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Nicholas Gajewski, MD
Home town: Chagrin Falls, OH
Interests/Hobbies: The outdoors, camping, hiking, skiing, tennis, golf, reading, travel.

EDUCATION
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Internship: General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

RESEARCH INTEREST
Musculoskeletal tissue engineering
Shoulder arthroplasty
Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection

AWARDS/ GRANTS
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/Orthopaedic Research Society Young Investigator
Award for the Biologic Treatments for Orthopaedic Injuries Research Symposium, (2015)
Phi Beta Kappa, Univerity of Pennsylvania (2011)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2011)

PUBLICATIONS
Siqueria, MB, Frangiamore, S, Klika, AK, Gajewski, N, Barsoum, WK, Higuera, CA. Comparison of synovial fluid cytokine levels between traumatic knee injury and end-stage osteoarthritis. J Knee Surg. 2016. Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 27123668

Frangiamore, SF., Gajewski, N., Saleh, A., Farias-Kovasc, M., Barsoum, W., Higuera, C. Alpha-defensin Accuracy to Diagnose Periprosthetic Joint Infection – Best Available Test? Journal of Arthroplasty. 2016; 2(31), 456-460. PMID: 26545577

Laitman, B., Gajewski, N., Mann, G., Kubin, L., Morrison A., Ross, R. The Alpha-1 adrenoreceptor antagonist prazosin enhances sleep continuity in fear-conditioned Wistar-Kyoto rats. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 2014; 3(49), 7-15. PMID: 24246572

Lubelski, D., Abdullah, K., Nowacki, A., Alvin, M., Steinmetz, M., Chakka, S., Li, Y., Gajewski, N., Benzel, E., Mroz, T. Urological complications following use of rhBMP-2 in anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2013; 18(2), 126-31. PMID: 23231356

PRESENTATIONS
Gajewski, N., Luangphakdy, V., Boehm, C., Zachos, T., Muschler, G. Optimizing Connective Tissue Progenitor Harvest Using a Novel Bone and Marrow Excavation Device.
- Poster session presented: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Annual Research Day; 2016 March 11; Cleveland, Ohio.
- Poster session presented: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society; 2016 March 4-8; Orlando, Florida.
- Poster session presented: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/Orthopaedic Research Society Biologic Treatments for Orthopaedic Injuries Research Symposium; 2015 November 5-7; Rosemont, Illinois.

Frangiamore, SF., Gajewski, N., Saleh, A., Farias, K., O’Rourke, C., Daly, T., Barsoum, W., Higuera, C. Trends of Synovial Fluid Cytokines in Non-arthritic, Arthritic and Painful Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Podium Presentation: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association; 2015 April 22-26; Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Frangiamore, SF., Gajewski, N., Higuera, C., Barsoum, W., Springer, B., Molloy, R. Dual Mobility Liners for Revision THA Decrease Early Dislocation. Poster session presented: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association; 2015 April 22-26; Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Frangiamore, SF., Gajewski, N., Saleh, A., Farias, K., Daly, T., Bauer, T., Barsoum, W., Higuera, C. Synovial Fluid Cytokine Changes between First and Second Stage Revision Arthroplasty.
- Podium Presentation: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; 2015 Mar 24-28; Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Poster session presented: Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons; 2014 Nov 7-9; Dallas, Texas.

Gajewski, N., Laitman, B., Mann, G., Kubin, L., Ross, R., Morrison A. α-1 Adrenoceptor Antagonist Prazosin Reduces Non-REM Sleep (NREMS) Arousals in Fear-Conditioned Wistar-Kyoto Rats (WKY). Poster session presented: Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; 2011 Jun 11-15; Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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