Meir Marmor, MD
Associate Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

628-206-8812

Dr. Meir T. Marmor has a strong clinical interest in the treatment of complex fractures, fracture complications, and fractures in the elderly population, joint replacement surgery, and musculoskeletal ultrasound. His clinical practice involves the use of advanced imaging techniques, computer-assisted and minimally invasive surgery.

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Dr. Marmor practice includes treatment of all long-bone and intra-articular fractures and their complications, such as infected fracture fixations and fracture non-unions. Dr. Marmor also performs primary joint replacements of hips, knees, shoulders, and elbows as well as revision joint replacements for infected, dislocating or painful joint replacements.

Dr. Marmor’s research interests include muscle compartment syndrome, post-operative pain, tibia fracture complications, elderly/geriatric fractures, sensors & wearable technology, and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Dr. Marmor’s research expertise includes clinical research, biomechanical research, and computational & data science techniques.

Dr. Marmor has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences, speaking on topics such as measurement of outcomes in fracture surgery, evaluation and management complex fractures, fracture imaging and advanced techniques in fracture surgery. He teaches orthopaedic trauma surgery in regional, national and inter-national forums, and he is also the editor of a orthopaedic surgery textbook titled – Decision Making in Orthopaedic Trauma. Dr. Marmor is a devoted teacher and mentor to students and trainees of all levels at UCSF and beyond.

Dr. Marmor is a graduate with honors of the Israeli Institute of Technology medical school. After medical school, he served in the Israeli army for 7 years as a medical officer and then for 5 years as a flight surgeon. While in the military he completed his orthopaedic residency in Tel-Aviv and Barzilai medical centers in Israel. He has also undergone training in trauma management at the Tel Hashomer medical center in Israel. After completing his residency, he had further clinical training in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery as a clinical fellow at UCSF, and in joint replacement surgery as a clinical fellow in the Joint Replacement Institute in Los Angeles.

Dr. Marmor is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS). He is also an active member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA), Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), California Orthopaedic Association (COA), American Medical Association (AMA), Califonia Medical Association (CMA), and Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie (SICOT). Dr. Marmor is a proud husband and father to three children and is committed to providing the highest quality of patient care, resident education and medical research.

Awards

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  • Howard Rosen Table Instructor Award for your outstanding contribution to the AOTrauma North America, AOTrauma North America, 2018

Education & Training

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  • Fellowship Joint Replacement (Arthroplasty) Joint Replacement Institute 08/2018
  • Fellowship Orthopaedic Trauma University of California, San Francisco 07/2010
  • Postdoctoral Studies Orthopaedic Trauma University of California, San Francisco 07/2009
  • AO Trauma Fellowship Orthopedic Trauma Saarland University 2008
  • Orthopaedic Surgeon Department of Orthopedic Surgery The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center 2008
  • Medical Doctor The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion – Israel Institute of Technology 1996
  • Masters candidate Information and Data Science University of California, Berkeley

Interests

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  • Surgical education
  • Fracture complications including infections and nonunion
  • Personalized Medicine
  • Joint Replacement Surgery
  • Computational science including modeling
  • simulation and artificial intelligence
  • Data science including analysis of "big data"
  • Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
  • Fractures in the elderly and geriatric population
  • Clinical research
  • clinical trials and evidence based medicine
  • Complex trauma of long bones and joints including pelvic & acetabulum surgery

Websites

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Videos

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Grants and Projects

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  • Development of a Handheld Ultrasound-Based System to Assist in Clinical Diagnosis of Acute Compartment Syndrome, DOD/CDMRP, 2021-2023
  • Pre-operative Alcohol Skin Solutions in Fractured Extremities (PREPARE), University of Maryland, Baltimore, 2018-2021
  • Impedance measurements for assessment of fracture healing - implant design and large animal testing, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2018-2021
  • HIP Fracture Accelerated Surgical TreaTment And Care tracK (HIP ATTACK) Trial (HIP ATTACK), McMaster University, 2014-2020

Publications (86)

Top publication keywords:
Wearable Electronic DevicesHip FracturesFracture HealingAnkle JointFibulaJoint InstabilityAnkle InjuriesFemoral FracturesFractures, ComminutedFractures, BoneAcetabulumWeight-BearingOrthopedicsFracture Fixation, IntramedullaryFracture Fixation, Internal

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