Christopher E. Birch, M.D.Hip and Knee Replacement

• Indiana University School of Medicine; Indiana University Health
  R. Michael Meneghini, MD, Fellowship Director
  Adult Lower Extremity Reconstruction Fellowship2017-2018
• University of Vermont College of Medicine; University of Vermont Medical Center
  Claude Nichols, MD, Chairman
  S Elizabeth Ames, MD, Program Director
  Orthopaedic Surgery Residency 2013-2017
  General Surgery Internship2012-2013
• University of California, San Diego School of Medicine2008-2012
  Doctor of Medicine
• Boston College 2001-2005
  International Studies, Chemistry, Pre-medical Studies
  Senior Thesis: Moral language, human rights, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, & Malaria
  Study Abroad: School for International Training, Kenya/Uganda

• Alta Orthopaedics (Santa Barbara, CA)
  Orthopaedic Surgeon; Partner 2018- Present2018- Present
  Adult Reconstruction; Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
  Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
• Richard L Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis IN2017-2018
  Fee Basis Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgery
• University of Vermont College of Medicine2012-2017
  Clinical Instructor, Orthopaedic Surgery
• Harvard Center for AIDS Research/Massachusetts General Hospital2006-2008
  Clinical Research Coordinator

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (candidate member) 2012-present
• American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons (surgeon in training member) 2014-present
• American Medical Association (member) 2008-present

• Cottage Orthopaedic and Spine Management Group, LLC
  • Joint Replacement and Fracture Committee (2018-present)
  • Patient Experience and Marketing Committee (2018-present)
• GVCH Total Joint Committee (2019-Present)
• Arthroplasty Today, Reviewer (2018-Present)
• Journal of Arthroplasty, Reviewer (2017-Present)
• AAHKS Poster Reviewer (2016, 2017)
• AAOS Resident Assembly, Program representative (2015-2016)
• University of Vermont College of Medicine Admissions Committee Interviewer (2017)
• University of Vermont Department of Orthopaedics Residency Selection Committee (2016-2017)
• University of Vermont Medical Center Graduate Medical Education Quality Council 2013-2017 (Chair, 2015-17)
• University of Vermont Medical Center Quality Council (Resident member, 2015-16)
• University of Vermont Medical Center Medical Staff Quality Committee (Resident member, 2015-16)
• Graduate Medical Education Program Representative (2013-14, 2015-16)
• PRISM Subcommittee: Discharge/After Visit Summary 2014
• Inpatient Preoperative Preparation Committee 2013-2014

• Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award nominee (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Fletcher Allen Health Care “Going the Extra Mile” Award 2013
• UCSD PRIME Health Equity Scholar 2008-2012
• Gold Humanism Honor Society 2011
• NIH Summer Research Training Program 2009
• UCSD Friends of the International Center Scholarship 2009
• Infectious Disease Society of America Medical Scholars 2009
• Rotary International 2004
• The National Society of Collegiate Scholars 2001-2004

Internships

Boston College Peer Ministry (Boston), Partners In Health (Boston), Haley House Soup Kitchen (Boston), Nyumbani Children’s HIV/AIDS Orphanage (Kenya), La Montana Children’s Camp (Costa Rica)

• DJO 2018/19 Fellowship Introduction Training (2018, Charlottesville)
• Contemporary Approaches to Hip and Knee Reconstruction / Hip Society, Knee Society (2018, Indianapolis)
• DJO MasterMinds Round Table on DAA (2018, Austin)
• Zimmer Biomet Direct Anterior Revision Arthroplasty Course (2018, Atlanta)
• Smith and Nephew Arthroplasty Fellows Course (2018, Memphis)
• American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting (2017, Dallas)
• AAOS Annual Meeting (San Diego, 2017)
• Zimmer Biomet Oxford Unicomparmental Arthroplasty Course Advanced & Masters Course (2017, SLC)
• University of Florida William F Enneking Musculoskeletal Pathology Seminar (2016, Gainesville)
• AO Trauma – Advanced Principles of Fracture Management (2015, Hollywood)
• Ste-Justine Pediatric Orthopaedic Review Course (2015, Montreal)
• American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting (2014, Dallas)
• American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons 6th Annual Resident Education Course (2014, Dallas)
• Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting (2014, New Orleans)
• AO Trauma - Basic Principles of Fracture Management (2013, San Diego)
• Orthopaedic Trauma Association 28th Annual Meeting (2012, Minneapolis) – Basic Science Focus Forum

