GARY A. PATTEE, MD, FAAOS

Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

14600 Sherman Way, Suite 100A

Van Nuys, California 91405

T: (877) 763-5345

www.gpatteemd.com

EDUCATION

Kalamazoo College (BA), Kalamazoo, Michigan (1977) Cum Laude

University of Michigan Medical School (MD), Ann Arbor, Michigan (1981) Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

Surgical Intern (1981 - 1982)
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Orthopaedic Surgery Resident (1982 - 1986)
Case Western Reserve/University Hospitals of Cleveland,Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio

Chief Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery (1986)
Case Western Reserve/University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery Fellowship (1986 - 1987)
Southern California Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Medical Group, Van Nuys, California

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS

California Medical License G55722 (8/12/1985 - present)

Drug Enforcement Agency License AP1964279 (1985 - 2022)

Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (7/21/1989) Recertifications: 1999, 2009, 2017 (current through 12/31/2029)

Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1991 - present) Emeritus member as of 2/1/2021

Member, California Orthopaedic Association

CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS

Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center · 215 West Janss Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-1899 Emeritus Staff Member (1995-present)

Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital · 415 Rolling Oaks Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 Emeritus Staff Member (2005-present)

Los Robles Surgicenter · 2190 Lynn Road, Suite 100, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (1995-2020)

Westlake Medical Center · 4415 S. Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village, CA 91361 (1995-1998)

Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery · 3250 West 66th Street, Edina, MN 55435 (1992-1995)

Abbott Northwestern Hospital · 800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407 (1992-1995)

Fairview Southdale Hospital · 6401 France Avenue, Edina, MN 55435 (1992-1995)

Minneapolis Children’s Hospital · 2525 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404 (1992-1995)

Santa Monica Hospital Medical Ctr · 1225 Fifteenth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 (1987-1992)

UCLA Medical Center, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery · Los Angeles, CA - Clinical Instructor (1987-1992)

UCLA Medical Center Trauma Clinic · Los Angeles, CA Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon (1987-1992)

University of Southern California Student Health Service · Los Angeles, CA Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon (1987-1992)

MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS

Pattee, G.A.; Marcus, R.E.; Goldberg, V.M.; and Spencer, G.E.: The Austin Moore Prosthesis – Past and Present. Orthopaedic Transactions 8:503, 1984.

Pattee, G.A.; Bohlman, H.H.; and McAfee, P.C.: Sacral Nerve Root Compression as a Complication of Internal Fixation of the Sacroiliac Joint. A Case Report. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 68-A:769-771, June, 1986.

Markolf, K.L.; Pattee, G.A.; Strum, G.; Gallick, G.; Sherman, O.; Fisher, S.P.; Fox, J.M.; Friedman, M.J.; Ferkel, R.D.; Snyder, S.J.; and Dorey, F.J.: Instrumented Laxity Measurements of Patients Receiving a Gore- Tex ACL Substitute. Presented at the Thirty-Fourth jAnnual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1, 1988.

Pattee, G.A. and Friedman, M.J.: A Review of Autogenous Intra-Articular Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament. In: Friedman, M.J. and Ferkel, R.D. (eds.): Prosthetic Knee Ligament Reconstruction of the Knee, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia (1988).

Pattee, G.A. and Snyder, S.J.: Prosthetic Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament – Historical Overview. In: Friedman, M.J. and Ferkel, R.D. (eds.): Prosthetic Knee Ligament Reconstruction of the Knee, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia (1988).

Pattee, G.A. and Thompson, G.H.: Anterior and Posterior Marginal Fracture-Dislocations of the Distal End of the Radius. An Analysis of Results of Treatment. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 231:183-195, 1988.

Snyder S.J. and Pattee, G.A.: Shoulder Arthroscopy in the Evaluation and Treatment of Rotator Cuff Lesions. Techniques in Orthopaedics 3(1):47-58, 1988.

