Cary C. Schwartzbach, M.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Inova Fairfax Medical Campus 3300 Gallows Road Falls Church, VA 22042 Phone: 703-776-2128 DOB: February 14, 1958 Birthplace: New York City, New York EDUCATION College: • Columbia College, New York City, AB, Psychology, 1980, Magna Cum Laude. Medical School: • Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York, 1984. TRAINING • Intern, General Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C. 1984-1986. • Resident, General Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington D.C. 1985-1986. • Assistant Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1986-1988. • Resident and Junior Anne C. Klein Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, New York, 1988-1989. COMMITTEES/AWARDS COLLEGE • Dean's List • Honors Psychology Program • Freshman Orientation,1979 • Columbia University Senate Calendaring Subcommittee, 1979-1980 • Magna Cum Laude, 1980 MEDICAL SCHOOL • Student Faculty Committee 1980-1981 • Cocktail Committee Chairman 1980-1981 • Freshman Orientation 1981 • Financial Aid Committee 1981-1982 • Commissioner, Basketball League 1981-1982 • New York Orthopaedic Hospital Award 1984 RESIDENCY Harrison Mclaughlin. M.D., Award 1989 HOSPITAL AFILIATIONS • INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia APPOINTMENTS • Assistant Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. • Orthopaedic Residency Coordinator, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 1993-1997. • Orthopaedic Consultant, Fairfax County Health Department, 1990-2002. • Orthopaedic Trauma Section Chief, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 2003-2018. CERTIFICATIONS • Diplomate, American Board of Medical Examiners, 1985. • Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1991 • Recertification 2003, 2013. LICENSURE • New York State, 1986. • Commonwealth of Virginia, 1989. RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS Inferior Capsular Shift for Anterior-Inferior Shoulder Instability in Athletes Podium presentations at: • American Orthopaedic Association Residents Meeting, March 17, 1988, Boston, Massachusetts. • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 56th Annual Meeting, February 14, 1989, Las Vegas, Nevada. • New York Orthopaedic Hospital Alumni Meeting, April 26, 1989, New York, New York, Winner of Harrison McLaughlin, M.D., Award. Factors Determining Orthopaedic Trauma Follow Up Podium presentation at: • Israel Orthopaedic Association, 28th Annual Meeting, December 17, 2008, Jerusalem, Israel Clinical Efficacy and Functional Outcomes of Autologous Bone Grafting from the Distal Femur and Proximal Tibia for Fracture Non-unions Podium presentation at: • Orthopaedic Trauma Association, 25th Annual Meeting, October 7-10, 2009, San Diego, California Percutaneous Fixation of Vancouver B1 Periprosthetic Femoral Shaft Fractures with a Reversed Contralateral Distal Femur LISS Plate Podium presentation at: • New York Orthopaedic Hospital Alumni Meeting, May 21, 2011, New York, New York • Israel Orthopaedic Association, 31st Annual Meeting, November 30, 2011, Tel Aviv, Israel Meniscal Tears in Tibial Plateau Fractures as Predicted by Measuring Internal Depression on CT Scans Presented at: • Podium: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 80th Annual Meeting, March 22, 2013, Chicago, Illinois • Poster: Virginia Orthopaedic Society, 66th Annual Meeting, May 4, 2013, Washington, DC • Podium: Southern Orthopaedic Association, 31st Annual Meeting, July 17, 2014, Avon, Colorado • Podium: Israel Orthopaedic Association, 34th Annual Meeting, November 27, 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel in conjunction with the 2nd Conference of the Mediterranean Trauma Society Mini-Plating Can Influence Compression Achieved in Long Bone Fractures Fixed with Dynamic Compression Plating (DCP) Presented at: • Podium: Southern Orthopaedic Association, 31st Annual Meeting, July 19, 2014, Avon, Colorado • Poster: Orthopaedic Research Society, 2015 Annual Meeting, March 28-31, 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada • Podium: Israel Orthopaedic Association, 36th Annual Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 30, 2016 Use of the Mid-Vastus Approach for Semi-Extended Tibial Nailing Presented at: • Poster: Orthopaedic Trauma Association, 2014 Annual Meeting, October 15, 2014 • Podium: Eastern Orthopaedic Association 45th Annual Meeting, October 25, 2014, Amelia Island, Florida • Podium: Israel Orthopaedic Association, 34th Annual Meeting, November 27, 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel, in conjunction with the 2nd Conference of the Mediterranean Trauma Society • Podium: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 82nd Annual Meeting, March 24-28, 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada The Impact of Orthopaedic Implants on Airport Security Screening in a Post 9/11 World. Presentation at: • Poster: American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting, March 2016 • ePoster: Virginia Orthopedic Society, Annual Meeting, April 2017, Charlottesville, VA • ePoster at Israel Orthopaedic Association, 37th Annual Meeting, December 14, 2017, Tel Aviv, Israel Post-operative CT Scan in Hip Fracture Patients with Anemia. ePoster Presentation at: • Virginia Orthopaedic Society, Annual Meeting, April 2017, Charlottesville, VA The Effect of Isolated Weber B Fibular Fracture Displacement on Tibio-Talar Contact Pressures- A Cadaveric Study • ePoster at Israel Orthopaedic Association, 37th Annual Meeting, December 14, 2017, Tel Aviv, Israel • Podium at the Virginia Orthopaedic Society, Annual Meeting, April 20, 2018, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Hip