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Chlebeck JD, Birch CE, Blankstein M, Kristiansen T, Bartlett CS, Schottel PC. Nonoperative Geriatric Hip Fracture Management is associated with Increased Mortality: A Matched Cohort Study Comparing Operative and Nonoperative Geriatric Hip Fracture Mortality. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2019 Jul: 33 (7): 346-350.
• Birch CE, Mensch KS, DeSarno MJ, Beynnon BD, Tourville TW. Subchondral trabecular bone integrity changes following ACL injury and reconstruction: A matched case-control study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2018 Jun;26(6):762-769
• Birch CE, Blankstein M, Chlebeck JD, Bartlett III CS. Orthogonal plating of Vancouver B1 and C-type periprosthetic femur fracture nonunions. Hip International. 2017 Nov 21;27(6):578-583
• Chlebeck JD, Birch CE, Lisle JW. Percutaneous in situ fixation of slipped capital femoral epiphysis. JBJS Essent Surg Tech. Mar 2016, 6 (1), e11.
• Bartlett III CS, Birch CE. Femoral head reduction osteoplasty for fracture dislocation: A surgical technique. Injury. 46 (2015) 1689–1694
• Kim AY, Nagami E, Birch CE, Bowen MJ, Lauer GM, McGovern BH. A simple strategy to screen for acute HCV infection among newly incarcerated injection drug users. Hepatology. 2013 Mar;57(3):944-52
• Nagami E, Kim AY, Birch CE, Bowen MJ, McGovern BH. A “one-two punch” leading to hepatitis C seroconversion. Clinical Infectious Disease 2011 Feb; 52(3):361-3.
• The International HIV Controllers Study (contributing author). The major genetic determinants of HIV-1 control affect HLA class I peptide presentation. Science 2010 Dec 10;330 (6010):1551-7.
• BH McGovern, CE Birch, M Bowen, LL Reyor, EH Nagami, RT Chung, AY Kim. Improving the diagnosis of acute hepatitis C with expanded viral load criteria. Clinical Infectious Disease 2009 (1 Oct);49(7): 1051-60.
• BH McGovern, EH Nagami, CE Birch, MJ Bowen, LL Reyor, Raymond T Chung, Arthur Y Kim. Rate of sustained virologic response in relation to baseline hepatitis C virus RNA level and rapid virological clearance in persons with acute HCV infection. Journal of Infectious Disease 2009 (15 September); 200: 877-881.
• T Kuntzen, J Timm, A Berical, N Lennon, AM Berlin, SK Young, B Lee, D Heckerman, J Carlson, LL Reyor, M Kleyman, CM McMahon, CE Birch, J Schulze zur Wiesch, T Ledlie, M Koehrsen, C Kodira, AD Roberts, GM Lauer, HR Rosen, F Bihl, A Cerny, U Spengler, Z Liu, AY Kim, Y Xing, A Schneidewind, MA Madey, JF Fleckenstein, VM Park, JE Galagan, C Nusbaum, BD Walker, GV Lake-Bakaar, ES Daar, IM Jacobson, ED Gomperts, BR Edlin, SM Donfield, RT Chung, AH Talal, T Marion, BW Birren, MR Henn, TM Allen. Naturally occurring dominant resistance mutations to HCV protease and polymerase inhibitors in treatment-naïve patients. Hepatology 2008 Dec; 48 (6):1769-78.
• BH McGovern, CE Birch, MT Zaman, I Bica, D Stone, JR Quirk, B Davis, K Zachary, Nesli Basgoz, F GraemeCook, RT Gandhi. Managing symptomatic drug-induced liver injury in HIV/HCV coinfected patients: a role for interferon. Clinical Infectious Disease 2007; 45:1386-92.

