of Suture Anchor Devices: Biomechanical Study of Pull-out Strength in Human Cadaveric Tibiae
Arthroscopy Vol 9 (1) Feb 1993 p.109-113

Freiberg, A   Fish, DN   Louis, DS
Hand manifestations of Oxalosis
Journal of Hand Surgery, 1993; 18A:140-2

Loder, RT    Fish, DN   Estle, DT   Morrison, K   Eggleston, D
Applicability of the Greulich and Pyle Atlas in Skeletal Age Standards to Black and White Children of Today
American Journal of Diseases of Children Vol 147, Dec 1993. p.1329-33
   
BOOK CHAPTERS
  Fish, DN   Zarins B 
Knee ligament Injuries
The Upper Extremitv and Lower Extremitv and Spine in Sports Medicine
2nd edition, 1995
   
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
  Fish, DN   Orthopaedic Transactions, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Volume XVI, Number 2
Summer 1992, p. 299-344

Consultant Reviewer, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
1992-present

Consultant Reviewer, American Journal of Sports Medicine
1992- present

Consultant Reviewer, Southern Medical Journal
1998-present
   
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
  Fish, DN   Herzenberg, JE   Hensinger, RN
Current Pracruce in the Use of Traction for Congenital Dislocation of the Hip. Ortho Transactions. Vol 14, No.3 (Fall 1990) p.571-2

Fish; DN   Goulet, JA   Stevenson, JR
Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Calcaneus. Treatment with a Vascularized Muscle Flap, Ortho Transactions. Vo115, No.1 (Spring 1991). p.33

Carpenter, J  Fish, DN   Huston, L    Goldstein, SA
Comparison of Suture Anchor Devices: Biomechanical Study of Pull-out Strength in Human Cadaveric Tibiae Ortho Transactions
(Dec 1991).

Loder, RT  Fish, DN   Estle, DT   Morrison, K  Eggleston, D 
Applicability of the Greulich and Pyle Atlas in Skeletal Age Standards- to Black and White Children of Today, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Vol 34(9) Supplement 66 p27

Fish, DN   Herzenberg, JE   Hensinger, RN
Current Practice in the Use of Traction for Congenital Dislocation of the Hip Orthopedics/Rheumatology Digest;. 3:30 1992

Carpenter, J   Fish, DN   Huston, L   Goldstein, SA
Comparison of Suture Anchor Devices: Biomechanical Study of Pull-out Strength in Human Cadaveric Tibiae Arthroscopy Vo1 8, Number 3,1992 p.399-400
   
PRESENTATIONS
  Fish, DN   Herzenberg, JE   Hensinger, RN
Current Practice in the Use of Traction for Congenital Dislocation of the Hip, presented to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in New Orleans LA (Feb 1990)

Fish, DN   Goulet, JA   Stevenson, TR
Chronic osteomyelitis of the calcaneus. Treatment With a Vascularized Muscle Flap, presented to the- American Orthopaedic Association Residents' Meeting in Newport Beach, CA (March 1990)

Fish, DN   Herzenberg, JE   Hensinger, RN
Current Practice in the Use of Traction for Congenital Dislocation of the Hip, presented to the American Orthopaedic Association Residents' Meeting in Kansas City, MO, (April 1991)

Carpenter, J   Fish, DN   Huston, L   Goldstein, SA
Comparison of Suture Anchor Devices: Biomechanical Study of Pull-out Strength in Human Cadaveric Tibiae, presented at the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association National Meeting, Orlando, FL (Apri11992)

Fish, DN   Herzenberg, JE   Hensinger, RN
Current Practice in the Use of Traction for Congenital Dislocation of the Hip, presented at the Second Annual Frederick Fischer Memorial Lecture in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Ann Arbor, MI (May 1990)

Carpenter, J   Fish, DN   Huston, L   Goldstein, SA
Comparison of Suture Anchor Devices: Biomechanical Study of Pull-out Strength in Human Cadaveric Tibiae, presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America National Meeting Boston, MA, (April 1992)

Loder, RT-   Fish, DN   Estle, DT   Morrison, K   Eggleston, D
Applicability of the Greulich and Pyle Atlas in Skeletal Age Standards to Black and White Children of Today, presented at the Fourth Annual Frederick Fischer Memorial Lecture in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Ann Arbor, MI (June 1992)
   
EXHIBITS
  Fish, DN   Goulet, JA   Stevenson, TR
Chronic osteomyelitis of the calcaneus. Treatment With a Vascularized Muscle Flap. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA (Feb 1990)

Fish, DN   Goulet, JA   Stevenson, TR
Chronic osteomyelitis of the calcaneus. Treatment With a Vascularized Muscle Flap. American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho (August 1989)
   
OTHER WORK IN PROGRESS
  Biomechanical characteristics of small suture anchor devices
Removal of broken screws from small diameter bones.
Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging of the knee.
Lasers in orthopaedic surgery
Prevention of skiing injuries
Arthroscopic Procedures using local anesthetic
   
   

 



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