CURRICULUM VITAE
SOHEIL NAJIBI, M.D., Ph.D.
EDUCATION
College of Marin
University of California, Berkeley
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
University of Iowa
Hip and Pelvis Institute (Joel M Matta)
1986-1989
1989-1990
1990-1995
1990-1997
1997-1998
1998-2002
2002-2003
2008-2009
B.A.
Ph.D.
M.D.
Internship
Residency
Fellowship
Fellowship
Molecular Cell Biology
Physiology
Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sports Medicine
Pelvic and Acetabular Trauma
Anterior Total Hip Reconstruction
LICENSING
Full License in state of Massachusetts, #205486 (expired)
Full License in state of Iowa, #34524 (current)
Full License in state of Michigan, #4301082734 (current)
Full License in state of Arizona, # 33241 (current)
Full License in state of California, # A88147 (current)
Full License in state of Nevada, # 11120(current)
Full License in state of Alaska #7256 (current)
DEA #BN6947355
NPI # 1215003686
CERTIFICATION
USMLE Part I
USMLE Part II
USMLE Part III
Orthopaedic Surgery Written Boards
Orthopaedic Surgery Oral Boards
Diplomat, American Board of Orthopaedics
Passed 1996
Passed 1997
Passed 1999
Passed 2002
Passed 7/28/06
July 28, 2006 – December 31, 2016
AFFILIATIONS
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fellow
American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, Member
Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Member
CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS
Head team physician, Men’s Ice Hockey, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001-2002
Fellow team physician, Football, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 2002
Fellow team physician, Basketball, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 2002-2003
Fellow team physician, Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 2003
Senior Staff Surgeon, Department of Orthopedics, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 2003-2008
Head team physician, Motor City Mechanics, Professional Hockey (UHL) team, Michigan, 2004-2005
Associate Orthopaedic Residency Director, Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan, 2006- 2008
Hip and Pelvis Fellow, Saint John’s Hospital, Santa Monica, California, 2008-2009
Staff Surgeon, Hip and Pelvis Institute, Saint John’s Hospital, Santa Monica, California, August 2009- 2011
Staff Surgeon, Providence Alaska Medical Center and Alaska Regional Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska, November
2011-2012
Director of Pelvis and Acetabular Trauma, Harbor UCLA, Torrance, California, August 2009-present
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Effects of nitric oxide on fracture healing, cartilage and ligament injury
Epidemiology of non-military gunshot wounds in the musculoskeletal system
Anterior Cruciate ligament allograft biomechanical testing
Effects of Bone-morphogenic proteins on bone healing in large defects
Wear characteristics of bearing materials in total hip arthroplasty
CLINICAL INTERESTS
Sports Medicine: Arthroscopic and open shoulder reconstruction, shoulder arthroplasty; arthroscopic and open
knee ligamentous reconstruction, and cartilage procedures including OATS, OCT and osteochondral allografts; knee
osteotomies and limb deformity correction.
Orthopaedic Trauma: Pelvic and acetabular reconstruction. Fracture care. Management of poly-trauma patients.
Management of gunshot wounds to the extremities. Management of articular and peri-articular fractures, knee
dislocations and fracture dislocations. Shoulder fractures and fracture dislocations.
Reconstruction: Anterior approach total hip arthroplasty. Peri-acetabular osteotomies. Shoulder arthroplasty.
