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Christopher Joseph Spittler, M.D.
Education:
Postgraduate Education:
Breast and Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC
1999-2000
Plastic Surgery Residency
University of Wisconsin Hospitals
Madison, Wisconsin
1997-1999
General Surgery Residency
Meridia Huron Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Affiliated Health System
Cleveland, Ohio
1992-1997
Surgical Internship
Riverside Methodist Hospitals
Columbus, Ohio
1991-1992
Medical School:
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM)
Rootstown, Ohio
Dates Attended: 9/87-5/91
Degree Awarded: Doctor of Medicine
Activities and Organizational Memberships:
Class Representative to the Academic Review and Promotions Committee, 1988-1991
Membership in: OSMA, AMA, Recreation Club
Tutor: Gross Anatomy
Undergraduate Education:
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Dates Attended: 9/83-6/87
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Biology
Membership in Scientific Societies:
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
American Medical Association
Licensure:
Maryland
Publications:
Spear SL, Spittler CJ, Breast Reconstruction with Implants and Expanders. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Expected date of publication June, 2000.
Spittler CJ, Chari V, Husni EA, Patzakis J, Li PK, Zelis J, Chung RS. Second look laparoscopy for visceral ischemia facilitated by preinstalled ports. The American Surgeon. 1997;63:732-34.
Li PK, Spittler CJ, Taylor CW, Sponseller D, Chung RS. In vitro effects of simulated gastric juice on swallowed metal objects: implications for practical management. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 1997;46:152-55.
Zelis J, Spittler CJ, Chung RS. A safe technique for abdominal paracentesis. Contemporary Surgery for Residents, July/August 1996, pp. 21-22.
Research Experience/Presentations:
Spittler CJ, Hardy SP. Incidence of metopic synostosis in the general population. Presented at the Chief Residents Conference Galviston, TX, April 1999 (publication pending).
Lippit S, Allen W, Spittler C. Radiation exposure to OR personnel when using the c-arm fluoroscope. Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, 1988.
Spittler CJ, Leeson MC. Tumoral calcinosis: a case report and review of the literature. NEOUCOM, Summer Fellowship Research Day, 1988.
Garfield SA, Spittler CJ. Growth hormone action in controlling hepatic glycogen metabolism. American Association of Anatomists, One Hundredth Annual Meeting, George Washington School of Medicine, May 1987.
