JOHNANTHONYSCHLECHTER,DO
1310 W. Stewart Drive, Ste. 508
Orange, CA 92868
Telephone: (714) 633-2111
EDUCATION
Preceptorship Training, Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
Orthopedic Specialty Institute, Orange, CA
August 2008 to October 2008
Fellowship Training, Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis
Children’s Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
August 2007 to July 2008
Postdoctoral Training, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
Orthopaedic Surgery
July 2003 to June 2007
Postdoctoral Training, Peninsula Hospital Center, Far Rockaway, NY
Traditional Rotating Internship
July 2002 to June 2003
D.O., New York College of Osteopathic Medicine / New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
May 2002
B.S., Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tempe, AZ
Microbiology, December 1997
Honors cum laude
CLINICAL
PRIVLEGESChildren’s Hospital Orange County/St. Joseph’s Hospital, Orange, CA
October 1, 2007 to present
Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
July 1, 2007 to present
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA
August 1, 2007 to July 2008
LICENSUREAND
CERTIFICATION Board Certified –American Osteopathic Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons/Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists of the American Osteopathic Association
November 1, 2011 – December 31, 2021
State of California Osteopathic Medical Board Physicians and Surgeons License
October 8, 2003 – January 31, 2013 Number 20A8582
Drug Enforcement Administration Registration
Number BS8627400
State of California Radiography and Fluoroscopy Supervisor and Operator Permit
Number RHC00163679
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JOHNANTHONYSCHLECHTER
FACULTYClinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
APPOINTMENTSWestern University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
March 24, 2008 - present
Director of Education & Research- Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program
Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
July 1, 2008 – present
AO North America Pediatric Orthopaedic Faculty
September 30, 2010 - present
CoURSEAO North America Basic Principles and Techniques for Operative Fracture Management
FACULTY Course for Residents
Seattle, WA
August 23-26, 2012
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO) Annual Meeting
Moderator and Presenter- Pediatric Session
Chicago, IL
October 22, 2011
Sports Medicine for the Youth Athlete Conference
Moderator and Presenter
Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA
May 20, 2011
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO) Annual Meeting
Moderator and Presenter-Pediatric Session
San Francisco, CA
October 24, 2010
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO) Spring Meeting
Presenter-Pediatric Session
Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 2009
AO North America Operating Room Personnel Course
Universal City, CA
April 4-5, 2009
Commitee2nd Vice President
APPOINTMENTS American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics – Pediatric Section
December 19, 2008 – present
Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education Committee
Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
October 1, 2008 to present
Committee Member- Institutional Review Board
Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
September 1, 2009 to December 2010
PUBLICATIONS LETTERSTO THE EDITOR
AND
SUBMISSIONS Schlechter JA; Mubarak SJ. Normal Compartment Pressures of the lower leg in children
JBone Joint Surg [Br] 2008; electronic letter published 21-Feb-08
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED
Sherman C,Schlechter JA, Nelson SC, Tibial Shortening Osteotomy for Severe Neglected and Recurrent Clubfoot– Techniques in Orthopaedics
Schlechter JA, Newton PO, Upasani V, Bastrom T, Yaszay B, Lenke L, Betz R, Lowe T and the Harms Study Group. Risk Factors for Distal Adding-on Identified: What to Watch Out For- Spine
Wallace CD, Mahadev A, Perry A, Schlechter JA, Newton PO. Pediatric Radial Neck Fractures: Description of an Indirect Extra-Articular Technique for Fracture Reduction Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics
PUBLISHED: Book Chapters
Rubin, BD, Schlechter, JA Principles of Shoulder Examination and Rehabilitationin AANA Advanced Arthroscopy: The Shoulder, Elsevier 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4377-0663-5
PUBLISHED: FULL LENGTH PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
Gottschalk H, Sagoo D, Glaser D, Doan J, Edmonds E, Schlechter JA, Biomechanical Analysis of Pin Placement for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Does Starting Point, Pin Size and Number Matter? – In Press Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
Schlechter JA, Summa, S Rubin BD. The Passive Distraction Test: A Clinical Exam Maneuver to Diagnose Superior Labral Pathology, Arthroscopy Vol 25, No 12, Dec, 2009: pp 1374-1379
RESEARCH
PRESENTATIONS
