Mark J. Anders MD
Mark J. Anders
MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Arthroplasty - Hip & Knee; General Orthopaedics; Knee Surgery; Lower Extremity Joint Replacement & Reconstruction; Orthopaedic Surgery; Reconstruction; Surgery - Trauma; Trauma & Reconstructive Surgery
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Patient Care
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This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.
View this physician on UBMDProfessional Summary:
I am one of only two orthopaedic surgeons trained in trauma practicing in the greater Buffalo region. My expertise and experience allow me to treat people with multiple traumatic and complex pelvis and extremity injury. As director of orthopaedic trauma services at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC), my practice encompasses care of patients who have sustained acute, complex orthopaedic trauma and complications of musculoskeletal trauma. My goal is to return patients to full function from what are sometimes devastating injuries. In addition to trauma care, I care for general orthopaedics patients who have a wide variety of clinical problems, including those with complications from injury and patients in need of lower-extremity joint reconstruction. As a member of UBMD Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine since completing my orthopaedic trauma fellowship in 1995, I care for people from all walks of life. My goal and greatest satisfaction is bringing about a successful clinical result for my patients.
I was one of three designing surgeons of a hip fracture implant for a major orthopaedic implant company. I championed the implant’s worldwide release and developed its early instructional courses. My research now focuses primarily on clinical orthopaedic trauma problems, including pelvis fractures and compartment syndrome practice patterns. I am working on an ankle fracture study, a hip fracture multicenter study and a study evaluating impact of muscle mass on clinical outcomes in trauma. My goal in research is to improve outcomes by learning from surgical experiences, both locally and as part of larger collaborative studies.
Teaching is a significant part of my career. My interaction with trainees keeps me on my toes as a teacher and practitioner, and my commitment to teaching locally, nationally and internationally has been recognized with four teaching awards. My daily interactions with residents includes rounding, formal and informal teaching in hospital, emergency room and clinic settings and, perhaps most importantly, hands-on tutoring techniques of orthopaedic surgery in the operating room -- often seven days a week. I train young orthopaedic surgeons in the craft of operating, and I also mentor them so that they grasp the responsibility inherent in caring for people. I strive to produce capable, independent, ethical surgeons ready to launch successful careers.
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Orthopaedic Trauma, Henry Ford Hospital Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship (1995)
- Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, University at Buffalo (1994)
- Residency, General Surgery, University at Buffalo (1989)
- MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School (1986)
- BS, University of Notre Dame (1982)
Employment:
- clinical associate prof, Orthopaedics, SUNY Buffalo; Jacobs school medicine
- Clinical Associate Professor, Orthopaedics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2004-present)
- Active Staff, Buffalo General Hospital (1995-present)
- Active Staff, Erie County Medical Center (1995-present)
- Active Staff, Women & Children‘s Hospital of Buffalo (1995-present)
- Faculty / Instructor, AO / ASIF Orthopaedic Trauma: Team Approach to Fracture Management
- Trauma Consultant, DePuy ACE / Johnson & Johnson
- Trauma Consultant, Howmedica
- Staff, Mercy Hospital, Catholic Health System (2008–2011)
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1995–2004)
- Active Staff, Veteran‘s Administration Medical Center in Buffalo (1995–2001)
- Associate Instructor Physician Assistant Program, D‘Youville College (1995–2001)
- Emergency Room Physician, Emergency Consultants, Inc. (1989–1990)
- Emergency Room Physician, Kenmore Mercy Hospital (1989–1990)
- General Practice, Kenmore Tonawanda Medical Associates, Inc. (1989–1990)
Awards and Honors:
- Castle Connolly's Top Doctor 2016 (2016)
- Orthopaedic Resident Teaching Award (2011)
- Orthopaedic Resident Teaching Award (2008)
- Orthopaedic Resident Teaching Award (2001)
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- January 2002–January 2004
Study to Prospectively Evaluate Reamed Intramedullary Nails in Tibial Shaft Fractures (SPRINT)
NIH
Role: Principal Investigator
$50,000
Journal Articles:
- Joseph EG, Serotte J, Haider MN, Pavlesen S, Anders M. (2023) Delay to Surgical Treatment in Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients. Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation (Jan), 14: 21514593231204760. doi:10.1177/21514593231204760
- Touban BM, Sayegh MJ, Galina J, Pavelson S, Radwan T, Anders MJ. (2022) Conmputerized Tomography Measured Psoas Cross Sectional Area Is Associated With Bone Mineral Density Measured Bone Mineral Density Measured By Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry. J Clin Densitom. (May), 4(25(4)): 592-598.
