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Thomas Brooks Wheeler, M.D.

Assistant Medical Director at Schuylkill Rehabilitation Center
Doctor of Medicine: State of PA
Board Certified Orthopaedics, USA
Board Certified Orthopaedics, Canada

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Post Graduate Training
Years	Title	Employer
August 1993 to March 1994	Fellowship in Hand Surgery	SUNY, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Syracuse, NY
July 1989 to June 1993	Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery	McGill University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
July 1988 to June 1989	Residency in General Surgery	Albert Einstein Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Philadelphia, PA
July 1987 to June 1988	Internship in General Surgery,	Albert Einstein Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Philadelphia, PA

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Education
Years	Institution	Degree
May 1987	The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA	M.D.
September 1983  to June 1985	The Faculte Libre De Medecine, Lille, France	First in a class of 39
September 1971 to June 1972, August 1978	University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA	M.A. History
June 1971	Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME	B.A. in Biology

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Honors & Awards

• Dean’s List, Fall 1967, Spring 1970, Spring 1971 September 1967 to June 1971

Professional Highlights

• October 2000 to Present
  Orthopaedic Surgery
  Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic
  Pottsville, PA 
• Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
  Pottsville, PA
  June 2003 to Present
• Assistant Medical Director
  Schuylkill Rehabilitation Center
  Pottsville, PA
• August 1995 to December 2005
  Orthopaedic Surgery
  Miners Memorial Medical Center
  Coaldale, PA
• Division of Pulmonary Medicine, 1978 to 1983
  Research Technician, Division of Human Genetics, 1973 to 1978
• Cited for Technical Assistance in Fifteen Articles
• Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA

Student Activities

• Gross Anatomy Laboratory Assistance
  The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Sprin 1987
  Instruction in Anatomy and Dissection to first year students
• "Charge d’ affaires"
  Lille, France, September 1984
  Providing assistance in orientation of new medical students
• "Resposible"
  Lille, France, 1983 to 1984
  Class co-president involved with academic, administrative and cultural activities

Memberships

• American Medical Association
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Canadian Orthopaedic Association

Presentations

• "Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures with A.O Fixator Instrumentation", Resident Research Presentation
• McGill University, May 1992
• "Distal Tibial Epishyseal Salter-Harris Fractures:  Classifications and Management", Resident’s Day
• Albert Einstein Medical Center, March 1988

Publications

Davidson, R.L., O’ Malley, K.A. and Wheeler, T.B.,

Polyethylene Gluco-Induced Mammalian Cell Hybridization: Effect of Polyethylene Glycol Molecular Weight and Concentration. Somat. Cell Genet. 2: 269-278, 1976.

Resident

Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures with A.O. Fixator Instrumentation.
Basal Joint Arthritis:  Long-Term Results of Swanson Arthroplasty.
Case Study:  Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Femur.