Pattee, G.A. and Snyder, S.J.: Sonographic Evaluation of the Rotator Cuff: Correlation with Arthroscopy. Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery 4(1):15-20, 1988.

Pattee, G.A. and Snyder, S.J.: Synovial Chondromatosis of the Acromioclavicular Joint – A Case Report. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 233: 205-207, 1988.

Fox, J.M. and Pattee, G.A., et al.: Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Semitendinosus Reconstruction (Video Tape). Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1988 and the Fifty Sixth Annual Meeting of the AAOS, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 1989.

Pattee, G.A.; Fox, J.M.: Del Pizzo, W. and Friedman, M.J.: Four to Ten Year Follow-up of Unreconstructed Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears. American Journal of Sports Medicine 17(3):430-435, 1989.

Marcus, R.E.; Heintz, J.; and Pattee, G.A.: Comparison of the Austin Moore and Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures in the Elderly. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Dallas, Texas, October 28, 1988.

Markolf, K.L.; Pattee, G.A.; Strum, G.M.; Gallick, G.; Sherman, O.H.; and Dorey, F.: Instrumented Laxity Measurements of Patients Receiving a Gore-Tex Anterior Cruciate Ligament Substitute. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 71-A:887-893, 1989.

Marcus, R.E.; Pattee, G.A.; and Heintz, J.: Don’t Throw Away the Austin Moore Prosthesis. Presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 10, 1990.

Snyder, S.J. and Pattee, G.A.: Shoulder Arthroscopy in the Evaluation and Treatment of Rotator Cuff Lesions. In: Paulos, L.E. and Tibone, J.E. (eds.): Operative Techniques in Shoulder Surgery, Aspen Publishers, Incorporated, Gaithersburg, Maryland (1991).

Snyder, S.J.; Pachelli, A.F.; Del Pizzo, W.; Friedmen, M.J.; Ferkel, R.D.; and Pattee, G.A.: Partial Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears: Results of Arthroscopic Treatment. Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, 7(1):1-7, 1991.

Marcus, R.E.; Heintz, J.; and Pattee, G.A.: Don’t Throw Away the Austin Moore. The Journal of Arthroplasty, 7(1):31-36, 1992.

Pattee, G.A. and Friedman, M.J.: The History of Intra-Articular Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Op. Techniques in Orthopaedics, 2(2):44-48, 1992.

LABORATORY INSTRUCTOR

Fifth International Symposium on the Advances in Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction of the Knee: Prosthetic vs. Autogenous, Palm Springs, California, March, 1988.

Sixth International Symposium on the Advances in Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction of the Knee: Prosthetic vs. Autogenous, Century City, Los Angeles, California, March 3-5, 1989.

Seventh International Symposium of the Advances in Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction of the Knee: Autogenous vs. Prosthetic, Indian Wells/Palm Desert, California, March 1-3, 1990.

Arthroscopy of the Upper and Lower Extremities (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons), Los Angeles, California, November 29-December 1, 1990.

Tenth Annual Fall Course of Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy (Arthroscopy Association of North America), Palm Desert, California, November 22-24, 1991.

New Perspectives in Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine, Palm Springs, California, March 18-22, 1992.

Fourteenth International Seminar on Operative Arthroscopy (UCLA Extension), Maui, Hawaii, October 31- November 7, 1992.

Update 1994. New Perspectives in Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine, Palm Springs, California, March 16-19, 1994.

The Masters Experience Shoulder Course, Arthroscopy Association of North America, Orthopaedic Learning Center, Rosemont, Illinois, November 12-13, 1994.

Arthrex Shoulder Arthroscopy Course, Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, California, October 18, 2003.

DePuy Mobile Shoulder Lab, West Hills, California, August 20, 2020.

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

“Trace Elements in Total Parenteral Nutrition”
University of Michigan Medical Center Burn Unit, November, 1981.

“The Use of Anabolic Steroids in Post-operative and Post-injury Patients” University of Michigan Medical Center Burn Unit, December, 1981.

