Dr. Patterson obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Cape Town Medical School in 1981. In 1982 he completed a one year rotating internship at the University of Natal, South Africa. Following his internship, he worked overseas, including 6 months in the Emergency Room at St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, 3 months as a General Surgical Intern in Reading, England and 5 months as a family physician in Newfoundland, Canada. In July 1984, he returned to the University of Natal as a resident in the Surgical Trauma Unit. In July 1985, he entered the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programme, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. He obtained his Certification in Orthopaedic Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in 1989 and became an Upper Extremity Fellow with Dr. Robin Richards at St. Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto in July 1989. Following this year of training, he completed a one year Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship at the University of South Florida and the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Tampa. He spent September 1991 with Dr. Bernard Morrey at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, for additional training in elbow reconstructive surgery. In October 1991 he accepted a full time academic appointment at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, as an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Hand and Upper Limb Centre. In January 1999, he accepted a Hand Surgery position in Winter Haven. He established his independent practice, Central Florida Orthopaedic Surgery Associates, in January 2004.

Education & experience

Education

Medical School - University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Kwazulu-Natal College of Health Sciences (Residency)

University of South Florida, Tampa, Fellowship in Hand and Microsurgery

Shriners Hospitals for Children, Tampa (Fellowship)

University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Fellowship in Upper Extremity Reconstructive Surgery

Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery

Practice

Central Florida Orthopaedic Surgery Associates PL

Affiliation

Winter Haven Hospital

Bartow Regional Medical Center

Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center

Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Professional memberships

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Florida Orthopaedic Society

Florida Hand Society

American Medical Association

Polk County Medical Association

Florida Medical Association

Southern Orthopaedic Association

Canadian Orthopaedic Association

Awards and publications

Best Clinical Paper Award

Robert B Salter Award

Surgical Management of Acute and Chronic Elbow Injuries

Anatomy & Kinesiology of the Elbow

Glenoid Vault Endosteal Dimensions: An Anthropometric Study with Special Interest in Implant Design

Outcome After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Capitellar and Trochlear Fractures

Quality-of-Life Outcome Following Hemiarthroplasty or Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients with Osteoarthritis

The Detection of Loose Bodies in the Elbow

The Impact of Rotator Cuff Pathology on Isometric and Isokinetic Strength, Function and Quality of Life

Internal Fixation of Radial Neck Fractures: an in vitro BioMechanical An

Osteoblastoma of the Clavicle

Does Keel Size,the Use of Screws and the Use of Bone Cement Affect Fixation of a Metal Glenoid Implant?

Shoulder Arthroplasty

Osteoarthritis of the Thumb

Osteoarthritis of the Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint

Prosthesis Thickness on Micromotion in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

Background

Languages spoken

English

Gender

Male

NPI number

#1215931753

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