- Touban BM, Sayegh MJ, Galina J, Pavlesen S, Radwan T, Anders M. (2022) Computed Tomography Measured Psoas Cross Sectional Area Is Associated With Bone Mineral Density Measured by Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry. Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (Jan), 25(4): 592-598.
- Zhang L, Kirkwood CL, Sohn J, Lau A, Bayers-Thering M, Bali SK, Rachala S, Marzo JM, Anders MJ, Beier F, Kirkwood KL. (2021) Expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells contributes to metabolic osteoarthritis through subchondral bone remodeling. Arthritis research & therapy (Nov), 23(1): 287. doi:10.1186/s13075-021-02663-z
- Touban BM, Pavlesen S, Smoak JB, Sayegh MJ, Wang J, Zhao J, Anders MJ. (2019) Decreased Lean Psoas Cross-Sectional Area Is Associated With Increased 1-Year All-Cause Mortality in Male Elderly Orthopaedic Trauma Patients. Journal of orthopaedic trauma (Jan), 33(1): e1-e7.
- Anders MJ, Touban, BM, Pavlesen, S, Smoak, JB, Sayegh, MJ, Wang, J, Zhao, J. (2019) Decreased Lean Psoas Cross-Sectional Area Is Associated With Increased 1-Year All-Cause Mortality in Male Elderly Orthopaedic Trauma Patients. J Orthop Trauma (Jan), 33: e1-e7.
- Marzo JM, Kluczynski MA, Clyde C, Anders MJ, Mutty CE, Ritter CA. (2017) Weight bearing cone beam CT scan versus gravity stress radiography for analysis of supination external rotation injuries of the ankle. Quant Imaging Med Surg (Dec), 7(6): 678-684.
- Brown MJ, Bisson LJ, Anders MJ. (2016) Tibial Tubercle Fracture After Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) (Nov), 45(7): 469-471.
- Anders M, Mutty C, Cornwall A. (2016) Geographic variation in fasciotomy during operative management of tibia fractures. J Orthop (Sep), 13(3): 225-229.
- Brown MJ, Bisson LJ, Anders MJ. (2016) Tibial Tubercle Fracture After Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) (Jan)(7): 469-471.
- Smith BW, Buyea CM, Anders MJ. (2015) Incidence and Injury Types in Motorcycle Collisions Involving Deer in Western New York. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) (Jun), 44(6): 180-183.
- Qvick, LM, Ritter CA, Mutty CE, Rohrbacher BJ, Buyea, CM, Anders MJ. (2013) Donor Site Morbidity with Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator (RIA) use for Autogenous Bone Graft Harvesting. Injury (Sep), 44(10): 1263-1269.
- Qvick LM, Ritter CA, Mutty CE, Rohrbacher BJ, Buyea CM, Anders MJ. (2013) Donor site morbidity with reamer-irrigator-aspirator (RIA) use for autogenous bone graft harvesting in a single centre 204 case series. Injury (Jul).
- Anders MJ, Bhandari M, Tornetta P, Rampersad SA, Sprague S, Heels-Ansdell D, Sanders DW, Schemitsch EH, Swiontkowski M, Walter S. (2013) (Sample) size matters! An examination of sample size from the SPRINT trial study to prospectively evaluate reamed intramedullary nails in patients with tibial fractures. J Orthop Trauma (Apr), 27(4): 183-188.
- Anders MJ, Schemitsch EH, Bhandari M, Guyatt GH, Sanders DW, Swiontkowski M, Tornetta P, Walter SD, Zdero R, Goslings JC, Teague D, Jeray K, McKee MD. (2012) Prognostic Factors for Predicting Outcomes After Intramedullary Nailing of the Tibia. J Bone Joint Surg Am (Oct), 94(19): 1786-1793.
- Busse JW, Bhandari M, Guyatt GH, Heels-Ansdell D, Kulkarni AV, Mandel S, Sanders D, Schemitsch E, Swiontkowski M, Tornetta P, Wai E, Walter SD. (2012) Development and validation of an instrument to Predict Functional Recovery in Tibial Fracture Patients: the Somatic Pre-Occupation and Coping (SPOC) questionnaire. J Ortho Trauma (Jun), 26(6): 370-378.
- Hohman DW, Affonso J, Budny J, Anders MJ. (2012) Calcaneal plate fixation of distal femoral fractures. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) (Mar), 41(3): 140-143.
- Anders MJ Simunovic N, Walter S, Devereaux PJ, Sprague S, Guyatt GH, Schemitsch E, Tornetta P 3rd, Sanders D, Swiontkowski M, Bhandari M. (2011) Outcomes Assessment in the SPRINT Multicenter Tibial Fracture Trial: Adjudication committee Size has Trivial Effect on Trial Results. J Clin Epidemiol (Mar), 64(9): 1023-1033.
