THOMAS M. GAVIN, C.O. - Curriculum Vitae
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Revised 04-2004 CURRICULUM VITAE
THOMAS M. GAVIN, C.O.
PERSONAL DATA
Phone: (630) 986-0007 (Office)
Fax: (630) 986-0151
E-mail: tomgavin@ix.netcom.com
Webpage: http://www.orthotic.com
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Spinal orthotics, clinical and biomechanical aspects of nonoperative treatment of spinal deformity, spinal injury and low back pain.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Spinal Orthotic treatment, Spinal Biomechanics
EDUCATION
1988
Certification in the Discipline of Orthotics.
American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
1986
Certificate in Orthotics.
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois
1987
Associate in Arts and Sciences.
Richard J. Daley College
Chicago, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
President, Director of Clinical Services
BioConcepts, inc.
Orthotic-Prosthetic Center
100 Tower Drive, Suite 101
Burr Ridge, Illinois
January 1993-Present
Research Orthotist
Veterans Administration Hospital
Hines, Illinois
Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory
Rehabilitation Research and Development Center
July 1988 to Present
Consulting Faculty
Northwestern University Medical School
Prosthetic- Orthotic Center
Chicago, Illinois 60611
January 1987 to Present
Teaching Associate
Loyola University Medical Center
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Stritch School of Medicine
2160 South First Avenue,
Maywood, Illinois
August 1994-Present
Associate Staff Orthotist
Heartland Orthopedic Services
1967 DeKalb Avenue
Sycamore, Illinois March 1999 - Present
AWARDS AND HONORS
3rd Annual Thranhardt Award for presentation: Gavin TM: Orthotic Treatment Of Neuromuscular Scoliosis: A Biomechanical Approach. Presented at the national assembly of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, Chicago, Illinois, September 1998.
2nd Place, Article of the year 1996. For article by Patwardhan AG, Gavin TM, Bunch WH, Dvonch VM, Meade KP, Vanderby R and Sartori, M.: entitled
A Biomechanical Comparison of the Milwaukee Brace TLSO. J. Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp 115-122. Fall 1996.
1st Annual Thranhardt Award for study: Patwardhan AG, Venkatraman A, Gavin TM, Bueche M, Meade KP, Bielski R, and Ibrahim KN: entitled Geometric Analysis of Decompensation in Idiopathic Scoliosis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists. Orlando, Florida. March 1996. American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists.
Orlando, Florida. March 1996.
1st Place, Article of the Year 1993. For article by: Gavin TM, Boscardin JB, Patwardhan AG, Bunch WH, Zindrick MR, Lorenz MA and Vrbos LA: Preliminary Results of Orthotic Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain. J. Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp 5-9. January 1993.
The Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. April 1994.
Technical Award for Research.
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists.
Las Vegas, Nevada. April 1993.
MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES
Council of Science Editors
2000-Present
Spinal Society of
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
1993-Present
North American Spine Society.
1993-Present
Scoliosis Research Society.
1991-Present
Illinois Society of Orthotics and Prosthetics.
1991-1994
International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics.
1989 -Present
Midwest Chapter
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists.
1988-Present
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists.
1988-Present
American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics.
1988-Present
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOK CHAPTERS:
IN PRINT;
Gavin TM, Bunch WH, Patwardhan AG, Meade KP and Shurr DG: Orthotic Treatment for Spinal Disorders. In Weinstein SL, Ed., The Pediatric Spine, 2nd Edition, Chapter 52. Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins. Pp. 895-919. Baltimore, Maryland. 2001.
Flanagan PF, Gavin TM, Gavin DQ and Patwardhan AG: Spinal Orthotics. In Lusardi and Nielsen Eds. Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation. Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers, Pp. 231-252. Newton, Massachusetts. 2000.
Gavin TM, Patwardhan AG, Bunch WH, Gavin D, Levine P and Fenwik L.: Principles and Components of Spinal Orthoses. In Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices; 3rd Edition. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Chapter 8, Pp 155-194. Mosby-Yearbook inc. St. Louis, Missouri. January 1997.
Gavin TM, Shurr D and Patwardhan A.G.: Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Disorders. In Weinstein, S.L. Ed., The Pediatric Spine, Vol. 2, Chapter 85. Pp 1795-1828. Raven Press, 1993.
