Sarah Blumenthal, MD

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.

• 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. . View in PubMed
• Variable Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid in Geriatric Hip Fractures Treated With Arthroplasty Versus Cephalomedullary Nails J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2024 Aug 01; 8(8). . View in PubMed
• 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. . View in PubMed
• Intramedullary Fixation of Hand Fractures and Arthrodeses J Hand Surg Am. 2024 Jan; 49(1):42-49. . View in PubMed
• 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. . View in PubMed
• 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). . View in PubMed
• Fixation Principles for Pathologic Fractures in Metasatic Disease Orthop Clin North Am. 2023 Jan; 54(1):47-57. . View in PubMed
• 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. . View in PubMed

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