- Anders MJ, Jones, C.B., Babst, R.H.,. (2011) Minimally Invasive Fracture Care. AAOS: Orthopaedic Knowledge Update-Trauma (Jan), 4: 41-49.
- Hohman DW, Affonso J, Anders M, Anders MJ. (2011) Ceramic-on-Ceramic Failure Secondary to Head-Neck Taper Mismatch. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) (Jan), 40(11): 571-573.
- Anders MJ, Busse JW, Bhandari M, Guyatt GH, Heels-Ansdell D, Mandel S, Sanders D, Schemitsch E, Swiontkowski M, Tornetta P, Wai E, Walter SD. (2009) Use of Both Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire and Short Form-36 Among Tibial-Fracture Patients was Redundant. J Clin Epidemiol (Nov), 62(11): 1210-1217.
- Anders MJ Bhandari M, Guyatt G, Tornetta P 3rd, Schemitsch EH, Swiontkowski M, Sanders D, Walter SD. (2008) Randomized Trial of Reamed and Unreamed Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am (Dec), 90(12): 2567-2578.
- Mutty CE, Jensen EJ, Manka MA, Anders MJ, Bone LB. (2008) Femoral Nerve Block for Diaphyseal and Distal Femur Fractures in the Emergency department. Surgical technique. J Bone Joint Surg Am (Oct), 90 Su(2): 218-226.
- Dasa V, Adbel-Nabi H, Anders MJ, Mihalko WM. (2008) "F-18 Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography of the Hip for Osteonecrosis". Clin Orthop Relat Res (May), 466: 1081-1086.
- Rauh MA, Clark LD, Mutty CE, Anders MJ. (2008) Using the Quick Couple Drill Attachment as an Intraoperative Metal File. The American Journal of Orthopaedics (Feb), 37(2): 104-105.
- Mutty CE, Jensen EJ, Manka MA, Anders MJ, Bone LB. (2007) Femoral nerve block for diaphyseal and distal femoral fractures in the emergency department. J Bone Joint Surg Am (Dec), 89(12): 2599-2603.
- Moed BR, Ahmad BK, Craig JG, Jacobson GP, Anders MJ. (1998) Intraoperative Monitoring with Stimulus-Evoked Electromyography During Placement of Iliosacral Screws. An Initial Clinical Study. J Bone Joint Surg Am (Apr), 80(4): 537-546.
- Moed BR, Anders MJ, Ahmad BK, Craig JG, Jacobson GP. (1998) Intraoperative Stimulus-Evoked Electromyographic Monitoring for Placement of Iliosacral Implants: An Animal Model. J Orthop Trauma (Feb), 12(2): 85-89.
- Bone LB, Anders MJ, Rohrbacher BJ. (1998) Treatment of femoral fractures in the multiply injured patient with thoracic injury. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research (Feb)(347): 57-61.
- Anders MJ, Lifeso RM, Landis M, Mikulsky J, Meinking C, McCracken KS. (1996) Effect of Preoperative Donation of Autologous Blood on Deep-vein Thrombosis Following Total Joint Arthroplasty of the Hip or Knee. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Jan), 78(4): 574-580.
- Watson JT, Anders M, Moed BR. (1995) Management Strategies for Bone Loss in Tibial Shaft Fractures. Clin Orthop (Jan)138-152.
- Sultz, J., Anders MJ, Bone LB, Babikian, G. (1992) The Effects of Fracture Fixation on Complement Activation. The Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal (Jan), 3(125): 125.
- Flint L, Babikian G, Anders MJ, Rodriguez J, Steinberg S. (1990) Definitive Control of Mortality From Severe Pelvic Fracture. Annals of Surgery (Jun), 211(6): 703-707.
Professional Memberships:
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; Member Since 1999
- American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society; Member Since 2000.
- Medical Society of Erie County
- Medical Society of the State of New York; Member Since 1996.
- Orthopaedic Trauma Association; Member Since 1996.
- Western New York Orthopaedic Society; Member Since 1995.