Patwardhan AG, Gavin TM, Slosar P and Lorenz MA: Stabilization of Fractures of the Thoracolumbar Spine. In MA Lorenz and Akbarnia, B. Eds.Spine; State of the Art Reviews, Vol 7 no. 2. Pp. 203-222. May 1993.
Patwardhan AG, Bunch WH, Dvonch VM, Gavin TM and Goel VK: Biomechanics of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis- Natural History and Treatment. In Biomechanics of the Spine- Clinical and Surgical Perspective. V.K. Goel and J.N. Weinstein Eds, CRC Press, PP. 97-156, 1990.
Gavin TM: Fabrication and Fitting of Orthoses. In WH Bunch and AG Patwardhan Eds: Scoliosis-Making Clinical Decisions. The CV Mosby Company, St. Louis, 1989.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
IN PRINT
Gavin TM, Carandang G, Havey R, Flanagan P, Ghanayem A, and Patwardhan AG. Biomechanical analysis of cervical orthoses in flexion and extension: A comparison of cervical collars and cervical thoracic orthoses. J Rehab Research and Development, VA. 40(6); 527-538. Nov/Dec 2003
Gavin TM. The etiology and natural history of Scheuermann's kyphosis. J Prosthet Orthot. 15(Suppl), S11-S16
Patwardhan AG, Havey RM, Carandang G, Simonds J, Voronov LI, Ghanayem AJ, Meade KP, Gavin TM and Paxinos O. Effect of compressive follower preload on the flexion-extension response of the human lumbar spine. J Orthop Res. 21(3): 540-6, May 2003.
Gomez M, Flanagan P and Gavin T: An Alternative Bracing Approach to Scheuermann’s Disease: A Case Study. J Prosthet Orthot, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp 109-112. Fall 2002.
Havey R, Gavin TM, Patwardhan AG, Pawelczak SB, Ibrahim KN, Andersson GBJ, and Lavender S: A Reliable And Accurate Method Of Measuring Orthosis Wearing Time. Spine, 27(2), January, 2002
Patwardhan AG, Gavin TM, Bunch WH, Dvonch VM, Meade KP, Vanderby R and Sartori, M.: A Biomechanical Comparison of the Milwaukee Brace TLSO. J. Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp 115-122. Fall 1996.
Patwardhan AG, Rimkus A, Gavin TM, Bueche M, Meade KP, Bielski R and Ibrahim KN: Geometric Analysis of Decompensation in Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine, Scoliosis Research Society edition, 21(10), 1192-1200. May 1996.
Gavin TM: Methodology-Measurements, Part I: Principles and Theory. In Research Forum, Ed T Lunsford: J. Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp 45-49. Spring 1996.
Havey RM, Gavin TM, Patwardhan AG and Meade KP: Methodology-Measurements, Part II: Instrumentation and Apparatus. In Research Forum, Ed T Lunsford: J. Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp 50-64. Spring 1996.
Meade KP, Patwardhan AG and Gavin T: Predictions of a Viscoelastic Model For Scoliosis. Proceedings of the 1995 Bioengineering Conference, Beaver Creek, Colorado, June 28-July 2, 1995, ASME BED -Vol 29, pp. 531-532, 1995.
Gavin TM and Patwardhan AG: Getting Started in Prosthetic-Orthotic Research. In Research Forum, Ed T Lunsford: J. Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp 112-114. Autumn 1993.
Gavin TM, Boscardin JB, Patwardhan AG, Bunch WH, Zindrick MR, Lorenz Ma and Vrbos LA: Preliminary Results of Orthotic Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain. J. Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp 5-9. January 1993.
Patwardhan AG, Li S, Gavin TM, Lorenz MA, Meade KP and Zindrick MR: Orthotic Stabilization of Thoracolumbar Injuries-A Biomechanical Analysis of the Jewett Hyperextension Orthosis. Spine, North American Spine Society Edition, 15(7): 654-661, July 1990.
Patwardhan AG, Dvonch VM, Bunch WH, Gavin TM, Meade KP, Vanderby R and Sartori M: Orthotic Stabilization of Idiopathic Scoliotic Curves-A Biomechanical Comparison of Low Profile and Milwaukee Braces. Advances in Bioengineering, 1987.
Gavin TM, Bunch WH and Dvonch VM: The Rosenberger Scoliosis Orthosis. J. Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics, 21(3-5), Autumn-Winter 1986.
