Robert Thomas Grotz (born April 3, 1948) is an American orthopedic microsurgeon, medical inventor and missionary.
Grotz founded the International Institute of Orthopedics and Micro Surgery of San Francisco, California, and started Innvotec, Inc. who later became CoAlign Innovations, Inc. He is the Editorial Board Member of The Journal of Neurological and Orthopedic Medicine and Surgery. He is the inventor of several medical devices and surgical methods such as Stabilizer for Human Joint, AccuLif Cage (acquired by Stryker in 2014), and RAD (Arthroplasty Resilient Device). He achieved "World Records" within the knee joint articular coverage and has treated over 25,000 patients with more than 100,000 injuries while performing more than 10,000 operations.
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Grotz was born on April 3, 1948, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother, Faith Eloise Grotz, earned her Masters Degree in Social Work, along with her husband, Robert Carl Grotz, through medical school, all while working as Director of Lakewood Day Nursery. Robert Carl Grotz completed his PhD in Psychology and then started the Western Reserve Medical School at the age of 35 years for being integrated with the Case Institute of Technology. Due to his busy and ambitious life led by his parents, Robert Thomas Grotz had lived in five different homes by the time he was 10 years old. He lived in Lakewood, Ohio for most elementary schools and then graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1966. In 1966, Grotz was the only student to win the Decathlon award and, while President of the marching band, played solo bass with the band high school with a note titled Dramatic Essay by Clifton Williams. By the time he graduated, he had won 17 medals for the trumpet show, 14 of them for first place.
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Education
Grotz received his B.A. in Psychology from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio in 1970, graduating with Honors. In 1975, he went on to receive a degree in Medicine from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. As a medical student in 1975, he also made various hospital rotations including 1) Advanced Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, 2) Hematology and Oncology at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and 3) Pharmacology Clinical at the University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, the latter led to an apprenticeship at the General Surgical Service that lasted until the following year.
In 1976, Grotz began a residency program at the University of California, San Francisco, at the General Surgical Service that lasted until the following year. From 1977-1980, he completed another residency program, this time at Orthopedic Services, at the same University. In 1980, Grotz completed a Fellowship in Micro and Hand Surgery under Dr.'s guidance. Harry Buncke at Davies Medical Center in San Francisco, California.
In August 1987, Grotz started a Fellowship with the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons and Orthopedics, where he remains an active partner.
Careers
Career Grotz has incorporated a mix of medical practice and instruction. His teaching life began in 1972, at Case Western University of Medicine, where he worked as a teacher for a period of three years. In September 1973, he received the Pharmacy Producers Association Trainee Award for Clinical Pharmacology Research. In 1980, he became part of the Resident Orthopedic Staff at the University of California Hospital and Davies Medical Surgery Department of Orthopedic Surgery Department in San Francisco, Calif., As an Assistant Professor of Clinical, where he remained active until 1989. In 1979, Grotz became an Emergency Doctor at Doctor's Hospital in Pinole, California while simultaneously serving as a Lecturer at the University in San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Aspen, where he teaches courses in Orthopedic Injury and Disability.
In January 1981, Grotz began his private practice in San Francisco, California, after completing a 5-year training program at UCSF. It treats 25,000 patients with more than 100,000 injuries and replaces every joint in the human body, and performs micro procedures such as replant fingers, hand-to-hand transplants and free muscle and bone transplants.
In 1991, Grotz became Orthopedic Team Doctor for U.S. Rugby Football Union. and served as Team Doctor at the Golden Gate Rugby Tournament.
Grotz officially retired from Orthopedic Surgery on April 2, 2008, one day before his 60th birthday.
Medical Innovation/Innovation
Grotz completed three series of discoveries that led to the progress of orthopedic medicine. Several patents were filed and awarded, documenting new implants and surgical methods obtained by three companies including Alloy Ventures, KFx and Stryker Corporation, Patents led to FDA clearance and improved human care in limb and reconstructive repair (Stabliizer) and spinal treatment (AccuLif). Patents and published applications including Grotz as inventors are shown below.
STABLIZER The invention improves and reconstructs the arms and legs with the strongest tissue and anchor stitches ever used.
The most widely cited invention is the "device for securing soft tissue to the bone" consisting of a "triangular joint stabilizer consisting of sharp bones that are forcibly forcibly spread to the bone by a central plug." [5]. The 'Stabilizer' is covered by 2 US patents titled "Stabilizer for human joints" (US5,782,865) and (US5,968,078), obtaining 4 permits 510 thousand FDA (K984200, K973031, K965111, K964927).
SPINE Inventions deals with disk and deformity issues.
Discoveries for spinal surgery include Selective Extending the cage (SEC) renamed Acculif, which introduces the use of hydraulics to spinal fusion surgery (US7,985,256). It's invested in more than 1,000 successful patients before it was acquired by Stryker in 2014. He also invented the Linear Growing Cage (LEC) (US7,819,921) and Universal Expanding Cage (UEC), Nexgen's most customizable device following AccuLif (US9, 622,878).
RAD-Resilient Arthroplasty Device The invention aims to save and update joint surfaces.
RAD involves resurfacing the polymer joints to repair damaged cartilages, restoring the bearings, and delivering pharmacology and regenerative stem cells. RAD or Resilient Arthroplasty Devices are patented in the United States, China, France, Germany and the UK, aiming to save rather than replacing injured or sick joints of the human joint (US9.622.218), (US9 757.241). [3] Initially focusing on knees and hips, RAD intends to stop and reverse the arthritis of mammalian joints, using modern materials and design as a substitute for ablative 20th century metals and routine plastic joint replacements that too often fail due to loosening or infection.
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Notable Facts
In addition to orthopedic practice and medical innovation, Grotz is also an accomplished musician, adept at playing piano and trumpet. From 1969-1970, he also taught a trumpet show at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. While in Oberlin he won international competitions and attended the Mozarteum Academy Orchestra in Salzburg, Austria.
Grotz is active in Taekwondo. She was awarded the First Black And Belt Degree on March 2, 1996, by the American-Korean Taekwondo Friendship Association. Grotz completed several San Francisco marathons.
On April 9, 1996, Grotz received a Certificate of Recognition by Senator Marks of the 3rd Senate District for fifteen years of dedication and service to the medical community and the public. She is a speaker at U.C. Berkeley Symposium on March 22, 1997, where he delivered a presentation on Orthopedic Biomechanics and Martial Arts Practice in Aging. Grotz was presented with an invitation at the Presidential Leadership Forum at CWRU on June 2, 2000. He is also a Mensa member and has since October 2010. In 2016 he counseled UNLV (undergraduate/MBA/PhD) students leading to an award on spine and limb treatment research. A new company called iOrthopedics Inc. (iOI) was established in 2017 for research and development of Grotz discovery.
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