Gottschalk H, Sagoo D, Glaser D, Doan J, Edmonds E, Schlechter JA, Biomechanical Analysis of Pin Placement for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Does Starting Point, Pin Size and Number Matter? – Poster Presentation at the 2012 Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA February 4-7, 2011
Demura S, Newton PO, Yaszay B, Bastrom T, Schlechter JA, The Relation Between Pulmonary Function and Selection of Upper Instrumented Vertebra in AIS– Poster Presentation at the 2012 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA February 7-11, 2011
Schlechter JA, Rinaldi P, Aminian A, Rosenfeld R, Growing Segemental Spinal Instrumentation Without Fusion in Spinal Muscular Atrophy– Poster Presentation at the 2011 American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 20, 2011
Gottschalk H, Sagoo D, Glaser D, Doan J, Edmonds E, Schlechter JA, Biomechanical Analysis of Pin Placement for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Does Starting Point, Pin Size and Number Matter? – Poster Presentation at the 2011 American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 20, 2011
Gentile J, Schlechter JA, Weinert C, Treatment of Active Unicameral Bone Cysts in Pediatric Patients with Injectable Regenerative Graft – Accepted as a Podium Presentation at the 2012 AO North America Challenges in Fracture Care Across Disciplines'
Lake Buena Vista, Florida February 23-25, 2012,
Gottschalk H, Sagoo D, Glaser D, Doan J, Edmonds E, Schlechter JA, Biomechanical Analysis of Pin Placement for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: Does Starting Point, Pin Size and Number Matter? –Poster Presentation at the 2011 Western Orthopedic AssociationAnnual Meeting, Honolulu, HI
July 27, 2011
Schlechter JA, Rinaldi P, Aminian A, Rosenfeld R, Growing Segemental Spinal Instrumentation Without Fusion in Spinal Muscular Atrophy - E-Poster Presentation at the 18th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 13-16, 2011
Schlechter JA, Newton PO, Upasani V, Bastrom T, Yaszay B, Lenke L, Betz R, Lowe T and the Harms Study Group. Risk Factors for Distal Adding-on Identified: What to Watch Out For––Accepted as a podium presentation at the 2009 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North AmericaAnnual Meeting, Boston, MA
May 1, 2009
Newton PO, Varley E, Schlechter JA, , Upasani V, Bastrom T, Yaszay B and the Harms Study Group. Identifying the Most Important Determinants of Upper Instrumented Vertebral Selection in AIS Surgery–Poster presentation at the 2009 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
February 25-28, 2009
Schlechter JA, Newton PO, Upasani V, Bastrom T, Yaszay B, Lenke L, Betz R, Lowe T and the Harms Study Group. Risk Factors for Distal Adding-on Identified: What to Watch Out For––Podium presentation at the 2009 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
February 25-28, 2009
Schlechter JA, Newton PO, Upasani V, Bastrom T, Yaszay B, Lenke L, Betz R, Lowe T and the Harms Study Group. Risk Factors for Distal Adding-on Identified: What to Watch Out For–E-poster presentationat the 2008 North American Spine Society 23rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada October 14-18, 2008
Schlechter JA, Marks M, Wyatt M, Chambers R, Chambers HG. Rectus Femoris Transfer for the Treatment of Stiff Knee Gait in Cerebral Palsy: Outcomes Based on the Gross Motor Function Classification –Poster presentation at the 2008 American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting,Atlanta, GA
September 17-20, 2008
Schlechter JA, Upasani V, Pawelek P, Newton PO. Should Post Operative Pulmonary Function Be a Criterion That Affects Upper Instrumented Vertebral Body Selection in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? –E-poster presentation at the 2008 Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
September 10-13, 2008
Schlechter JA, Newton PO, Upasani V, Bastrom T, Yaszay B, Lenke L, Betz R, Lowe T and the Harms Study Group. Risk Factors for Distal Adding-on Identified: What to Watch Out For––Podium presentation at the 2008 Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
September 10-13, 2008
Schlechter JA, Newton PO, Upasani V, Bastrom T, Yaszay B, Lenke L, Betz R, Lowe T and the Harms Study Group. Risk Factors for Distal Adding-on Identified: What to Watch Out For–E-poster presentation at the 2008 International Meeting of Advanced Spinal Techniques, (IMAST) Hong Kong, China
July 8-11, 2008
Schlechter JA, Upasani V, Pawelek P, Newton PO. Should Post Operative Pulmonary Function Be a Criterion That Affects Upper Instrumented Vertebral Body Selection in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? – E-poster presentation at the 2008 International Meeting of Advanced Spinal Techniques, (IMAST) Hong Kong, China
July 8-11, 2008
Schlechter JA, Upasani V, Pawelek P, Newton PO. Should Post Operative Pulmonary Function Be a Criterion That Affects Upper Instrumented Vertebral Body Selection in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? – Presented at the 2008 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North AmericaAnnual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM
May 2, 2008