Pinzur MS, Gavin TM: An Improved Ankle-Foot Orthosis for the Correction of Equinus. Orthopedics, 7 (2): 263-264, February 1984.
IN PREPARATION
Gavin TM, Patwardhan AG, Meade KP, Galinski A, Kascar S, Ibrahim K: Geometric Analysis of Post-Correction Decompensation in Orthoses for the Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis. To be submitted to Spine. Projected Date November 2005.
TEACHING
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL,
PROSTHETIC-ORTHOTIC CENTER
Chicago, Illinois
Orthotics 703:
Spinal Lower and Upper Limb Long Course for Physicians and Surgeons.
Gavin TM: Biomechanics of Scoliosis and Orthotic Treatment Parameters.
Gavin TM: Fitting Parameters of Scoliosis Orthoses.
Annually 1988-1995
Orthotics 761:
Spinal Lower and Upper Limb Certificate Course for Orthotists.
CTLSO (Milwaukee Brace) Fabrication
CTLSO (Milwaukee Brace) Fitting
CTLSO (Milwaukee Brace) and TLSO Pad Placement
CTLSO (Milwaukee Brace) and TLSO Pad Loading.
Biannually 1987-1997
Gavin TM, Gavin DQ: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Deformities.
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Trauma.
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain.
Gavin TM: Principles of Postoperative Orthotic Management.
Gavin TM, Patwardhan AG: Biomechanics of Spinal Deformities.
Gavin TM, Patwardhan AG: Biomechanics of Spinal Instability: Macro-Micro Instabilities.
Gavin TM, Patwardhan AG: Biomechanics of Spinal Treatment: Nonoperative.
Gavin TM, Patwardhan AG: Biomechanics of Spinal Treatment: Operative.
Biannually 1987-Present
Orthotics 731:
Board Exam Review Course in Orthotics for Orthotists:
Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Deformities: An Overview.
Biannually 1987-1994
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND REHABILITATION,
Maywood, Illinois
Basic Science In-Training Lectures for Orthopaedic Surgery Residents.
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Deformities.
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Trauma.
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain.
Gavin TM: Principles of Postoperative Orthotic Management.
Once Every 24 months. 1987- Present
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, SCHOOL OF BIOENGINEERING
Chicago, Illinois
Graduate Course on Spinal Biomechanics for Bioengineers:
Professor: AG Patwardhan
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Deformities.
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Trauma.
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain.
Gavin TM: Principles of Postoperative Orthotic Management.
Yearly. 1994- 1998
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL,
Hines, Illinois
Course for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residents.
Gavin TM: Principles of Orthotic Treatment for the Adult Spine.
Annually 1987-1995.
FUNDED RESEARCH
Co-Principal Investigator
Biomechanical Comparison of Three different Thoracolumbosacral Orthoses.
DeRoyal. Inc./Atlanta International. Inc.
June 2000-March 2001
Funding Level: $30,000.00
Co-Principal Investigator
Biomechanical Comparison of Four Different Cervical Orthoses.
International Healthcare Devices.
June 2000-March 2001
Funding Level: $35,000.00
Co-Principal Investigator
Compliance Monitor to Measure Patient Wearing-Time for Spinal Orthoses
Veterans Administration
October 1995-September 1998
Funding Level: $201,800.00
Co-Investigator
Orthotic Stabilization of Thoracolumbar Injuries
Veterans Administration
January 1989 to December 1991
Funding Level: $383,800.00
APPOINTMENTS
Consultant Reviewer: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 2001-Present
Reviewer: Clinical Biomechanics. 2001-Present
Reviewer: The Journal of IEEE. 1998
Consultant Reviewer: Spine. 1998- Present
Editor-in-Chief: The Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. December 1996-December 2000.
Chairman: Spine Society of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists. December 1996-December 1998.
Editorial Board Member: The Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. December 1995- December 1996.
Specialty Reviewer: The Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. December 1992- December 1995.
Officer, Education Chairman: Midwest Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, January 1993-August 1994.
Executive Committee of the Fox-Desplaines Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association: May 1990-May 1992
Officer of the Fox-Desplaines Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association: May 1989-May 1990.
Clinical Advisory Committee: Rehabilitation Research and Development Center, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines Illinois. March 1989-March 1996.
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