Presentations:
- "Locked Plating and Femoral Nailing”; “Through Knee Amputation" Clinical Orthopaedic Society, Annual National Meeting; ; Talks/Presentation Trauma (2013)
- "Duration of Fracture Fixation Surgery in Multitrauma Patients" Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting (2012)
- "Volume of Lung Contusion as a Predictor of ARDS in the Multiple Trauma Patient" Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting (2012)
- "Innovative Use for Calcaneal Non-Locking Plates in the Treatment of Lateral Femoral Condyle Fractures" (2012)
- "Damage Control Orthopaedics; Proximal Femoral Nailing" ; Marshfield Clinic (2011)
- "Intertrochanteric Fractures: IM Nail vs Hip Screw" DePuy Orthopaedic Surgeon Trauma Medical Education Course (2011)
- "Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures" Transforming Orthopaedics: Improving Outcomes through Technology; Pfeidler Enterprises (2007)
- "Evaluation of Pressure Drop in Induced Compartment Syndrome after Treatment with Standard Fasciotomy or Pie Crusting: A Cadaveric Study" OTA Annual Meeting (2006)
- "Femoral Nerve Block for Femur Fractures in the Emergency Room" OTA Annual Meeting (2006)
- "Trochanteric Nailing Techniques" European Federation of Natural Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2005)
- "Intertrochanteric Fractures: Use of an Intramedullary Devices;" ; transforming Orthopaedics: Technology for Improved Surgical Outcome Course (2005)
- "Principles of Operative Fracture Treatment" AO ASIF Principles Course (2004)
- "Concepts in Locked Plating - A Trauma Symposium" ; SYNTHES (2004)
- "Proximal Femur Fractures Treated with Trochanteric Nail" Techniques & Issues in Orthopaedic Trauma Course (2004)
- "Trochanteric Nail Treatment for Proximal Femur Fractures" ; University of South Florida at Tampa; Current Solutions in Orthopaedic Trauma (2003)
- "Antibiotic-Impregnated Cement Rods in the Treatment of Long Bone Infections" OTA Annual Meeting (2003)
- "Bone: Responses to Fracture and Implant" AO/ASIF Course (2003)
- "Proximal Femur Fractures Treated with Trochanteric Nail” “Periprosthetic Femur Fractures" Advances in Orthopaedic Surgery (2003)
- "Early Results Trochanteric Nailing Proximal Femur Fractures" Southern Japanese Orthopaedic Trauma Conference (2002)
- "Proximal Femoral Fractures, Current Treatments Open Tibia Fractures" Advances in Orthopaedic Trauma Meeting (2002)
- "Femoral Fractures: Ante vs Retrograde Nailing, Trochanteric" AO/ASIF Course (2002)
- "Proximal Femur Fractures treated with Trochanteric Nail, Difficult Introchanteric Fractures-Antegrade, Trochanteric Femoral Nail" Minimally Invasive Lower Extremity Fracture Seminar (2002)
- "Venous Thrombosis" Orthopaedic Trauma Association Meeting (2001)
- "Acetabular Fracture Results, Multiple Surgeons" AAOS Meeting (2001)
- "Acetabular & Pelvic Fractures, Bone Grafting Update" AO/ASIF Course (2001)
- "AO/ASIF Orthopaedic Trauma: Team Approach to Fracture Management" (1999)
- "Surgical Treatment of Pediatric/Adolescent Orthopaedic Trauma: Internal Fixation of Small Bones Using Screws and Plates" AO ASIF Course (1999)
- "Acetabular Fracture Results-Multiple Surgeons" AAOS Meeting (1999)
- "Pelvis and Acetabulum Trauma Course" AAOS; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1999)
- "Intraoperative Stimulus - Evolked EMG Monitoring for Placement of Iliosacral Screws: An Animal Model and Initial Clinical Results" 10th Combined Orthopaedic Association Meeting 1998; Combined Orthopaedic Association (1998)
- "Fracture Dislocations of the Proximal Humerus: Treatment with Percutaneous Reduction and Pinning" Annual Meeting Orthopaedic Trauma Association; Orthopaedic Trauma Association (1995)
Service Activities:
- Ensure ortho call coverage to the desires of all partners (18 Sundays 2022; 10 through May '23); Director ECMC ortho trauma service (2022–present)
- Medical Executive Committee, Erie County Medical Center At Large Representative; Committee Member (2015–present)
- Humanitarian Mission, Ghana Hope for Tomorrow Foundation May 2014, Donated Surgeries and Medical Treatment; Volunteer (2014)
- Multidisciplinary PIPS Committee, ECMC; Committee Member (2014–present)
- Strategic Council, ECMC; Member (2014–present)
- Trauma Advisory Operations Committee, ECMC; Committee Member (2013–present)
- Trauma Peer Review, ECMC; Member (2013–present)
- Faculty Promotions Committee (2010–2013)
- Pain Management Committee, ECMC; Committee Member (2010–present)
- Bylaws Committee Member, Orthopaedic Trauma Association; Committee Member (2009–present)
- Governing Board of the Faculty Practice Management Plan Representative (2003–2004)
- Orthopaedic Trauma, ECMC; Director (2003–present)
- Western New York Orthopaedic Society; President (2002)
- Trauma Committee, ECMC; Committee Member (2002–present)
- Operating Room Committee, ECMC; Committee Member (2001–present)
- Western New York Orthopaedic Society; Vice President (2000)
- Faculty Council