Abstracts

• CE Birch, M Ziemba-Davis, RM Meneghini. Is a Diagnostic Injection Predictive of Outcome after Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty? AAHKS 2018. Submitted.
• CE Birch, B Beynnon, M Blankstein, DA Halsey, NN Nelms. Accelerometer Based Functional Gait Assessment of Anterior and Posterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty. AAHKS. Dallas, TX. Submitted.
• CE Birch, B Beynnon, M Blankstein, DA Halsey, NN Nelms. Accelerometer Based Functional Gait Assessment of Anterior and Posterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty. AAOS Annual Meeting. Las Vega, NV. Submitted.
• Nolan JE III, Chlebeck JD, Charlson MD, Birch CE. Delayed Primary Closure of Fasciotomy Incisions Remains a Viable Option for Acute Compartment Syndrome in Patients with Tibia Fractures. Eastern Orthopaedic Association. Oct 2018. Amelia Island, FL.
• Nolan JE III, Birch CE, Michelson JD, Benoit MY, Paganelli WC, Tsai MH. The Reduction of Preoperative Testing for Surgery with a Bier Block Anesthetic Does Not Increase Case Cancellation Rates. ASSH. San Francisco. Sept 2017
• JD Chlebeck, CE Birch, GM Grechette, SS Ramadan, BD Brown, PC Schottel. Do Nonoperatively Managed Hip Fracture Patients Have A Lower Mortality Rate Than Historically Reported? A Matched Cohort Study Comparing Operative and Nonoperative Geriatric Hip Fracture Mortality. AAOS Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. March 2017
• A Bensimhon, CE Birch, MY Benoit, S Frenzen, WP Paganelli, MH Tsai. The Effect of Minimal Preoperative Testing on Cancellation Rates for Ambulatory Procedures Under a Bier Block Anesthetic. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October 2016.
• CE Birch, M Blankstein, JD Chlebeck, CS Bartlett. Orthogonal Plating of Vancouver B1 and C-type Periprosthetic Femur Fracture Nonunions. Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. Quebec City, QC. June 2016.
• MH Tsai, AC Rubens, JD Michelson, CE Birch, JA McAvoy, AA Jacobs, JP Gilwee. The Reduction of Preoperative Testing for Patients undergoing Surgery with a Bier Block Anesthetic. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 2016.
• JD Chlebeck, CE Birch, GM Grechette, SS Ramadan, BD Brown, PC Schottel. Do Nonoperatively Managed Hip Fracture Patients Have A Lower Mortality Rate Than Historically Reported? A Matched Cohort Study Comparing Operative and Nonoperative Geriatric Hip Fracture Mortality. Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting. Annapolis, Maryland. Oct 2016.
• BD Beynnon, CE Birch, KS Mensch, MJ DeSarno, MG Gardner-Morse, JR Slauterbeck, RJ Johnnson, TW Tourville. . Subchondral trabecular bone morphology changes following ACL Injury: A matched case-control study. OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Paris, France. April 2014
• CE Birch, MJ DeSarno, MG Gardner-Morse, JR Slauterbeck, RJ Johnnson, BD Beynnon BD, TW Tourville. Subchondral trabecular bone morphology changes following ACL Injury: A matched case-control study. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 2014
• BH McGovern , CE Birch, M Bowen, LL Reyor, EH Nagami, RT Chung, AY Kim. Improving the diagnosis of acute hepatici C using expanded viral load criteria. 13th International Symposium of Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease. March 2009
• CE Birch, AY Kim, LL Reyor, M Bowen, EH Nagami, BH McGovern. Rapid virologic response is common in acute hepatitis C virus infection regardless of genotype. 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. November 2008
• T Kuntzen, N Lennon, J Carlson, C Oniangue-Ndza, A Berical, AM Berlin, J Timm, SK Young, S Adams, LL Reyor, M Kleyman, CM McMahon, CE Birch, J Schulze zur Wiesch, T Ledlie, M Koehrsen, C Kodira, AD Roberts, GM Lauer, HR Rosen, F Bihl, A Cerny, U Spengler, Z Liu, AY Kim, Y Xing, A Schneidewind, MA Madey, JF Fleckenstein, VM Park, JE Galagan, FM Marincola, C Nusbaum, BD Walker, GV Lake-Bakaar, ES Daar, IM Jacobson, ED Gomperts, BR Edlin, BW Birren, SM Donfield, RT Chung, AH Talal, T Marion, M Carrington, MR Henn, D Heckerman, TM Allen. Large-scale sequencing reveals reproducible patterns of CD8+ T cell escape in HCV. 15th International Symposium on Hepatitis C. October 2008
• T Kuntzen, J Timm, A Berical, N Lennon, AM Berlin, SK Young, B Lee, D Heckerman, J Carlson, LL Reyor, M Kleyman, CM McMahon, CE Birch, J Schulze zur Wiesch, T Ledlie, M Koehrsen, C Kodira, AD Roberts, GM Lauer, HR Rosen, F Bihl, A Cerny, U Spengler, Z Liu, AY Kim, Y Xing, A Schneidewind, MA Madey, JF Fleckenstein, VM Park, JE Galagan, C Nusbaum, BD Walker, GV Lake-Bakaar, ES Daar, IM Jacobson, ED Gomperts, BR Edlin, SM Donfield, RT Chung, AH Talal, T Marion, BW Birren, MR Henn, TM Allen. Naturally occurring dominant resistance mutations to HCV protease and polymerase inhibitors in treatment-naïve patients. 15th International Symposium on Hepatitis C. October 2008
• CE Birch, M Bowen, AY Kim, BH McGovern. A prospective study of acute HCV infection among incarcerated injection drug users. 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Dieases Society of America. October 2007

