GEORGE D. GANTSOUDES, MD

NOVA Pediatric Orthopaedics

Medical Director

www.novapedsortho.com

Telephone: (646) 245 - 9906

E-mail: [email protected]

EMPLOYMENT

2026 - Founder, Medical Director, NOVA Pediatric Orthopaedics

2015 – 2025 Pediatric orthopaedist, Pediatric Specialists of Virginia

President Inova Pediatric Leadership Council 2024

Division Leader, Pediatric Orthopaedics, a Inova Health Systems (2020 - 2024)

2010 – 2015 Pediatric orthopaedist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Medical Director of Motion Laboratory, Riley Hospital for Children/Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

2009 – 2010 Pediatric orthopaedist, junior staff/fellow, Rady Childrens’ Hospital, San Diego, CA.

ACADEMIC

AFFILIATION

2016 – Georgetown University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Assistant Clinical Professor

2010 – 2015 Indiana University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

EDUCATION

Medical

2011 Passed, Part II ABOS

2010 Graduate, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Scoliosis Fellowship, Rady Childrens’ Hospital of San Diego

2009 Passed, Part I ABOS 

2009 February – One week trip with Scott Nelson, MD Cap Haitien, Haiti

2008 June – One month externship with S. Robert Rozbruch, MD, Director, Institute for Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction, the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

2008 April – One month externship with Scott Nelson, MD at CURE International Hospital for Children, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2005 – 09 Resident, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY

2004 Medical Doctor, University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine

Undergraduate

            1999 Bachelors of Science, Biology; University of Michigan

Licenses

2016 – Washington, DC

2015 – Virginia

2010 Indiana (expired 2015)        

2009 California (expired 2010) 

2004 New York (expired 2010)

HONORS

2019 - 22 AAOS Board of Specialties, POSNA delegate

2017 AAOS Board of Specialties, POSNA delegate

2013 Orthopaedic Faculty Educator of the Year

2012 Orthopaedic Faculty Educator of the Year

2012 Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University

2011 Red Shoes Award for Excellence in Patient Care (Also 2013-4)

2007 Election into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) (Lambda chapter)

2007 Award for Excellence in Patient Care – Mount Sinai

2005 Resident award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching

2004 Finalist, William Grove Award; given annually to most accomplished medical student, University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine

PUBLICATIONS

Bagsby D, Gantsoudes G, Klitzman R. Intrinsic healing of the anterior cruciate ligament in an adolescent. American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead NJ). 2015;44(8):e294-7.

Capozzi, JD, Rhodes R, and Gantsoudes G, Professionalism in the Face of Adversity. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2006. 88(7): p. 1674.

Capozzi, JD, Rhodes R, and Gantsoudes GD.  Ethics in Practice. Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship.  The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2008 90: 208-210

Gantsoudes GD and Parsons PO, Posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow. Current Opinion in Orthopaedics, 2007. 18(4): p. 395-398.

Gantsoudes GD, Fragomen AF and Rozbruch SR.  Intraoperative Measurement of Mounting Parameters for the Taylor Spatial Frame, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.  2010;24(4):258-262.

Gantsoudes GD, Roocroft J, Mubarak SJ.  Treatment of Talocalcaneal Coalitions. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2012.  32(3): p. 301 - 7.

Kerns JM, Sladek EH, Malushte TS, Bach H, Elhassan B, Kitidumrongsook P, Kroin JS, Shott S, Gantsoudes G, Gonzalez MH., End-to-side nerve grafting of the tibial nerve to bridge a neuroma-in-continuity. Microsurgery, 2005. 25(2): p. 155-66.

Moraleda, L, Gantsoudes, GD, & Mubarak, SJ (2014). C sign: Talocalcaneal Coalition or Flatfoot Deformity?. Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics.

Pennock, AT, Gantsoudes, GD, Forbes, JL, Asaro, AM, Mubarak, SJ (2014). Stair falls: caregiver’s “missed step” as a source of childhood fractures. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 8(1), 77-81.

Pruzansky ME, Gantsoudes GD, Watters N. Long-Term Results of Treatment of Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis with Reattachment to Bone. The American Journal of Orthopaedics, 2009;38(6):295-299.

Tysklind RG, Myung K, Gantsoudes G, Kishan S, Turner C, Lee S, Wanner M, Sabatino M, Linger S, Loder RT. Intraobserver and Interobserver Measurement Variability of the Rib-Vertebral Angle Difference. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2017 Aug 22.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Gantsoudes GD and Hausman MR.  Elbow Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, 6^th Ed. Skirven TM ,Ed.

Gantsoudes GD.  Principles of Pediatric Fracture Management, Synopsis of Orthopaedic Trauma Management, Gaski/Mullis, Ed

SUBMITTED

Increased Incidence of Early Mortality in US POSNA Members: a Canary in the Coalmine?, Submitted to JPOSNA

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Summarized 11 pediatric orthopaedic surgical technique descriptions for inclusion in Flatow EF, Colvin AC, eds: Atlas of Essential Orthopaedic Procedures. Rosemont, IL, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2014.

PRESENTATIONS

4/2013 Poster: C-sign: Talocalcaneal Coalition or Flatfoot Deformity?, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

4/2011 E-poster: Clinical Outcomes of Arthroscopic Revision Anterior Glenohumeral Instability Repair, Athroscopy Association of North America

4/2011 Podium presentation: Classification and Treatment of Talocalcaneal Coalitions, European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society, Annual Meeting.

2/2011 Podium presentation: Mid-term Outcomes Following Talocalcaneal Coalition Excision, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Annual meeting (First author)

9/2006 Poster Presentation, American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Correlations Between American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting Presentations and Final Publications

5/2006 Podium Presentation, New York Society for Surgery of the Hand

Correlations Between American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting Presentations and Final Publications

MEMBERSHIPS

AAOS –  Member

POSNA – Member and committee member (current Advocacy Committee, Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Wellness Committee)

AACPDM  - Member (former)

OTA – Faculty, resident educator

CLINICAL INTERESTS

Cerebral palsy

Hip dysplasia

Sports medicine

Trauma

Clubfoot

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

Inova Fairfax

ACADEMIC AFFILIATION

Georgetown University, Assistant Clinical Professor