Dr. Stuart C. Belkin - Introduction to Staff

Stuart C. Belkin, M.D.

Dr. Belkin graduated Phi Beta Kappa Magna Cum Laude from Dartmouth College. After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Belkin did his general surgical training on the Harvard surgical service at Boston City Hospital and then his orthopaedic training at Tufts University. Dr. Belkin was a full time acedemic orthopeadic surgeon at Tufts from January, 1976 through June, 1981. During that time, Dr. Belkin was chief of the adult spinal surgical service at Tufts New England Medical Center.
Dr. Belkin was a primary FDA investigator in the evaluation and ultimate approval of chemonucleolysis, an injectable treatment for disc herniation. Dr. Belkin presently treats general orthopedic problems and is particularly interested in spinal problems, treating conservatively with minimal injection procedures and with surgery. He also subspecializes in sports injuries, arthroscopies and trauma.

Education and Training:

1967 Dartmouth College

1968 Dartmouth Medical School

1970 Harvard Medical School

Surgical Intern 07/70-06/71
Harvard Surgical Service
Boston City Hospital
Boston, MA

Junior Resident Assistant 07/71-06/72
Harvard Surgical Service
Boston City Hospital
Boston, MA

Orthopeadic Resident 07/72-12/75
Tufts Orthopaedic Residency Training Program

Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery 01/75-07/75
New England Medical Center Hospital

Teaching Fellow, Orthopaedic Surgery 01/75-07/75
Tufts University School of Medicine

Assistant in Orthopaedic Surgery 01/75-07/75
New England Medical Center Hospital

Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery 01/76-11/77
Tufts University School of Medicine

Orthopaedic Surgeon 01/76-07/81
New England Medical Center Hospital

Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery 10/77-06/81
Tufts University School of Medicine

Practice:

The Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center
888 White Plains Road
Trumbull, CT 06611
02-01-99

Societies:

Diplomate, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
Fairfield County Medical Association
North American Spine Society
American Pain Society
International Intradiscal Therapy Society, Inc.

Adjunct Clinical Professor:

Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT.

Hospital Privileges:

St. Vincent's Medical Center
Bridgeport Hospital
Griffin Hospital Pending
Health South Surgery Center of Bridgeport

Publications:

Belkin, S.C.; Mital, M.: "The Use of the Milwaukee Brace in Head and Trunk Control in Cerebral Palsy". Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. Vol. 18:198-203; 1976.

Belkin, S.C.; Zimbler, S.: "Birth Defects Involving the Spine". Orthopedic Clinics of North America. Vol. 7; No. 2:303-314, April 1976.

Belkin, S.C.; Quigley, T.B.: "Low Back Pain". Resident & Staff Physician. May, 1976.

Belkin, S.C.; Quigley, T.B.: "Low Back Pain". