John G. Thometz, MD

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Titles

Division
Orthopedic Surgery

Research interests
Bone and joint diseases

Study interests
Clubfoot, clubfoot treatments, scoliosis, spine devices.

Education
Medical degree, Northwestern Medical School, Chicago, 1978; surgical scholarship, Addenbrooke Hospital, Cambridge, England, 1978; internship, General Surgery, Loyola University, Chicago, 1979; surgery residency, Loyola University, Chicago, 1980; orthopedic surgery residency, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1984; postgraduate fellow in Pediatric Orthopedics, Harvard University, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1985.

Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1997; American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2007.

Honors
Teacher of the Year, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1988 and 2000.

Representative publications

• Thometz J, Liu XC, Reineck J, Lyon R, Tassone C. Changes of Three-dimensional Back Contour Following Posterior Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis. Research into Spinal Deformities V, 2006, Editor: Dirk Uyttendaele and Peter H. Dangerfield, IOS press, Lancaster, UK.
• Thometz J, Liu XC, Tassone C, Klein S. Predictors of Dynamic Foot Function in Post-surgical Clubfoot by Foot Radiographs. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2005; 25(2):249-252.
• Thometz J, Liu XC. 3D Measurements and Advanced Treatments in the Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis. Back Talk Issue. 2003 Mar.
• Liu XC, Thometz J, Klein J, Lyon R. Functional Classification of Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Discriminate Analysis to Determine the Curve. Spine. 2001; 26(11):1274-1278.
• Thometz J, Lamdan R, Liu XC, Lyon R. Correlation between Q Angle and Cobb Angle in the Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2000; 20:512-516.
• Thometz J, Simons G. Deformity of the Calcaneocuboid Joint in Patients who have Talipes Equinovarus. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American. 1993; 75(2):190-5.

Grants

• Functional Evaluation of Post-surgical Clubfoot: Based upon Existing Clinical Assessment Scores and Foot Motion Analysis, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, principal investigator.
• Development of Dynamic Pedorthosis for Improving Clubfoot Correction, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation, co-principal investigator.
• Clinical Reliability and Validity of a Foot Model: Assessing Efficacy and Functional Outcome with Orthotic Intervention in Children with Cerebal Palsy, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation, investigator.

Contact
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
PO Box 1997
Suite C360
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 337-7302
Fax: (414) 337-7337
E-mail: jthometz@chw.org