ORTHOPAEDIC COURSES AND MEETINGS
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AO Basic Fracture Course, Charlotte, NC 1998
Boston Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium 1999
Boston Orthopaedic Pathology Course 1999
Boston Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium 2000
Boston Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium 2001
AAOS 17th Annual Comprehensive Review Course March 2001
New England Resident’s Spine Symposium 2001
Zimmer National Orthopaedic Resident Meeting 2001
Boston Orthopaedic Pathology Course 2002
Maine Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review Course 2002
AAOS 69th Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX 2002
AAOS 70th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2003
AAOS 71st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2004
Taylor Spatial Frame and Ring External Fixation Course, Columbus, OH 2004
Current Solutions in Orthopaedic Trauma, Tampa, FL Nov 2004
Advances in Locked Plating, Birmingham, MI March 2005
AOSSM Annual Meeting, Keystone Colorado July 2005
AAOS 73rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2006
Osteoarthritis Symposium, Dearborn, MI April 2006
AAOS/ASES: Completing the transition from open to arthroscopic rotator cuff tears, Los Angeles,CA 2006
Boston Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium 2006
Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis Course, Tornier, Boston 2007
Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Boston 2007
Henry Ford Sports Medicine Symposium, Dearborn , MI 2008
AAOS 75th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2008
AO Fourteenth Pelvic and Acetabular Fracture Management Course, Toronto, Canada May 1-4, 2008
AOSSM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL July 2008
20th Emile Letournel Institute Course and Workshop: Fractures of the Acetabulum and Pelvis, Santa
Monica, CA September 2008
29. Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Denver, CO October 2008
30. Orthopaedic Trauma Association, San Diego, CA October 2009
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Acumed Upper Extremity course, Las Vegas, NV November 2009
AAOS 77th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2011
AOSSM Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA July 2011
Smith and Nephew anterior total hip arthroplasty and knee arthroplasty, Las Vegas, NV, September 2011
Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 2011
Alaska Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Girdwood, AK, March 2012
AAOS 78th Annual Meeting, Chicago 2013
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Hip and Pelvis Institute
08/08 to 08/09
Several projects involving the management and outcomes of pelvic and acetabular fractures, technique and
outcomes of anterior approach total hip arthroplasty and resurfacing.
Henry Ford Health Systems
10/03 to 08/08
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Several projects involving the epidemiology of extremity gunshot wounds, prevalence of gunshot wounds to the
joints, biomechanical studies on fixation of olecranon with FiberWire tension band, biomechanical studies of load to
failure of multiple tissue grafts used for ACL reconstruction, and study of risk factors influencing simultaneous
bilateral extensor mechanism rupture, and a study of bone healing in opening wedge osteotomies with use of pone
morphogeneic protein.
Boston Medical Center and Lahey Clinic
7/98 to 6/02
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Three projects involving the efficacy of non-reamed tibial nailing in tibial fractures, efficacy and feasibility of allpolyethylene tibial components in total knee arthroplasty, pros and cons of foley catheter utilization in total joint
arthroplasty were studied.
Boston University School of Medicine
5/92 to 9/95
Department of Physiology and Vascular Biology
Several projects involving endothelium-dependent relaxation in normal and hypercholesterolemic rabbit arteries, as
well as mechanisms of vascular smooth muscle contraction were studied.
Boston University School of Medicine
5/91 to 8/91
Department of Physiology and Vascular Biology
The effects of extracellular matrix on endothelial cell attachment and growth in cell cultures were studied. The
effects of fibronectin and laminin on the rate of growth and differentiation of endothelial cells were investigated in
the cell culture model.
University of California, Berkeley
9/89 to 5/90
Department of Molecular Cell Biology
Senior honors research project at U.C. Berkeley. The effects of L-Propionylcarnitine on myocardial ischemia and
reperfusion injury were studied in the isolated Langandorff rat heart.
College of Marin
2/88 to 6/88
Department of Chemistry
Design of a multistep purification process to reclaim silver from heavy metal waste.
DOCTORATE THESIS
Regulation of vascular smooth muscle tone via endothelium-derived nitric oxide via two distinct mechanisms.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Leipala JA, Bhatnagar R, Pineda E, Najibi S, Massoumi K and Packer L: Protection of the Reperfused Heart by
L-propionylcarnitine. J. Appl. Physiol. 1991; 2471(4): 1518-1522.
2. Cowan CL, Palacino JJ, Najibi S and Cohen RA: Potassium Channel-Mediated Relaxation to Acetylcholine in
Rabbit Arteries. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 1993; 266(3): 1482-1489.
3. Najibi S, Cowan CL, Palacino JJ and Cohen RA: Enhanced Role of Potassium Channels in Relaxations to
Acetylcholine in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbit Carotid Arteries. Am. J. Phsiol. 1994; 266: H2061-H2067.
4. Bolotina VM, Najibi S, Palacino JJ, Pagano PJ and Cohen RA: Nitric Oxide Directly Activates Calciumdependent Potassium Channels in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Nature 1994; 268: 850-853.
5. Stegeman JJ, Hahn ME, Weisbrod R, Woodin BR, Joy JS, Najibi S and Cohen RA: Induction of Cytochrome
P4501A1 by Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Agonist in Porcine Aorta Endothelial Cells in Culture and Cytochrome
P4501A1 Activity in Intact Cells. Mol. Pharmacol 1995; 47:296-306.
6. Najibi S and Cohen RA: Enhanced Role of Potassium Channels in Relaxations of Hypercholesterolemic Rabbit
Carotid Artery to Nitric Oxide and Sodium Nitroprusside. Am. J. Physiol 1995; 269: H805-811.
7. Cohen RA, Plane F, Najibi S, Huk I, Malinski T and Garland CJ: Nitric Oxide is the Mediator of Both
Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation and Hyperpolarization of the Rabbit Carotid Artery. Proc Natl Acad Sci, April
1997, Physiology; Vol 94: 4193-4198.
8. Pagano PJ, Griswold MC, Najibi S, Marklund SL and Cohen RA. Resistance of Endothelium-dependent
Relaxation to Elevation of O 2 levels in Rabbit Carotid Artery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 277: H2109H2114, 1999.
9. Najibi S, Scherl SA and Cramer KE: Pediatric Femur Fracture. J Ortho Trauma, 2000 Aug; 14(6):449-450.
10. Adachi T, Matsui R, Weisbrod RM, Najibi S and Cohen RA: Reduced Sacro/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+
Uptake Activity can Account for the Reduced Response to NO but not Sodium Nitroprusside in
Hypercholesterolemic Rabbit Aorta. Circulation, 2001; 104:1040-1045.
11. Bhandari M, Tornetta P 3rd, Sprague S, Najibi S, Petrisor B, Griffith L and Guyatt GH: Predictors of
Reoperation following Operative Management of Fractures of the Tibial Shaft. J Ortho Trauma. 2003 May;
17(5):353-61.
12. Najibi S, Iorio R, Surdam JW, Whang W, Appleby D and Healy WL: All-Polyethylene and Metal-Backed
Tibial Components in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Matched Pair Analysis of Functional Outcome. J Arthroplasty.
2003 Oct; 18(17 Suppl 1): 9-15.
13. Najibi S, Hartigan BJ and Goldfarb CA. Case Controversy, Distal Radius. J Ortho Trauma, 2004 April; 18(4):
250-252.
14. Iorio R, Whang W, Healy WL, Patch DA, Najibi S and Appleby D. The Utility of Bladder Catheterization in
Total Hip Arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res. March 2005; 432: 148-52.
15. Najibi S and Albright JP. The use of knee braces, part 1: Prophylactic Knee Braces in Contact Sports. Am J
Sports Med. 2005 April; 33(4):602-11.
16. Dougherty PJ, Silverton C and Najibi S. Urban Gunshot Wound Ballistics. Tech Ortho Trauma. 2006 Oct;
21(3):181-185.
17. Najibi S, Dougherty PJ and Morandi M. Management of Gunshot Wounds to the Joints. Tech Ortho Trauma.
2006 Sept; 21(3):200-204.
18. Dougherty PJ, Najibi S and Morandi M: Gunshot Humerus Shaft Fractures. Tech Ortho Trauma. 2006 Sept;
21(3):214-217.
19. Dougherty PJ, Vaidya R, Silverton CD, Bartlett C, and Najibi S. Joint and Long-Bone Gunshot Injuries. JBJS
Am, 2009 April; 91:980-997.
20. Dougherty PJ, Najibi S, Silverton CD, Vaidya R. Gunshot Wounds: Epidemiology, Wound Ballistics, and
Soft-Tissue Treatment. ICL 2009, 58:131-139.
21. Dougherty PJ, Van Holsbeeck M, Mayer TG, Garcia JA, and Najibi S. Lead Toxicity Associated with a
Gunshot-Induced Femoral Fracture. A Case Report. JBJS Am, 2009 August; 91:2002-8.
22. Najibi S, Klenck RE, Matta JM, Tannast M. Symphyseal Disruption During Childbirth: Is Fixation
Necessary? J Ortho Trauma, 2010 Dec;24(12):732-9.
