CV — Nikolaj Wolfson, MD, FRCSC, FACS

Orthopedic Surgeon | San Francisco, CA

Education & Experience

Undergraduate — University of Grodno, Belarus, 1976
Medical School — Tel Aviv University, Medical Doctor, 1981
Internship — University Of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1989 Rotating
Residency — University of Western Ontario, 1993 London, Ontario, Canada Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship — University of Toronto, 1994 Orthopaedic Reconstruction and Trauma

Zinman C, Wolfson N, Reis ND. Osteochondritis dissecans of the dome of the talus. Computed tomography scanning in diagnosis and follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am 70(7):1017-9, 1988
Wolfson N, Hearn T, Thomason J, Armstrong PF. Force and stiffness changes during Ilizarov leg lengthening. Clin. Orthop Relat Res 250: 58-60, 1990
Wolfson N, Galpin RD, Hearn TC, Willis RB. Control of interfragmentary micromotion in Ilizarov distractional osteogenesis. Bull Hosp Jt Dis 52(1):36-8, 1992
Hearn TC, Schatzker J, Wolfson N. Extraction strength of cannulated cancellous bone screws. J Orthop Trauma 7(2): 138-41, 1993
Chakarun CJ, Wolfson N. Adult male with right shoulder pain: posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jun; 53(6):714,745
Demetriou MD, Wiest A, Hofmann DC, Johnson WL, Han B, Wolfson N, Wang G and Liaw PK: Amorphous metals for hard-tissue prosthesis. JOM, submitted for publication, 2009

Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Wolfson N, White EA, Forrester D. Lisfranc fracture-dislocation: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation and postoperative imaging follow-up. Educational exhibit presented at American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2009.
Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Demetriades D, Wolfson N, White EA. Sternoclavicular joint dislocations: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation. Educational exhibit presented at American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2009.
Koo J, Tumyan L, Chakarun CJ, White EA, Wolfson N. Musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections: a step-by-step guide to common and innovative applications for the practicing radiologist. Accepted, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2009.
Koo J, Tumyan L, Chakarun CJ, White EA, Wolfson N. Musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections: a step-by-step guide to common and innovative applications for the practicing radiologist. Educational exhibit presented at American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) 2009.
Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Wolfson N, White EA, Forrester D. Lisfranc fracture-dislocation: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation and postoperative imaging follow-up. American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) 2009.
Chakarun CJ, Tumyan L, Demetriades D, Wolfson N, White EA. Sternoclavicular joint dislocations: imaging findings with intraoperative correlation. American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) 2009.

Amputation in combat trauma, Wolfson N and Schecter S, Chapter 21, in Armed Conflict Injuries to the Extremities by Lerner A and Soudry M (Editors)
Distraction Arthroplasty in Soft Tissue Reconstruction in the Upper Extremity by Richards RR, Churchill Livingstone Inc. 1995
Orthopedics in Disasters by Nikolaj Wolfson, Alexander Lerner, Leonid M. Roshal

Credentials relevant to litigation

MD, FRCSC, FACS — board certified in the United States and Canada.

More than 1,500 direct anterior approach hip replacements.

Revision arthroplasty for failed, loose, infected and painful joint replacements.

Ilizarov limb lengthening, trained under Prof. G. A. Ilizarov.

Chief Editor, Orthopedics in Disasters (Springer Nature).

Former full-time faculty, University of Southern California.

Alloy research and patents at the California Institute of Technology.

SICOT Trauma Committee; disaster missions to Haiti (2010) and Nepal (2015).