Dr. Frank Ulrich Hermantin, M.D. Curriculum Vitae

Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Hospital Affiliation: Danbury Hospital, CT
2006-present
Bay Health Medical Center, Dover, DE 2001-2006
Specialty Areas: Research in and performing minimally invasive spinal surgery.
EDUCATION:
1989 - 1992 MEDICAL: Doctor of Medicine
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
1987 - 1989 St. George’s University School of Medicine
St. George’s, Grenada, West Indies
1985 - 1987 UNDERGRADUATE:Bachelor of Arts in Biology
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
1984 - 1985 Nassau Community College
Uniondale, NY
1982 - 1984 State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND MEDICAL EXPERIENCE:
2006 - Present Private Practice, Danbury Orthpaedic Associates, P.C.,
226 White Street, Danbury, CT
2001 - 2006 Frank U. Hermantin, M.D., PA
Dover, DE, Chestertown MD
1999 - 2001 Chestertown Orthopedics
General Orthopedic and Spinal Surgery
Chestertown, MD and Elkton, MD
1998 - 1999 San Francisco Spine Institute
Spine Surgery Fellowship
San Francisco, CA James Reynolds, M.D., Director
1994 - 1998 Alleghany University Hahnemann Division
Orthopedic Surgery Resident
Philadelphia, PA Arnold T. Berman, M.D.,Chairman
1992 - 1994 The Medical College of Pennsylvania
General Surgery Residency
Philadelphia, PA Joel J. Rosyln, Chairman
MEDICAL LICENSURE:
Maryland active
Delaware active
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania inactive
California inactive
PUBLICATIONS:
  1. A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing the results of Open Discectomy Versus
    Video Assisted Microdiscectomy
    Hermantin, FU, Peters, T, Quartararo, L, and Kambin, P
    Accepted for publication by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1999
  2. Metastatic Disease of the Hip Evaluation and Treatment
    Berman, AT, Hermantin, FU, and Horowitz, SM
    Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons March/April 1997. Vol. 5, Number 2 p79-86
  3. Percutaneous Laser Discectomies Using A Flexible Endoscope
    Cumming, RS, Prodoehl, JA, Hermantin, FU, and Sherk, HH
    State Of The Art Reviews (Spine), 7:135-140, 1993
  4. Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy Using Holmium-Yag Laser
    Black, J, Uppal, S, Rhodes, A, Smith, R, Sherk, HH, and Hermantin, FU
PRESENTATIONS:
  1. A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing the Results of Open Discectomy
    Versus Video Assisted Microdiscectomy
    Hermantin, FU, Kambin, P, Berman, AT, Peters, T, and Quartararo, L
    Paper Presentation AAOS 65th Annual Meeting, New Orleans March 1998
  2. A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing the Results of Open Discectomy
    Versus Video Assisted Microdiscectomy
    Hermantin, FU, Kambin, P, Berman, AT, Peters, T, and Quartararo, L
    Scientific Exhibit AAOS 65th Annual Meeting, New Orleans March 1998
  3. The Incidence of Post Operative Infection in Patients With Myelodysplasia or Spinal Cord Injury
    Undergoing Fusion for Scoliosis
    Hermantin, FU, Betz, R, Clements, D, and Bosaco, S
    Poster Exhibit AAOS 65th Annual Meeting, New Orleans March 1998
  4. The Incidence of Post Operative Infection in Patients With Myelodysplasia or Spinal Cord Injury
    Undergoing Fusion for Scoliosis
    Hermantin, FU, Betz, R, Clements, D, and Bosaco, S
    Presented at the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society Fall Scientific Meeting Wilmington, Delaware November 1997
  5. The Incidence of Post Operative Infection in Patients With Myelodysplasia or Spinal Cord Injury
    Undergoing Fusion for Scoliosis
    Hermantin, FU, Betz, R, Clements, D, and Bosaco, S
    Presented at the Scoliosis Research Society 32nd Annua Meeting St. Louis, MO, September, 1997
  6. Complete Versus Partial Nuclectomy Using the 2.1 Micron Holmium Yag Laser in the Treatment of Prolapsed and extruded Disc Herniations
    Sherk, HH, Maes, K, and Hermantin, FU
    Meeting of the International Musculoskeletal Laser Society Neuebtel, Switzerland, 1994
  7. Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy Using Holmium-Yag Laser
    Black, J, Uppal, S, Rhodes, A, Smith, R, Sherk, HH, and Hermantin, FU
    American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, 11th Annual Meeting San Diego, CA 1991
AWARDS:
2005 Top Doctor 2005 - Delaware Magazine
 
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