23. Dougherty PJ, Walters N, Schilling P, Najibi S, Herkowitz H. Comparison of the USMLE Step 1, OITE, and
ABOS Part I Certifying Examination Results: A Multicenter Study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Mar 30.
24. Dougherty PJ, Vaidya R, Silverton CD, Bartlett CS, and Najibi S. Joint and Long-Bone Gunshot Injuries.
Instr Course Lect, 2010; 59:465-79.
25. Najibi S, Banglmeier R, Matta JM, and Tannast M: Material Properties of Common Suture Materials in
Orthopaedic Surgery. Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, 2010;30: 88-88.
26. Najibi S: Mechanical Failure of the Long Gamma Nail in Two Proximal Femur Fractures. Iowa Orthopaedic
Journal, 2010; 30: 205-210.
27. Najibi S, Tannast M, and Latini JM. Civilian Gunshot Wounds to the Genitourinary Tract: Incidence,
Anatomic Distribution, Associated Injuries and Outcomes. Urology, 2010 Oct;76(4):977-81; discussion 981.
28. Vaidya R, Sethi A, Najibi S, Lee S, and Dougherty PJ: Gunshot Injuries of the Spine, Evaluation and
Management Principles. JAAOS. (in press)
29. Desai SS, Larkin BJ and Najibi S: Failed Distal Biceps Tendon Repair Utilizing a Single-Incision EndoButton
Technique and Its Successful Treatment. A Case Report. J Hand Surg Am. 2010 Dec;35(12):1986-9.
30. Najibi S, Dougherty PJ , Matta JM. Tannast M. Gunshot Wounds to the Acetabulum: Pattern, Complications
and Management. J Ortho Trauma. 2012 Aug;26(8):451-9.
31. Tannast M, Najibi S, Matta JM: 20-year Survivorship of the Hip Following Operative Treatment of 1208
Acetabular Fractures. JBJS Am. 2012 Sep 5;94(17):1559-67.
32. Elliot S. Mendelsohn, Tigor Warganich, Evan S. Nielson and Soheil Najibi: Application of an Antibiotic
intramedullary Nail in the Management of Large Metacarpal Bone Defect. The Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
journal (in press)
Book Chapters
Richard A. Cohen, Soheil Najibi and Victoria Bolotina. The Other Role of Nitric Oxide as an Endothelium-Derived
Hyperpolarizing Factor, 1995.
Annunziato Amendola, Soheil Najibi. Foot and Ankle Injuries in Athletes. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update, Sports
Medicine, Third Edition.
Paul J. Dougherty, Soheil Najibi. Gunshot and wartime injuries. Rockwood and Green, Seventh Edition.
Soheil Najibi, Joel M. Matta. Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update,
Adult Reconstruction, Fourth Edition
Soheil Najibi, Moritz Tannast, and Paul J. Dougherty, Section Editors. Chapter 7. Gunshot Wounds of the Joints.
GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AAOS, Monograph Series 44. February 2011, ISBN/ISSN: 9780892037506.
Soheil Najibi, Moritz Tannast, Paul J. Dougherty, and Jerilyn M. Latini, Section Editors. Chapter 10. Gunshot
Wounds of the Pelvis and Acetabulum. GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AAOS, Monograph Series 44. February 2011,
ISBN/ISSN: 9780892037506.
Paul J. Dougherty and Soheil Najibi, Section Editors. Chapter 11. Gunshot Fractures of the Femoral Shaft.
GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AAOS, Monograph Series 44. February 2011, ISBN/ISSN: 9780892037506.
Paul J. Dougherty and Soheil Najibi, Section Editors. Chapter 12. Gunshot Fractures of the Tibia.
GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AAOS, Monograph Series 44. February 2011, ISBN/ISSN: 9780892037506.
Elliot S. Mendelsohn, Soheil Najibi and David J. Slutsky. Management of Traumatic Bone loss in the Hand.
Operative Orthopedics: UpperExtremity, 1ed, Chapter 55, p 712-722. (in Press).
ABSTRACTS and SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
1. Soheil Najibi and Manaus Monroe. Reclamation of Silver from Heavy Metal Waste. 7th Annual Meeting of the
Association of North Bay Scientists, Sonoma, CA 1987.