Presentations

• CE Birch. Is a Diagnostic Injection Predictive of Outcome after Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty? 42nd Annual Garceau-Wray Lectureship. IU Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery. Indianapolis, IN. June 2018.
• CE Birch. High Yield Topics in Total Hip Arthroplasty. IU Department of Orthopaedics Grand Rounds. Indianapolis, IN. June 2018
• CE Birch. Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty. IU Adult Lower Extremity Reconstruction Academic Conference. Fishers, IN. June 2018.
• CE Birch. Total Hip Arthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture. IU Adult Lower Extremity Reconstruction Academic Conference. Fishers, IN. May 2018.
• CE Birch. Trunnionosis: Diagnosis and Management. IU Health West Hospital Surgical Service Line CME Lecture Series (Stryker sponsored). Avon, IN. Feb 2018.
• CE Birch. Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Short Cemented Stems versus Hybrid Stem Fixation. IU Adult Lower Extremity Reconstruction Academic Conference. Fishers, IN. December 2017.
• CE Birch. Total Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Management of Tibial Bone Loss. IU Adult Lower Extremity Reconstruction Academic Conference. Fishers, IN. December 2017.
• CE Birch. Total Hip Arthroplasty: Early Postoperative Infection Management. IU Adult Lower Extremity Reconstruction Academic Conference. Fishers, IN. November 2017.
• CE Birch. Trunnionosis: Diagnosis and Management. IU Adult Lower Extremity Reconstruction Academic Conference. Fishers, IN. October 2017.
• CE Birch, M Blankstein, JD Chlebeck, CS Bartlett. Orthogonal Plating of Vancouver B1 and C-type Periprosthetic Femur Fracture Nonunions. Podium Presentation. Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. Quebec City, QC. June 2016.
• CE Birch, JD Michelson, MY Benoit, AC Rubens, A Bensimhon, WP Paganelli, MH Tsai. The Reduction of Preoperative Testing for Surgery with a Bier Block Anesthetic is Safe and Effective. UVM Dept Of Orthopaedics Annual Research Day. June 2016.
• CE Birch. Anatomical Dissection Course, Lecturer. Surgical Anatomy Curriculum. University of Vermont College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery July 2016.
• CE Birch. Total Hip Arthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fractures. Grand Rounds. University of Vermont College of Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. May 2016.
• CE Birch. Orthopaedic Management: Fractures and Splinting. Nurse Practioner Skills Course. University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Science. April 2016.
• CE Birch. The Role for Robotic Surgery in Total Knee Arthroplasty. University of Vermont College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery March 2016
• CE Birch. Fracture Conference, Lecturer. Surgical Anatomy Curriculum. University of Vermont College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Summer 2015.
• CE Birch. Case Presentations. Nathaniel Gould Endowed Foot and Ankle Lecture Series. April 2015
• CE Birch. Orthopaedic Management: Fractures and Splinting. Nurse Practioner Skills Course. University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Science. April 2015.
• CE Birch. Early Weight Bearing after ORIF of Lower Extremity Fractures. Grand Rounds. University of Vermont Collage of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. March 2015.
• CE Birch. Interesting Cases: Bilateral Distal Humerus Fractures. University of Vermont College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. October 2014.
• CE Birch. History of Orthopaedics: Ernest Amory Codman, 1869-1940. University of Vermont College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. June 2014
• CE Birch. History of Orthopaedics: SIGN Interlocking IM Nail. University of Vermont College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. November 2012.