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Dr. Lawton joined the faculty in 2010 as Chief of the Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery service. A graduate of U-M’s undergraduate and medical schools, Dr. Lawton completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Northwestern University in Chicago and his fellowship at the Raymond Curtis National Center for Treatment of the Hand and Upper Extremity at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. He went on to serve as Chief of the Combined Orthopaedic/Plastic Hand Surgery Service and Director of Orthopaedic Surgery Medical Student Clerkships in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Kentucky. Most recently, he practiced hand and upper extremity surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Lawton was elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and has received a number of teaching awards. He was selected to AO North America Hand Faculty and the AO Hand Education Committee. His interests include congenital/pediatric hand, trauma/post-traumatic reconstruction and elbow trauma and degenerative conditions in addition to the full spectrum of hand and upper-extremity problems.
PubMed
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Baxter NB, Davis ES, Chen J-S, Lawton JN, Chung KC. Hand (N Y), 2023 May; 18 (3): 509 - 515.Journal ArticleUtilization, Complications, and Costs of Inpatient versus Outpatient Total Elbow Arthroplasty.
DOI:10.1177/15589447211030693 PMID: 34293938 -
Tsou P-S, Lu C, Gurrea-Rubio M, Muraoka S, Campbell PL, Wu Q, Model EN, Lind ME, Vichaikul S, Mattichak MN, Brodie WD, Hervoso JL, Ory S, Amarista CI, Pervez R, Junginger L, Ali M, Hodish G, O'Mara MM, Ruth JH, Robida AM, Alt AJ, Zhang C, Urquhart AG, Lawton JN, Chung KC, Maerz T, Saunders TL, Groppi VE, Fox DA, Amin MA. J Clin Invest, 2022 Jun 1; 132 (11):Journal ArticleSoluble CD13 induces inflammatory arthritis by activating the bradykinin receptor B1.
DOI:10.1172/JCI151827 PMID: 35439173 -
2022 Mar 1;PresentationManagement of Sub-Acute and Chronic Perilunate Injuries as part of AO Trauma North America Webinar: Perilunate Dislocations
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2022 Feb 1;PresentationMaster Class Series: Upper Extremity Flaps, Moderator
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2022 Jan 1;Presentation1,2 ICSRA Graft for Small Proximal Pole Scaphoid Nonunions. ICL 106 Scaphoid Nonunions-Bringing Scaphoids Back to Life.
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2022 Jan 1;PresentationRadius-of-Curvature Analysis of Osteochondral Autologous Transplantation in Pediatric Osteochondritis Dissecans Lesions of the Capitellum. Paper HS90.
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2022 Jan 1;PresentationTransition: ASC to Procedure Room Cases. Concurrent Panel I: Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You: Changes in Finance and Government.
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2021 Dec 1;PresentationMaster Class Series: Hemi-Hamate Replacement Arthroplasty, Moderator