Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2020 Blount Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Under-recognized Association?.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  40:604-607. 2020
2020 Length unstable femoral fractures: A misnomer?.  World Journal of Orthopedics.  11:380-390. 2020
2020 DOCK3 is a dosage-sensitive regulator of skeletal muscle and Duchenne muscular dystrophy-associated pathologies.  Human Molecular Genetics.  29:2855-2871. 2020
2020 The Introduction of a Preoperative MRI Protocol Significantly Reduces Unplanned Return to the Operating Room in the Treatment of Pediatric Osteoarticular Infections.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  40:97-102. 2020
2020 Closed reduction in the treatment of tibial tubercle fractures 2020
2019 RPL13 Variants Cause Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia with Severe Short Stature.  American Journal of Human Genetics.  105:1040-1047. 2019
2019 CORR Insights®: Using Laser Range-finding to Measure Bore Depth in Surgical Drilling of Bone.  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.  477:2586-2587. 2019
2019 National Databases in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery: A Comparison of Demographics, Procedures, and Outcomes.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  39:e636-e640. 2019
2019 Do We Need Postoperative Chest Radiographs After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?.  Spine Deformity.  7:571-576.e2. 2019
2019 Risk factors for readmission after surgical treatment of slipped capital femoral epiphysis.  Orthopedics.  42:E507-E513. 2019
2018 Angiogenic and Osteogenic Synergy of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells Cocultured on a Nanomatrix.  Scientific Reports.  8. 2018
2018 Trends in slipped capital femoral epiphysis: Is the rate declining?.  Journal of Children's Orthopaedics.  12:428-433. 2018
2018 Is retained bone debris in cannulated orthopedic instruments sterile after autoclaving?.  American Journal of Infection Control.  46:1009-1013. 2018
2018 Obesity in Pediatric Trauma.  Orthopedic Clinics of North America.  49:335-343. 2018
2018 Blood Transfusion Incidence, Risk Factors, and Associated Complications in Surgical Treatment of Hip Dysplasia.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  38:208-216. 2018
2018 Comparison of Methicillin-resistant Versus Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Pediatric Osteomyelitis.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  38:e285-e291. 2018
2018 Opening Wedge Osteotomy for the Correction of Adolescent Tibia Vara 2018
2017 Psychomotor Testing for Orthopedic Residency Applicants: A Pilot Study 2017
2017 Arthroscopic treatment of traumatic hip dislocations in children and adolescents: A preliminary study.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  37:435-439. 2017
2016 Immature myeloid cells are critical for enhancing bone fracture healing through angiogenic cascade.  BONE.  93:113-124. 2016
2016 A bio-inspired hybrid nanosack for graft vascularization at the omentum.  Acta Biomaterialia.  41:224-234. 2016
2016 Complications and 30-day outcomes associated with venous thromboembolism in the pediatric orthopaedic surgical population.  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.  24:196-206. 2016
2016 Gunshot-associated Fractures in Children and Adolescents Treated at Two Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Centers.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  36:1-5. 2016
2016 Screw versus pin fixation with open reduction of pediatric lateral condyle fractures 2016
2015 Predicting MSSA in Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis in a Setting with MRSA Prevalence.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  35:426-430. 2015
2015 Avascular Necrosis of Trochlea After Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children 2015
2015 Risk factors for complications and readmission after operative fixation of pediatric femur fractures.  Journal of Children's Orthopaedics.  9:307-311. 2015
2015 The use of chewing gum postoperatively in pediatric scoliosis patients facilitates an earlier return to normal bowel function.  Spine Deformity.  3:263-266. 2015
2015 Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the modified waldenström classification system for staging of legg-calvé-perthes disease 2015
2015 Altered lower extremity fracture characteristics in obese pediatric trauma patients.  Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.  29:e12-e17. 2015
2015 BMI and magnitude of scoliosis at presentation to a specialty clinic.  Pediatrics.  135:e1417-e1424. 2015
2015 Biomechanical analysis of screws versus k-wires for lateral humeral condyle fractures.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  35:e93-e97. 2015
2015 Contaminated open fracture and crush injury: A murine model.  Bone Research.  3. 2015
2014 Prospective evaluation of the use of Mitchell shoes and dynamic abduction brace for idiopathic clubfeet 2014
2013 Obesity in pediatric orthopaedics.  Current Opinion in Orthopaedics.  24:576-580. 2013
2013 Topics in training: High-fidelity simulations for rthopaedic residents medical complications and systems challenges 2013
2013 An evaluation of carrier agents for desferoxamine, an up-regulator of vascular endothelial growth factor.  Journal of Biomaterials Applications.  27:1046-1054. 2013
2013 High-fidelity simulations for orthopaedic residents: medical complications and systems challenges. 2013
2013 Weight gain during external fixation.  Journal of Children's Orthopaedics.  7:147-150. 2013
2012 Pediatric obesity and traumatic lower-extremity long-bone fracture outcomes.  Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.  73:966-971. 2012
2012 Discovery of a new molecular probe ML228: An activator of the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) pathway.  Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters.  22:76-81. 2012
2011 Biphasic peptide amphiphile nanomatrix embedded with hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for stimulated osteoinductive response.  ACS Nano.  5:9463-9479. 2011
2011 Increasing vascularity to improve healing of a segmental defect of the rat femur.  Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.  25:472-476. 2011
2010 Role of HIF-1α in skeletal development.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  1192:322-326. 2010
2009 Prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors increase neoangiogenesis and callus formation following femur fracture in mice.  Journal of Orthopaedic Research.  27:1298-1305. 2009
2009 Hypoxia and HIF-1α expression in the epiphyseal cartilage following ischemic injury to the immature femoral head.  BONE.  45:280-288. 2009
2008 Role of hypoxia inducible factor-1α pathway in bone regeneration.  The Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions.  8:323-324. 2008
2008 Bone formation during distraction osteogenesis is dependent on both VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 signaling.  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.  23:596-609. 2008
2008 Activation of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α pathway accelerates bone regeneration 2008
2007 Presentation of distal humerus physeal separation.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  23:816-819. 2007
2007 Neuropathic arthropathy of the elbow in a paediatric patient with myelomeningocele 2007
2007 The hypoxia-inducible factor α pathway couples angiogenesis to osteogenesis during skeletal development.  Journal of Clinical Investigation.  117:1616-1626. 2007
2007 Oxygen sensing and osteogenesis.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  1117:1-11. 2007
2005 Altered skeletal maturation in moderate to severe cerebral palsy.  Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.  47:229-236. 2005
2004 Skeletal Maturation in Children with Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy.  Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.  24:292-297. 2004

Chapter

Year Title Altmetric
2014 OsteomyeLitis.  799-814. 2014

Education And Training

  • Doctor of Medicine, University of North Carolina System : Chapel Hill 1996
  • Bachelor's Degree in Biology, University of North Carolina System : Chapel Hill 1992
  • University of North Carolina Hospital, Internship 1997
  • University of North Carolina Hospital, Residency 2002
  • Children's Hospital of Atlanta, Postdoctoral Fellowship 2003

    • Full Name

  • Shawn Gilbert