Fractures: To Block or Not to Block • Podium at at Israel Orthopaedic Association, 39th Annual Meeting, December 11, 2019, Tel Aviv, Israel FAITH-2 Trial: A Pilot Feasibility, 2x2 Factorial Randomized Control Trial Comparing the Sliding Hip Screw vs. Cancellous Screws and Vitamin D3 versus Placebo for the Treatment of Young Femoral Neck Fractures (FAITH 2 Trial Investigators) • Podium: Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Annual Meeting, September 2019, Denver, CO Does topical Vancomycin powder use in fracture surgery change bacteriology and antibiotic susceptibilities? An Analysis of the VANCO Trial. (METRC Vanco Investigators) • Podium: Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Annual Meeting, September 2019, Denver, CO PUBLICATIONS • Bigliani LU, Kurzweil PR, Schwartzbach CC, Wolfe IN, Flatow EL. Inferior capsular shift procedure for anterior-inferior instability in athletes. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 22:578-584, 1994 • Trask AL, Richards FD, Schwartzbach CC, Kurtzke RN. Massive orthopaedic, vascular and soft tissue injuries from military type weapons: A case report. Journal of Trauma, 38(3): 428-431, 1995 • Schwartzbach CC, Seoudi H, Ross AE, Hendershot K, Robinson L, Malekzadeh A. Fracture of the scapula with intrathoracic penetration in a skeletally mature patient. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Am, 88: 2735-2738, 2006 • Russo M, Malekzadeh AS, Hampton C, Hymes R, Schwartzbach C, Schulman J. Reversed Contralateral LISS Plate for Vancouver B1 Periprosthetic Femoral Shaft Fractures. Orthopedics, 38(6): e467-72, 2015 • Neuman MD, Gaskins LJ, Ziolek T, The REGAIN Investigators. Time to institutional review board approval with local versus central review in a multicenter pragmatic trial. Clin Trials. 2017; Ahead of Print: October 6, 2017: 1-5. doi: 10.1177/1740774517735536 • FAITH-2 Investigators [IFMC: Hymes, Schwartzbach, Malekzadeh, Schulman, Holzman, Lialios-Ramfos, Ramsey, Haaser], Slobogean, Sprague et al. Fixation using alternative implants for the treatment of hip fractures (FAITH-2): design and rationale for a pilot multi-centre 2x2 factorial randomized controlled trial in young femoral neck fracture patients. Pilot Feasibility Study. 2019 May; 5:70. • Program of Randomized Trials to Evaluate Pre-operative Antiseptic Skin Solutions in Orthopaedic Trauma (PREP-IT) Investigators, Slobogean GP, Sprague S, Wells J, et al. Effectiveness of iodophor vs chlorhexidine solutions for surgical site infections and unplanned reoperations for patients who underwent fracture repair: The PREP-IT master protocol. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Apr 1;3(4):e202215. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2215. CURRENT RESEARCH • A RCT of regional vs. general anesthesia for promoting independence after hip fracture • Comminuted intra-articular distal tibia fracture fixation using 3D computer planning and prototyping techniques • Identifying patient and caregiver centered factors for discharge placement after hip fracture • Impact of orthopaedic trauma implants on airport security screening in a post 9/11 world • Prevention of clot in orthopaedic trauma • A pragmatic randomized trial evaluating pre-operative alcohol skin solutions in fractured extremities • Early advanced weightbearing for peri-articular knee and pilon injuries: an RCT using the antigravity treadmill • Cross-Validation of Cut Scores for Meniscal Tear in Tibial Plateau Fractures (Cross-V-MT) COMPLETED RESEARCH • Operative vs. Non-Operative Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures – a multi-centric study • Intramedullary nail vs. sliding hip screw inter-trochanteric evalution (INSITE) • A prospective randomized trial to assess PO vs. IV antibiotics for the treatment of early post-op wound infection after extremity fracture (POvIV) • Local antibiotic therapy to reduce infection after operative treatment of fractures at high risk of infection: A multicenter randomized controlled trial (Vanco) • Improving activity and quality of life following lower extremity trauma: TCCS • FAITH-2: Fixation using alternative implants for the treatment of hip fractures in young adults • Biomechanical studies: DCP mini-plating PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS • Virginia Medical Society • Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • Washington Orthopaedic Society COMMITTEES • Orthopaedic Research Committee, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 1993-1998. • Infection Committee, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 1995-2002. • Trauma Committee and Subcommittee, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 1995-2018. • Trauma Chief Search Committee, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 1995-1996. • OR Suite Committee, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, 2003-2010. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Team Physician • West Springfield High School, 1990-1991. • Thomas Jefferson High School, 1992-1994. Jewish Community Center, Northern Virginia • Member, Board of Directors, 1993-2002 and 2010-2016. • Member, Executive Board, 1997-2001. • Assistant Treasurer, 1997-1999. • Treasurer, 1999-2001. • Chairman, Sports Fitness and Aquatics Committee, 1994-1996. • Chairman, Community Outreach Committee, 1996-1997. United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Washington • Planning and Allocation Committee, 1996-1997. Congregation OlamTikvah • Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2003. • Instructor, Weekly Bible Class, 2000-2003. Fairfax County Health Department Clinic • Orthopaedic Clinic Director, Voluntary Basis, 1990-200