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Faculty Detail    
Name MICHAEL JOSEPH CONKLIN
  
Campus Address ACC 316 Zip 0011
Phone  (205) 975-7499
E-mail  
Other websites Children's Hospital Orthopaedics
     

Education
Undergraduate  Xavier University    1983  B.S. 
Medical School  University of Cincinnati College of Medicine    1987  M.D. 
Residency  Carolina's Medical Center    1992  Orthopedics 
Fellowship  Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children    1993  Pediatric Orthopedics 

Certifications
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery  1992 
Diplomate NBME  1998 


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Orthopaedic Surgery  Orthopaedic Surgery Professor

Biographical Sketch 
Michael J. Conklin, M.D., joined the UAB Division of Orthopaedic Sugery in 1993. He became the Director of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Children's Hospital of Alabama in 2001. An honors graduate, Dr. Conklin serves the University as an Associate Professor. He takes an active role in training medical students, residents, and fellows basic principles, complex techniques as well as modellng those intangible behaviors that make for strong physician/patient interactions. Dr. Conklin treats an assortment of complex Orthopaedic injuries and malformations, including musculoskeletal and spine trauma, spina bifida, cerebral palsy and scoliosis. Although he is not directly involoved in research, Dr. Conklin does have several publications and book chapters to his credit. He has given numerous presentations on a regional and national level.

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
Alabama Orthopedic Society     
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine     
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons  Fellow   
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons     
Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America     
Scoliosis Research Society     
Southern Orthopaedic Association     
Spina Bifida Association     
 



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Description
Pediatric and adolescent foot, ankle and leg conditions. Blount's diseae, Spina Bifida, scoliosis, cerebral palsy, fractures.

Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
L5 spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis: a comprehensive review with an anatomic focus: foreman P, Griessenauer CJ, Watanabe K, Conklin M, Shoja MM, Rozzelle CJ, Loukas M, Tubbs RS; Childs Nerv Syst. 29(2):209-16, Feb 2013  23089935 
Posterior interosseous nerve palsy in a child associated with recurrent dislocation of the head of the radius: Tubbs RS, Griessenauer C, Rizk E, Shoja MM, Pehler SF, Wellons JC 2nd, Conklin MJ; J Neurosurg Pediatr, 11(4):389-91, Apr 2013  23373625 
Muscular Dystrophy in The Handbook for Foot and Ankle Surgery, An Intellectual Approach to Complex Problems. Conklin M., Pehler SF., (Ed.) Gould JS; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing LTD, pp 287-289, 2013   
Acquired Brain Injury in The Handbook for Foot and Ankle Surgery, An Intellectual Approach to Complex Problems. Conklin M., (Ed.) Gould JS; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing LTD, pp 285-286, 2013   
Cerebral Palsy in The Handbook for Foot and Ankle Surgery, An Intellectual Approach to Complex Problems. Conklin M., Pehler SF., (Ed.) Gould JS; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing LTD, pp 273-284, 2013