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Sarah Blumenthal, MD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
Address1537 Norfolk St.
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90033
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    Sarah Blumenthal, MD, is fellowship trained in orthopedic trauma surgery and specializes in the treatment of fractures throughout the body, including the pelvis, upper extremities and lower extremities. She also provides care for traumatic tendon and ligament injuries that typically occur from falls, sports or vehicular accidents. In addition, she has experience treating fractures that have not healed properly (non-unions or malunions), along with infections involving muscle and bone.

    Dr. Blumenthal is actively involved in scientific research and has published most recently in peer-reviewed journals on topics such as geriatric hip fractures, femoral non-unions, deep-space infections and disparities in trauma care.

    She received her undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Harvard University and her medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed her residency at the University of Pennsylvania and her fellowship in orthopedic trauma at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

    Dr. Blumenthal grew up in Northern California and has lived on both West and East coasts. In each city she called home, she served different patient populations, which has honed her ability to target treatments based on patients’ specific needs.

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    1. Intrawound Tobramycin Plus Vancomycin to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Tibial Fractures: The TOBRA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2026 Apr 15. Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC), O'Toole RV, O'Hara NN, Carlini AR, Schrank GM, Chung S, Gary JL, Obremskey W, Matuszewski PE, Teague D, Natoli RM, Gitajn IL, Weaver MJ, Renninger CH, Levack AE, Degani Y, Collins SC, Weston-Farber E, Howe AL, Thompson RE, Castillo RC, Karunakar MA, Blum L, Harmer L, Hsu JR, Kempton LB, Phelps KD, Seymour RB, Sims SH, Acharya MS, Callahan H, Chavez-Araujo LM, Churchill C, Gambuzza MP, Haim KR, Ishman E, Kendall JS, Mullis ND, Young C, Pilson HT, Carroll EA, Goodman JB, Holden MB, Jones AL, Moon C, Lin CA, Marecek GS, Moffitt GB, Conlan T, George AV, Fisher LA, Mullin DS, Recendez CL, Aneja A, Brameier DT, Heng M, Ly TV, Stenquist DS, Suneja N, Wignakumar T, Borgida JS, Policicchio TJ, Hanson GR, Alese OM, Ricci WM, Behrens SB, Dvorzhinskiy A, Bilodeau RE, Klinger CE, Mullis BH, Jang Y, Lopas LA, McKinley TO, O'Neill DC, Szatkowski JP, Virkus WW, Hill LC, Gaski G, Hymes RA, Ahn J, Goch AM, Holzman M, Malekzadeh AS, Schulman JE, Rivera JC, Krause PC, Bridgman C, Cohen J, Eikani C, Chavez M, Kudulis M, Warner SJ, Achor TS, Choo A, Eastman JG, Kellam PJ, Boutte SJ, Guevara KD, Reid KR, Vallier HA, Tucci AV, Davis JM, Bell AC, Bonyun ME, Healey K, Li V, McKibben NS, Nascone J, Okhuereigbe D, Sciadini MF, Slobogean G, Zingas N, Kovvur M, Lawrence JE, Phipps H, Rudnicki J, Turner KE, Hayda R, Evans AR, Quinnan S, Benitez A, Rehman S, Soderquist MC, Townsend CB, Caroom C, Collins AC, Okwumabua E, Shaikh HS, Spitler CA, Agarwal A, Johnson MD, Haller JM, Marchand LS, Alfonso NA, Gorman MA, Charlton WM, Scott BR, Kraus KM, Meredith SJ, Talwar S, Bergin PF, Jha AJ, McGee S, Nehete PV, Pryor TA, Spears I, Chen AT, Kelley B, Nez NR, Ertl WJ, Hull BR, Blumenthal S, Patterson JT, Flynn C, Ross RC, Agarwal A, Weiss DB, Hadeed MM, Yarboro SR, Daoud T, McVey ED, Whiting PS, Domes C, Goodspeed DC, Kuhn GR, Boyce R, Libos A, Mitchell PM, Moreno-Diaz AF, Ponce RB, Stinner DJ, Tatman LM, Velasco-Castro J, Trochez K, Satpathy J, Zuelzer DA, Potter BK. PMID: 41984450; PMCID: PMC13084553.
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    2. Pelvic Binder Radiography Is Safe and Feasible for Quantifying Fracture Instability in LC1 Pelvis Fractures: A Clinical Trial. J Orthop Trauma. 2024 Nov 01; 38(11S):S15-S22. Patterson JT, Duong AM, Flynn C, Kim A, Inaba K, Reddy S, Blumenthal SR, Gary JL. PMID: 39431810.
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    3. Variable Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid in Geriatric Hip Fractures Treated With Arthroplasty Versus Cephalomedullary Nails. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2024 08 01; 8(8). Blumenthal SR, Fryhofer GW, Stein MK, Zhang SE, Looby S, Mehta S. PMID: 39121795; PMCID: PMC11319306.
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    4. Glenohumeral joint auto-fusion in a morbidly obese patient intubated for severe COVID-19 infection. JSES Rev Rep Tech. 2024 Feb; 4(1):86-90. Serra López VM, Cheema AN, Blumenthal SR, Horneff JG, Huffman GR. PMID: 38323215; PMCID: PMC10840565.
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    5. Intramedullary Fixation of Hand Fractures and Arthrodeses. J Hand Surg Am. 2024 01; 49(1):42-49. Hassan K, Blumenthal S, Jehle CC, Sobel AD. PMID: 37777934.
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    6. Bias in Care: Impact of Ethnicity on Time to Emergent Surgery Varies Between Subspecialties. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2023 06 01; 7(6). Blumenthal SR, Fryhofer GW, Serra-Lopez V, Pierrie SN, Mehta S. PMID: 37311114; PMCID: PMC10266510.
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    7. Evaluating the utility of inflammatory markers in the diagnosis of soft tissue abscesses of the forearm and hand. J Bone Jt Infect. 2023; 8(2):119-123. Blumenthal SR, Cheema AN, Zhang SE, Gray BL, Kazmers NH. PMID: 37032978; PMCID: PMC10077572.
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    8. Fixation Principles for Pathologic Fractures in Metasatic Disease. Orthop Clin North Am. 2023 Jan; 54(1):47-57. Masada KM, Blumenthal SR, Cipriano CA. PMID: 36402510.
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    9. Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear: Symptoms of Depression and Suicidality in Orthopaedic Surgeons. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 06 01; 104(11):959-970. Stein MK, Fryhofer GW, Blumenthal S, Huang V, Donegan DJ, Mehta S, Behavior in Orthopaedics Over Mental Health (BOOM) Group. PMID: 35333812.
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