“The Austin Moore Prosthesis in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures”
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital Scientific Presentation, Cleveland, Ohio, April, 1984.

“The Austin Moore Prosthesis – Past and Present”
17th Annual AOA Residents’ Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May, 1984.

“Injuries of the Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint”
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital Department of Orthopaedics, January, 1985.

“Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Athletes”
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital Department of Orthopaedics, February, 1985.

“Marginal Fracture-Dislocations of the Distal Radius”
Senior Paper Presentation, Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, April, 1986.

“Barton’s Fractures”
19th Annual AOA Residents’ Conference, Los Angeles, California, May, 1986.

“Intra-Articular Distal Radius Fractures”
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital Scientific Presentation, May, 1986.

“Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine”
Lumbar Spine Course, Health Education Center, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California, October 10, 1986.

“Prosthetic Ligament Surgery of the Knee”
Scientific Exhibit at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, January 22-27, 1987.

“Anatomy and Radiography of the Shoulder”
Shoulder and Cervical Spine Course, Health Education Center, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California, February 6, 1987.

“Autogenous Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament – A Review”
Fourth Annual Symposium on Prosthetic Ligament Reconstruction of the Knee, Palm Springs, California, March 26, 1987.

“Sonographic Evaluation of the Rotator Cuff: Correlation with Arthroscopy”
22nd Annual Out of Town Meeting of the Western Orthopaedic Association, Los Angeles Chapter, Coronado, California, April 25, 1987.

“Shoulder Arthroscopy”
Presented to the University of Southern California Student Health Service Medical Staff, Los Angeles, California, October 8, 1987.

“Stress Fractures – Evaluation and Treatment”
University of Southern California Student Health Service Medical Staff, Los Angeles, California, October 29, 1987.

“The Diagnosis and Treatment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears”
University of Southern California Student Health Service Medical Staff, Los Angeles, California, October 29, 1987.

“Stress Fractures”
Presented to the Family Practice Residents, Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center, January 20, 1988.

“Four to Ten Year Follow-up of Unreconstructed Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears” American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, February 7, 1988.

“Ankle Injuries in Athletes”
University of Southern California Student Health Service Medical Staff, Los Angeles, California, March 2, 1989.

“Sports Medicine and Sports Injuries”
Pritikin Fitness Center, Pacific Palisades, California, September 12, 1989.

“Sports Injury Clinic”
Pritikin Fitness Center, Pacific Palisades, California, November 11 and 14, 1989.

“The Sports Doctor”
Monthly Column for The Family Information Guide, Los Angeles, California, 1989-1990.

“Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention”
Flora L. Thornton Community Health Education Program, Saint John’s Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, California, January 16, 1991.

“Overuse Syndromes in Sports”
Westside Physicians Association, Santa Monica, California, March 13, 1991.

“Introduction to Sports Medicine”
Presented to the Malibu Optimist Club, Malibu, California, April 11, 1991.

“Orthopaedics for the 1990s”
Presented to the Western Medical Review Meeting, Cerritos, California, October 15, 1991.

“Rotator Cuff Problems in the Athlete”
Saint John’s Hospital Sports Medicine Conference Series, Santa Monica, California, March 5, 1992.

“New Approaches to the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of the Shoulder”
The Jimmy Stewart Sports Medicine Symposium: Sports Medicine for the Running Athlete and Triathlete, Saint John’s Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, California, May 8-9, 1992.

“Shoulder Arthroscopy”
Presented at the Quarterly Meeting of MSOPA, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2, 1993.

“Evaluation and Treatment of Rotator Cuff Lesions”
Presented at Diversified Medical Resources Annual Fall Seminar, Bloomington, Minnesota, November 7, 1994.

“Disorders of the Shoulder – Causes and Treatment”
Presented at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, California, July 24, 2001.

“Disorders of the Shoulder – Causes of Shoulder Pain and Various Methods of Treatment” Presented at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, California, September 25, 2001.