Schlechter JA, Marks M, Wyatt M, Chambers R, Chambers HG. Rectus Femoris Transfer for the Treatment of Stiff Knee Gait in Cerebral Palsy: Outcomes Based on the Gross Motor Function Classification - Poster presentation at the 2008 Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North AmericaAnnual Meeting,Albuquerque, NM
May 1-3, 2008
Priola M, Schlechter JA.Osseous Tuberculosis Masquerading as a Metaphyseal Fibrous Defect Poster presentation at the 2007 American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
October 18-21, 2007
Schlechter JA, Rubin BD. The Passive Distraction Test: A New Diagnostic Aid for Clinically
Significant Superior Labral Pathology-Accepted as an E-Poster at the 2006 Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting
Schlechter JA, Sop AL.Orthopaedic Injuries in Motocross/Off-Road Motorcycle Related Accidents, Poster presentation at the 2006 American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting,New Orleans, LA
September 14-17, 2006
Schlechter JA, Serynek P, Sop AL, Nelson SC. Various Treatment Modalities for Large Giant Cell Tumors: A Series of six cases. - Poster presentation at the 2005 American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
October 22-25, 2005
LECTURES
Shoulder Examination in the Adolescent Athlete, Pediatric Orthopedic Practitioner Society (POPS) Annual Meeting,Montreal, Ontario, Canada
May 10, 2011
Osteochondritis Dissecans in the Adolescent Athlete, American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics (AOAO) Annual Meeting,San Francisco, CA
October 24, 2010
The use of physician extenders in a Pediatric Orthopedic Practice, California Orthopedic Association Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA
May 16. 2009
Fractures of the Child’s Elbow, California Orthopedic Association Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA
May 16. 2009
Upper Extremity Fractures in Children, AOAO Spring Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 2009
Pediatric Foot Conditions, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA
April 23, 2009
Sports Medicine in the Growing Child, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA
October 29, 2008
Pitfalls in the Management of Athletic Injuries in Children, Bright Medical Group, Whittier, CA
October 24, 2008
Approach to the Painful Shoulder, Sports Medicine Lecture Series, Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
September 19, 2008
Orthopaedics, Junior Medical Student Core Lecture Series, Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
June 17, 2008
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Children and Adolescents, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
December 12, 2007
Femur Fractures in Children, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
June 8, 2007
Developmental Hip Dysplasia, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
May 18, 2007
Board Review for Physician Assistants- Orthopaedic Section, Riverside Community College
Moreno Valley, CA
May 8, 2007
Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants, Riverside Community College, Moreno Valley, CA
April 4, 2007
Orthopaedics, Junior Medical Student Core Lecture Series, Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
March 21, 2007
Elbow Fractures in Children, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
December 15, 2006
Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis in Children and Adolescents, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA
October 20, 2006
Infection at the Site of a Total Joint Arthroplasty, Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, CA
September 27, 2006
COMMUNITY
SERVICE Team Physician – Northwood High School, Irvine, California, August 2009- present
Woodbridge High School, Irvine, California, August 2010-present
Board of Directors –Non-profit organization, We Run Orange County’s Kids (WeROCK)
HONORS AND
AWARDS Shepard Splain Excellence in SurgeryAward. Convocation award for outstanding clinical and academic performance in surgery-New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
2002
Psi Sigma Alpha Honor Medical Society
2001
Golden Key National Honor Society
1996
Regents General Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1994
CAREER
RELATED Orthopedic Surgery - CURE Hospital, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
EXPERIENCE Mayand September 2005, March 2006, June 2007, October 2009
Chief Intern, Class of 2003, Peninsula Hospital Center, Far Rockaway, NY
July 2002 to June 2003
Academic Assistant and Tutor, Minority Affairs, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine / New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY
June – August 1999
Anatomy and Physiology Lab Instructor, Arizona State University Department of Zoology, Tempe, AZ
August 1996 to May 1998
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETY American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons California Orthopedic Association
MEMBERSHIPSAmerican Osteopathic Association Arthroscopy Association of North America
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics Western Orthopedic Association
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
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