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Jan Van Twisk Bear, M.D.
2055 South Pacheco St., Ste. 500
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 424-0200
Birth date: 09/28/1955
Spouse:
Kim Bear
Children:
Samantha Bear: 01/15/88
JJ Bear: 12/15/89
Undergraduate Education:
University of Texas, El Paso
El Paso, Texas 1974
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 1977-1980
Bachelors of Science in Biology
Honors:
Dean's List 1978-1980
Postgraduate Education:
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 1981-1982
6 hours short of M.S. in Biochemistry
Honors:
Dean's List 1981-1982
Medical Education:
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico 1983-1986
Doctor of Medicine
Position in graduating class: upper 1/3
Activities:
Sexual Assault Response Team (1982).
National Board parts I-III successfully
completed.
Diplomate of National Board of Medical
Examiners, July 1,1987.
Diplomate of American Board of Orthopaedic
Surgery, July 15,1994
Medical License:
State of New Mexico - #88-5, May 17,1988
Certification:
AAOS Part I July 1991, successfully
completed.
AAOS Part II July 1994, successfully
completed.
AAOS Recertification July 2003, successfully
completed.
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Employment Experience:
Orthopaedic Associates of Northern NM, P.C.
Partner- July 1996 to Present
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Private Practice Orthopaedic Surgery
Santa Fe, NM
July 1991 to July 1996
Orthopaedic Residency
University of New Mexico Hospital
Department of Orthopaedics
June 1986 to June 1991
President- The Board Incorporated
Furniture Design and Construction
Santa Fe, New Mexico 1983 to Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 1981 to 1982
Laboratory Technician, Phlebotomist
University of New Mexico Hospital
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1979 to 1982
Electronic Technician
Sergeant E-5, U.S. Army
Active Duty-1973 to 1976
Inactive Reserve-1976-1979
Certifications:
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Course successfully completed June 1987
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Course successfully completed Sept. 1987
AO Basic Residents Course
Course successfully completed February 1989
AO Advanced Course
Davos, Switzerland, Completed December 1990
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Presentations/Publications:
Results of Peripheral Nerve Grafts
NM Fifth Annual Alumni Conference-June 1987
Management of the Trauma Patient with
Orthopaedic Injuries, Trauma Nurse Specialist
Program- May 1998 to January 1989
Replantation and Revascularization
Trauma Nurse Specialist Program
Nov.1989, Aug. 1990, Dec. 1990, June 1991
Purpura Fulminans: The Carrie Tingley
Experience- Carrie Tingley Winter Seminar,
20th Annual - Dec. 15-16,1989 Albuq. NM.
The computer as an aid to the Orthopaedic
Resident for Record Keeping, Orthopaedic
Review 17:2,325-328, March 1988
The SPOCC Program as an Advance in
Orthopaedic Resident Record Keeping,
Orthopaedic Review, 182,193-198, Feb.1989
Timesaving Instruments for Removing the Distal
Interlock of a Brooker-Willis Femoral
Intramedullary Rod, in Tips of the Trade
Section Orthopaedic Review, 18:3,360-362,
March 1989
The SOS (Slide Organization System) Program
In MD Computing, 6:5,301-315, Sept/Oct, 1989
Guess, The Great Universal Educational Software
System, in MD Computing, 8:3,179-182,
May/June 1991
Computer-Based Learning Center for
Orthopaedic Residents, Contemporary
Orthopaedics, 19:5, 541-545, Nov. 1989
Purpura Fulminanas: Orthopaedic
Manifestations and Management, in
Orthopaedics, 21:4, 343-351, October 1990
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Presentations/Publications Contd:
Perpheral Nerve Trauma, in Decision Making hi
Trauma Management, published by B.C. Decker
Inc. pg.178, 1991
Research Activities:
Ongoing study on "Long-Term Follow-Up on
Intrafascicular Nerve Grafts"
Community Services:
Team Physician (football), St. Pius High School,
1987-1988.
Team Physician, Capital High School, Santa Fe,
NM, 1995
Team Physician, Santa Fe Prepatory School,
Santa Fe, NM 1995 to Present
Professional References:
Moheb Moneim, M.D.
Chairman, Orthopaedics
UNM Hospital
2211 Lomas Boulevard
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Telephone: (505) 272-4107
Steven Weiner, M.D.
1630 Hospital Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Telephone: (505) 982-5014
Robert Lipscomb, M.D.
1630 Hospital Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Telephone: (505) 982-5014
Active Staff Privileges:
St. Vincent Hospital
Santa Fe, NM