“Shoulder Arthroscopy in the Evaluation and Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears”
Presented at the Arthrex Shoulder Arthroscopy Laboratory Course, Los Angeles, California, October 18, 2003.

“Shoulder Ultrasonography”
Presented at the orthopaedic residents’ conference, University of Southern California, October 23, 2003.

“The Value of Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging in the Orthopaedic Office Setting” Presented in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 14, 2003.

“The Value of Ultrasonography in the Orthopaedic Practice”
Hologic and Aloka Symposium, San Francisco, California, March 11, 2004.

“Shoulder Ultrasonography – Technique and Case Presentations”
Presented at the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, July 21, 2004.

“Disorders of the Female Shoulder in Sports”
Presented at California Lutheran University Athletics Forum: “Safely Training the Adolescent Female Athlete”, Thousand Oaks, California, June 15, 2005.

“New Concepts in Shoulder Injuries in Sports”
Presented at the Sports and Athletic Trainers’ Symposium, Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital, Thousand Oaks, California, August 20, 2006.

“Shoulder Conditions in the Athlete”
Presented at the Sports and Athletic Trainers’ Symposium, Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital, Thousand Oaks, California, May 19, 2009.

“Health Care Policy/Quality in Health Care”
Presented at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California, February 1, 2017.

ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICAL COLUMNS

Pattee, G.A.: How to Deal with Pickleball Elbow. InPickleball Magazine October, 2021.

Pattee, G.A.: No Pain, No Gain?. InPickleball Magazine November, 2021.

Pattee, G.A.: Ankle Injuries and Pickleball. InPickleball Magazine December, 2021.

Pattee, G.A.: Taking Care of Your Rotator Cuff. InPickleball Magazine March, 2022.

Pattee, G.A.: The Smart Way to Treat Your Feet. InPickleball Magazine April/May, 2022.

Pattee, G.A.: Peak Performance: Core Strengthening. InPickleball Magazine June, 2022.

Pattee, G.A.: Peak Performance: Why Leg Strength is Important. InPickleball Magazine August, 2022.

Pattee, G.A.: Peak Performance: The Mechanics of Muscle Flexibility. InPickleball Magazine December, 2022.

INVENTIONS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Boxer-type undergarment with brief lining and incontinence insert - design, construction and development (patent pending, 1995).

Pulsatile bone stimulation device for osteoporosis - design and development (patent pending, 1997).

Infinite Toner - abdominal muscle strengthening device - design and development (patent pending, 1997).

Body Wizard - exercise device for toning, strengthening and stretching of abdominal, chest, upper back, arm, buttock and thigh muscles - design, construction and development (provisional patent application 9/19/00).

Orthopaedic arm sling with an inflatable abduction support (provisional patent application 3/23/00).

Ultrasonic awl for the creation of a tunnel through bone (provisional patent application 3/23/00).

Rotator Cuff Advancer - surgical instrument for mini-deltoid splitting rotator cuff repair, manufactured and marketed by Innomed, Incorporated, Savannah, Georgia, October, 2003 (currently manufactured and distributed by Millennium Surgical, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania).

Pickleball Court Management System - NextUp Pickleball Clip (https://www.nextupclip.com) - design, development, and manufacture of clips and holders (patent pending 4/14/2022).

Pickleball Fit Kit - Portable fitness kit for stretching, strengthening and conditioning - design and development (patent pending 8/16/2022).

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography (2001 - 2020)

Surgeon-conducted, in-office shoulder evaluation

Development of a nine-point systematic shoulder exam.

Motorcycle Racing
American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA)

Willow Springs 4/27-4/28/19 (Sound of Singles 1)

Article in Cycle World May 14, 2019: Taking Up Road Racing At 63 Years Old - Someday Is Not Infinite - By Nick Ienatsch

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca 2/8/20-2/9/20 (Sound of Singles 1)