David J. Bozentka - Faculty Biosketch

David J. Bozentka, M.D.

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Active Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Active Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Athletics Medical Consultant , University of Pennsylvania

Active Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Chief, Hand Surgery Section, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Active Attending Physician, Pennsylvania Hospital

Chief, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Philadelphia Flyers Medical Consultant, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia 76ers Medical Consultant, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Union Medical Consultant, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Orthopaedic Surgery

Contact information

Penn Medicine at University City
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-3340
Fax: 215-349-5128

Email:
david.bozentka@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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Autobiography of Dr. David Bozentka

Education:
B.S. (Chemistry)
Ursinus College, 1983.
M.D.
Jefferson Medical College, 1987.

Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1987-1992.
Fellow, Hand Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1992-1993.

Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1995.
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery; Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand, 1996.
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand Recertification Examination, 2005.
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Certificate of Added Qualifications in Surgery of the Hand Recertification Examination, 2015.

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Selected Publications

Isaacs J, Nydick JA, Means KR, Merrell GA, Ilyas A, Levin LS, Bozentka D, Steinberg D, Gray B, Lin I, Frankenhoff J. : A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Comparison of Conduits Versus Decellularized Nerve Allograft for Digital Nerve Repairs. J Hand Surg Am 2023.

Xu W, Steinberg DR, Bozentka DJ, Lin I: : Investigating Patient-Level Radiation Exposure in Hand and Wrist Fracture Surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery Page: S309-S313, 2022.

Wen Xu 1, Adrienne N Christopher, Sophia Hu 2, David R Steinberg 3, David J Bozentka 3, Ines C Lin: Investigating Patient-Level Radiation Exposure in Hand and Wrist Fracture Surgery. Ann Plas Surg 88, 2022.

Matthew K Stein 1, George W Fryhofer 1, Sarah Blumenthal 1, Vincent Huang 2, Derek J Donegan 1, Samir Mehta 1; Behavior in Orthopaedics Over Mental Health (BOOM) Group: Objects in mirror are closer than they appear: Symptoms of depression and suicidality in orthopedic surgeons J Bone Joint Surg Am 104, 2022.

Stephens AR, Buterbaugh KL, Gordon JA, Steinberg D, Bozentka DJ, Khoury V, Kazmers NH: Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound evaluations of zone II partial flexor tendon lacerations of the fingers: A Cadaveric study Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 11: 1-6, November 2020 Notes: Online Ahead of Print.

Cheema, A.N., Niziolek, P.J., Steinberg, D.R., Kneeland, B., Kazmer, N.H., Bozentka, D.J. : The effects of CT scans oriented along the longitudinal scaphoid axis on measurements of deformity and displacement in scaphoid fractures. J Hand Surg Am 43(12): 1092-1097, Dec 2018.

Kazmers, N.H., Gordon, J.A, Buterbaugh, K.L., Bozentka, D.J., Steinberg, D.R., Khoury, V.: Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Zone II Partial Flexor Tendon Lacerations of the Fingers: A Cadaveric Study. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 37(4): 941-948, Apr 2018.

Kazmers, N.H., Liu, T.C., Wu, C.H., Steinberg, D.R., Bozentka, D.J., Levin. L.S., Gray, B.L.: Deferring Routine Wrist Radiography Does Not Affect Management of de Quervain Tendinopathy Patients. J Wrist Surg 7(2): 115-120, Apr 2018.

Kazmers, N.H., Liu, T.C., Gordon, J.A., Bozentka, D.J., Steinberg, D.R., Gray, B.L.: Patient- and Disease-Specific Factors Associated With Operative Management of de Quervain Tendinopathy. J Hand Surg Am 42(11): 931, Nov 2017.

Kazmers, N.H., Fryhofer, G.W., Gittings, D., Bozentka, D.J., Steinberg, D.R., Gray, B.L.: Acute Deep Infections of the Upper Extremity: The Utility of Obtaining Atypical Cultures in the Presence of Purulence. J Hand Surg Am 42(8): 663, Aug 2017.