About Dr. Shapiro - Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Paul Shapiro, MD
Paul Scott Shapiro, MD

Paul Scott Shapiro, M.D.

Practice Limited To:
Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
Shoulder Surgery
Microvascular Surgery

Address 1:
Weissman, Gitlin, Herkowitz, M.D., P.C.
27207 Lahser Road, Suite 200-B
Southfield, Michigan 48034
(248) 663-1900

Address 2:
Weissman, Gitlin, Herkowitz, M.D., P.C.
6900 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 103
West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322
(248) 855-7400

Address 3:
Beaumont Orthopaedic Center
3535 West 13 Mile Road, Suite 742
Royal Oak, Michigan 48073
(248) 551-9100

Hospital Affiliations:
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak & Troy, Michigan - Active Staff

Personal Data:

Date of Birth:
March 28, 1965
Detroit, Michigan

Marital Status:
Married, Jennifer M. Shapiro

Medical Licensure:
Michigan, 1997 - 4301069354

Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
July 16, 1999
Recertification, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Valid 2007 - 2020
Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand
August 5, 2006.


Education

Post-Fellowship Training, 2001
Replantation/Transplantation Hand Surgery
The Buncke Clinic
Harry J. Buncke, M.D.
San Francisco, California

Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship, 1996-1997
University of California, San Francisco
Edward Diao, M.D.
San Francisco, California

Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery, 1992-1996
The Mt. Sinai Medical Center - Avrum I. Froimson, M.D.
Cleveland, Ohio

Internship in General Surgery, 1991-1992
The Mt. Sinai Medical Center - Jeffrey L. Ponsky, M.D.
Cleveland, Ohio

Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1987-1991
Detroit, Michigan
Degree: M.D. with Distinction in Biomedical Research

University of Michigan, 1983-1987
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Degree: B.S. with Distinction

Honors and Awards

University of Michigan:
Class Honors: '84, '85, '86, '87
James B. Angell Scholar, 1987

Wayne State University School of Medicine:
Distinction in Biomedical Research, 1991

Research:
"The Effect of Corticosteroid Injection and an Injectable Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug on the Histologic and Biomechanical Properties of Rabbit Tendon and Cartilage"

  • The Barry Friedman Orthopaedic Award, 1994
    (Outstanding Resident Research Paper)
  • American Orthopaedic Association-Zimmer 8th Annual Travel Awards Competition for Orthopaedic Residents, Winner 1995
  • The Ohio Orthopaedic Society Resident Research Competition, Winner, 1995

Practice:
"Top Docs", Hour Detroit Magazine. October, 2006.

Stanko Stanisavljevic Orthopaedic Education Award
Resident Teacher of the Year
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan
June 1, 2007

Membership in Professional Societies

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Candidate Member of the American Society for Surgery of the hand.
  • American Medical Association
  • The University of Michigan Alumni Association
  • Wayne State University School of Medicine Alumni Association
  • Michigan State Medical Society
  • Oakland County Medical Society

Published Papers & Current Research:

  1. Shapiro PS, Rohde R, Froimson MI, Lash RH, Postak P, Greenwald AS: The Effect of Local Corticosteroid or Ketorolac Exposure on Histologic and Biomechanical Properties of Rabbit Tendon and Cartilage. Accepted for Publication, April, 2007. HAND
  2. Shapiro PS: Operative and Nonoperative Management of Arthritis of the Hand and Wrist. Current Opinion in Orthopaedics, 10:4 Aug. 1999.
  3. Papandrea RF, Seitz WH Jr., Shapiro PS, Borden BA: Biomechanical, Cross-sectional, and Clinical Analysis of the Epitenon-first Technique for Flexor Tendon Repair. J Hand Surg., 20 A: 2 261-266, 1995.
  4. Ebraheim NA, Shapiro PS, Rupp RE, Merritt TR: Great Toe Flexion in Lateral Subtalar Dislocations and Talar Fracture-Dislocations. Contemporary Orthopaedics 29:5 Nov. 1994..
  5. Cohn BT, Shapiro PS: An Effective Technique for Corticosteroid Injection into the Knee Joint. Orthopedic Review, 22:1341-1342, 1993..
  6. Loder RT, Richards BS, Shapiro PS, Reznick LR and Aronson DD: Acute Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: The Importance of Physeal Stability. J Bone Joint Surg., 75A:1134-1140, 1993..
  7. Waldrop J, Ebraheim NA, Shapiro PS, Jackson WT: Anatomical Considerations of Posterior Tibialis Tendon Entrapment in Irreducible Lateral Subtalar Dislocations. Foot and and Ankle, 13:458-461, 1992.
  8. Ebraheim NA, Savolaine ER, Shapiro PS, Houston T, Jackson WT: Unilateral Lumbosacral Facet Joint Dislocation Associated with Vertical Shear Fracture. J Orthop Trauma, 5(4):498-503, 1991.
  9. Loder RT, Shapiro PS, Towbin R, Aronson DD: Aortic Anatomy in Children with Myelo-meningocele and Congenital Lumbar Kyphosis. J Pediatr Orthop, 31-35, 1991.
  10. Shapiro PS, Froimson MI, Lash RH, Postak P, Greenwald AS: The Effect of Corticosteroid Injection and an Injectable Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug on the Histologic and Biomechanical Properties of Rabbit Tendon and Cartilage. In Preparation.
  11. Shapiro PS, Diao E, Burke E, Singer R, Allen M, Lorio M, Fogler C: Comparison of Combined Internal and External Fixation with Internal Distraction-Plating for Treatment of Comminuted Intraarticular Fractures of the Distal Radius. In Preparation.
  12. Shapiro PS, Diao E. Complications of External Fixation for Treatment of Unstable, Intraarticular Fractures of the Distal Radius: A Meta-Analysis. In Preparation.

