Board Certified Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon
Center for Orthopaedic Specialists
Current Position:
Orthopaedic Surgery private group practice based in West Hills, CA and Westlake Village, CA since 2004. Practice primarily (90%) hand, elbow and wrist surgery, as well as acute general orthopaedics. Staff privileges at West Hills Hospital and Motion Picture Hospital.
Education:
Hand and Upper Extremity NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases
Surgery Fellowship New York, New York
2003-2004 Drs. Martin Posner and Steven Green
Orthopaedic Surgery University of Southern California Residency Los Angeles, California
1999-2003 Drs. Michael Patzakis & David Thordarson Medical School University of California, Irvine
1994-1998 Irvine, California Undergraduate University of California, Los Angeles
1989-1993 Los Angeles, California B.S., Psychobiology
Honors:
Undergraduate National Merit Scholar
Medical School Alpha Omega Alpha Reingold Prize (Pathology) Merck Graduating Senior Award
Research Publications
Ziv ET, McComb JG, Kreiger MD, Skaggs DL. Iatrogenic Intraspinal Epidermoid Tumor: Two Cases and a Review of the Literature. Spine 2004;29:E15-E18.
Research Presentations
Ziv ET, Reid J, Schnall SB. Spontaneous Septic Arthritis of the Elbow in Adults. Musculoskeletal Infection Society, Snowmass, Colorado, 2001
Chang LK, Ziv ET, Wilson SE. Sternoclavicular Septic Arthritis: A Unique Complication of Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia. American College of Surgeons-Southern California, 1998.
Ziv ET, Papadakis S, Vaishnav S, Itamura JM. The Effect of Radial Osteotomy on the Position of the Posterior Interosseous Nerve, 2004.
Earlier Research
Drinkwater DC, Ziv ET, Laks H, Lee JR, Bhuta S, Rudis E, Chang P. Extracellular & Standard UW Solutions Provide Equivalent Preservation of Myocardial Function. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,1995;110:738-45.
Ardehali A, Laks H, Drinkwater DC, Ziv ET, Drake TA. Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 is Expressed on Vascular Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells in Experimental Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Circulation 1995;92:450-6.
Drinkwater DC, Rudis E, Laks H, Ziv ET, Marino J, Stein DG, Ardehali A, Moriguchi J, Kobashigawa J. University of Wisconsin versus Stanford Cardioplegia and the Development of Allograft Coronary Arterial Vasculopathy. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 1995;14:891-6.
Ardehali A, Laks H, Drinkwater DC, Ziv ET, Sorensen TJ, Hamilton M, Warner-Stevenson L, Moriguchi J, Kobashigawa J. Cardiac Transplantation at UCLA. In: Terasaki and Cecka, Eds. Clinical Transplants 1993. Los Angeles, UCLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, 1994:119-127.
Special Skills
Spanish- conversational, able to treat and consent patients.
Licensure and Board Certification
California medical A70745 current
New York medical 229120
DEA controlled subst. BZ6709553 current
California fluoroscopy RHC146472 current
National Board of Medical Examiners Diplomate, 10/98
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Board Certified 7/07
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Admitted 7/08
Societies/Organizations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Fellow
Alpha Omega Alpha Member
California Orthopaedic Association Member
California Medical Association Member
Los Angeles Medical Association Member
Personal
Born and raised in California
Married with four children
Excellent health
Surgery Center Service covers Los Angeles County, including San Fernando Valley - Orange County - Riverside County - Ventura County