2. Conrad L. Cowan, James J. Palacino, Soheil Najibi, and Richard A. Cohen. Nitric Oxide-Independent
Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation to Acetylcholine in Rabbit Arteries. FASEB #4436, 1993.
3. Soheil Najibi, Conrad L. Cowan and Richard A. Cohen. Hypercholesterolemia Enhances the Contribution of
Calcium-dependent Potassium Channels to Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Rabbit Carotid Artery. American
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Heart Association's 66 scientific session. Circulation 88(4), Part 2, #37, 1993.
4. Soheil Najibi and Richard A. Cohen. Nitric Oxide Inhibits Contractions due to Calcium Influx by a Potassium
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Channel-Dependent Mechanism. American Heart Association's 67 scientific session. Circulation 90(4), Part
2,#1903, 1994.
5. Robert Weisbrod, Soheil Najibi, and Richard A. Cohen. Decreased Cyclic GMP-dependent Smooth Muscle Cell
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Calcium Regulation by Nitric Oxide in Hypercholesterolemia. American Heart Association's 67 scientific session.
Circulation 90(4), Part 2, #3100, 1994.
6. Soheil Najibi and Richard A. Cohen. Hypercholesterolemia Enhances Contribution of Calcium Activated
Potassium Channels to Endothelium Independent Relaxation in Rabbit Carotid Artery. AFCR, 1995.
7. Soheil Najibi and Richard A. Cohen. Nitric Oxide Mediates Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in the
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Presence of Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors Independently of Cyclic GMP. American Heart Association's 68
scientific session. Circulation 1995, 92(8), #2682.
8. P.J. Pagano, M.C. Griswold, Joseph Fiorillo, Soheil Najibi, and R.A Cohen. Resistance of EndotheliumDependent Relaxation to Superoxide Anion in the Rabbit Carotid Artery, Evidence for a Role of Peroxinitrite.
Oxygen 95, Second Annual Meeting of the Oxygen Society 1995.
9. Soheil Najibi. Lasers in shoulder and knee surgery. 18th Annual Hawkeye Sports Medicine Symposium. University
of Iowa; December 6-7, 2002.
10. Richard Iorio, Soheil Najibi, William Healy. All-Polyethylene and Metal-Backed Components in Total Knee
Arthroplasty: a Matched Pair Analysis of Functional Outcome. AAOS 70 th Annual Meeting, P149, New Orleans,
MO. 2003.
11. Soheil Najibi. Instructional Course Lectures, Treatment of Peri-Articular Gunshot Wounds. AAOS 74th Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2007.
12. Soheil Najibi. Instructional Course Lectures, Treatment of Peri-Articular Gunshot Wounds. AAOS 75th
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2008
13. William Hakeos, Christopher Wybo, Shane A. Knighton, Paul Dougherty and Soheil Najibi. The Use of Fiber
Wire Suture for Fixation of Olecranon Fractures: A Biomechanical Comparison of Various Fixation Techniques.
Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. 2008.
14. Soheil Najibi, Joel M. Matta, Moritz Tannast and Andrew Fishman Prevention of Thromboembolic Disease
in Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty with Acetylsalicylic Acid is Safe, Cost-Efficient and Effective. Chest Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2009.
15. Soheil Najibi, Joel M. Matta, Paul J Dougherty, and Moritz Tannast. Gunshot Wounds to the Acetabulum:
Pattern, Complications and Management. Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2009.
16. Soheil Najibi, Richard Banglmaier, Joel M. Matta and Moritz Tannast. Suture Materials in Orthopaedic
Trauma: What is the Strongest? Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2009.
17. Moritz Tannast, Soheil Najibi, and Joel M. Matta. Long Term Survivorship of the Hip after Fixation of
Acetabular Fractures. AAOS 76th Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA. 2010.
18. Soheil Najibi, Moritz Tannast and Jerilyn M. Latini. Civilian Gunshot Wounds to the Genitourinary Tract:
Incidence, Anatomic Distribution, Associated Injuries and Outcomes. American Urologic Association 2011.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Life-time Member of Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society
American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellow of 1992-1993
Henry Russek Research Award 1995
American Federation of Research Council Scholarship 1995
Lahey Clinic Orthopaedic Research Award 2002
Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Research Award, First Place, May 2008