Published Abstracts:

  1. Shapiro PS, Froimson MI, Lash RH, Postak P, Greenwald AS: The Effect of Corticosteroid Injection and an Injectable Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug on the Histologic and Biomechanical Properties of Rabbit Tendon and Cartilage. Orthopaedic Transactions, 19:2,1995 p. 329.
  2. Loder RT, Shapiro PS, Towbin R, Aronson DD: Aortic Anatomy in Children with Myelo-meningocele and Congenital Lumbar Kyphosis. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 31:5 October, 1989.
  3. Mantel J, Freidin M, Cascade L, Shapiro PS, Cascade PN: The Effect of Contrast Material on Bioluminescent Bacteria. Med Phys, 14:454. 1987.

Book Chapters:

  1. Shapiro PS, Seitz WH Jr.: Non-neoplastic Tumors of the Hand and Wrist, in Akelman E Ed.: Hand Clinics: Tumors of the Hand and Upper Extremity, Philadelphia, PA, W.B.Saunders Co., May 1995.

Committee Memberships:

  1. Medical / Legal Committee - Oakland County Medical Society.
  2. Appeal Hearing Committee for Staff Privileges - William Beaumont Hospital, Troy, Michigan

Presentations to National Societies:

  1. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 53rd Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota,"Comparison of Combined Internal and External Fixation with Internal Distraction-Plating for Treatment of Comminuted Intraarticular Fractures of the Distal Radius", September, 1998. Poster Exhibit.
  2. "The Effect of Corticosteroid Injection and an Injectable Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug on the Histologic and Biomechanical Properties of Rabbit Tendon and Cartilage",
    • 108th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association, The Greenbrier Resort, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia June 10th - 13th, 1995. Poster Exhibit.
    • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 62nd Annual Meeting. February 17th, 1995. Presentation.
    • The Ohio Orthopaedic Society, 56th Annual Meeting, May 13, 1995.
    • Presentation of Barry Friedman Award winning resident paper at 30th Annual Reich Lecture, The Cleveland Orthopaedic Society, November, 1994.
  3. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 48th Annual Meeting, Kansans City, Missouri,"Biomechanical Cross-sectional, and Clinical Analysis of the Epitenon-first Technique of Flexor Tendon Repair", September, 1993.
  4. Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America "Acute Slipped Capital Epiphysis: The Importance of Physeal Stability", May, 1993.
  5. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 57th Annual Meeting, "Aortic Anatomy in Children with Myelomeningocele and Congenital Lumbar Kyphosis", New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 1990.

Presentations to Local and Regional Medical Societies:

  1. "Common Office Hand Problems for Primary Care" Lecture Presentation. Allen Zieger Memorial Lecture Series: Bone and Joint Disease for Primary Care 2006. Novi, Michigan, November, 2006.
  2. "Fractures and Dislocations of the Upper Extremity" Lecture Presentation. Rehabilitation Insurance Nurses Council (RINC), Annual Meeting. Southfield, Michigan. February, 1999.
  3. "Tenosynovitis and Tennis Elbow" Lecture Presentation. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, William Beaumont Hospital. Royal Oak, Michigan, February, 1999.
  4. "Compression Neuropathies of the hand and Upper Extremity" Lecture Presentation. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, William Beaumont Hospital. Royal Oak, Michigan, February, 1998.
  5. "Comparison of Combined Internal and External Fixation with Internalhi Distraction-Plating for Treatment of Comminuted Intraarticular Fractures of the Distal Radius", Abbott Society Lecture, 1997. San Francisco, California. May, 1997.
  6. "Prevention of Complications in External Fixation of Unstable, Intraarticular Distal Radius Fractures" The Northern California Chapter of the Western Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Conference. Monterey, California, April 1997.
  7. "Establishment of a Diagnosis-Specific Outcomes Research Protocol and Cost Analysis for Impingement Syndrome and Rotator Cuff Disease" Presentation of Senior Thesis, Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. June, 1996.
  8. "Tourniquet Use in Orthopaedic Surgery": Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. June, 1996.
  9. "Radiography of the Wrist": State-wide presentation to Occupational Therapists at The Comprehensive Review Course on the Management of Injuries and Disorders of the Wrist. Cleveland, Ohio. October 13, 1995.
  10. "Arthroscopic Surgery of Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist" Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Association of Surgical Technologists. August 26, 1995.
  11. "Impingement / Instability Overlap Syndrome" Presented to Louis U. Bigliani, M.D., 30th Annual Reich Lecturer of The Cleveland Orthopaedic Society, November, 1994
  12. "Acute Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: The Importance of Physeal Stability" The Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. September, 1993.