Matthew Joseph Robon, M.D.
Specialist in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
ACHIEVEMENTS
CONSUMERS RESEARCH COUNCIL OF AMERICA’S ‘TOP ORTHOPEDISTS’, April 2011 and 2013
Named "One of America's Top Orthopedists" by the Consumers Research Council of America.
VITALS.COM, PATIENTSCHOICE.ORG, & GOOGLE’S “PATIENT’S CHOICE AWARD”,
January 2011, 2012, and 2013
According to the web sites…"While physicians generally receive positive feedback from their patients,
only a select few consistently receive rave reviews. Of those with high praise, only physicians - with
near perfect scores - have been voted by their patients for this honor. In fact, of the nation's 720,000
active physicians, less than 6% were accorded this honor by their patients in 2010."
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE’S “TOP DOCTORS”, August 2010, 2012, and 2013
Voted by my colleagues as one of Seatte’s “Top Hand Surgeons.”
OVERLAKE HOSPITAL “DOCTOR OF THE MONTH,” June 2009
Voted by my colleagues as the “Doctor of the Month” for Overlake Hospital.
CERTIFICATIONS
AMERICAN BOARD OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY and AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY
OF THE HAND, September 2010
Board Certified with a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery (CAQ)
AMERICAN BOARD OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, July 2009
Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery
EMPLOYMENT
PROLIANCE ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE, August 2007 to Present
Specialist in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER HAND AND UPPER EXTREMITY
FELLOWSHIP, Rochester, New York
Fellow in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, 2006 – 2007
Accredited by the ASSH (American Society for Surgery of the Hand)
THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF OHIO, Department of Orthopaedics, Toledo, Ohio
Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, July 2005- June 2006
THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF OHIO, Department of Orthopaedics, Toledo, Ohio
Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduated, July 2001 - June 2006
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
M.D., June 2001
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Awarded the John A. Hardford / American Federation of Aging Research (AFAR).
Medical Student Research Fellowship to perform research at UCLA.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.A., May 1997; Cum Laude
ACTIVITIES:
PENNSYLVANIA’S MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAM, 1993-1997
Four-year varsity member of NCAA division I men’s swim team.
SAINT JOHN’S JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL, Toledo, Ohio
Academic All-American and All-American in 100-yard breaststroke.
PUBLICATIONS
OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, 1ST EDITION
- Co-authored chapter published by Lippincott, Wilkins, and Wilkins in 2010 entitled “Thumb CMC
Joint Implantation and Resurfacing Arthroplasty.”
FRACTURES OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY: A MASTER SKILLS PUBLICATION, 1ST EDITION
- Co-authored chapter published by American Society for Surgery of the Hand released in September
2008 entitled “Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Treatment of Distal Humerus Fractures.”
SPINE
Vadapalli S, Sairyo K, Goel VK, Robon M, Biyani A, Khandha A, Ebraheim NA. Biomechanical rationale
for using polyetheretherketone (PEEK) spacers for lumbar interbody fusion-A finite element study. Spine.
2006 Dec 15;31(26).
SPINE
Vadapalli S, Robon M, Biyani A, Sairyo K, Khandha A, Goel VK. Effect of lumbar interbody cage
geometry on construct stability: a cadaveric study. Spine. 2006 Sep 1;31(19):2189-94.
ORTHOPEDICS
-Co-authored review article entitled “Optimizing antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents in the perioperative
orthopedic surgery patient.” Orthopedics (2005) 5; 453-558.
SPINE SURGERY COMPLICATIONS, 1ST EDITION, An HS, and Jenis LG, editors
- Co-authored chapter published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins entitled Complications
in Cervical Spine Surgery: Spinal Cord Injury, Incidental Durotomy, and Epidural Hematoma” in January
2006.
SPINE
- Retrospective research entitled “VG-2 Allograft in One- and Two-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy
with Fusion and Instrumenation Surgery” is pending publication with the journal “Spine.”
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS
- “The relationship between ankle plantar flexor muscle moments and knee joint reaction forces
in subjects with and without pain.” Journal of Clinical Biomechanics (2000)15; 522-527.
PRESENTATIONS
NORTH AMERICAN SPINE SOCIETY, Seattle, Washington; September 26-30, 2006
Poster of abstract of co-authored research on “The effect of lumbar disc space narrowing and retrolisthesis
of vertebra on the intervertebral foramen” was presented.
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF OHIO RESIDENTS’ RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, Toledo, Ohio; June 10, 2005
- Presented research on “The Reaction of the Native Bone in Forearm Distraction Osteogenesis
for Deformity with the Ilizarov External Fixator.”
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO RESIDENTS’ RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, Toledo, Ohio; June 11, 2004
- Presented retrospective research on “VG-2 Allograft in One- and Two-level Anterior Cervical
Discectomy with Fusion and Instrumenation Surgery.”
BLANCHARD VALLEY HOSPITAL TRAUMA SYMPOSIUM, Findlay, Ohio; March 6, 2004
- Presented lecture “Occult Orthopedic Injuries” educating community physicians upon orthopedic
injuries and encourage them to transfer certain types of trama patients to the Medical University of Ohio.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BIOMECHANICS ANNUAL MEETING, Toledo, Ohio; September 25-27, 2003
- Abstract presented for “Stability of a Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Cage with and without
Posterior Instrumentation.”
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO RESIDENTS’ RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, Toledo, Ohio; June 6, 2003
- Presented research on the “Stability of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Cage With and Without Posterior
Instrumentation.”
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO RESIDENTS’ RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM, Toledo, Ohio; June 7, 2002
- Presented research on “The Treatment of Proximal Humerus Fractures with External Fixation.”
AMERICAN GERIATRIC SOCIETY (AGS) / AFAR SCIENTIFIC NATIONAL ANNUAL
MEETING, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; May 19-23, 1999
- Presented poster of abstract titled “The relationship between ankle plantar flexor muscle
moments and knee joint reaction forces across disease severity in osteoarthritic subjects.”
THE JOHN A. HARTFORD FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM FOR THE MEDICAL STUDENT
GERIATRICS SCHOLARS PROGRAM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; May 22, 1999
- Presented research on “The relationship between ankle plantar flexor muscle moments and knee joint
reaction forces in osteoarthritis.”
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES (UCLA) GRAND ROUNDS, Los Angeles, CA;
August 8, 1998
- Presented ongoing research in the field of osteoarthritis and gait analysis at the Department
of Geriatrics Grand Rounds.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Lexington, Kentucky, present
- Retrospective evaluation of “The Reaction of the Native Bone in Forearm Distraction Osteogenesis
for Deformity with the Ilizarov External Fixator.”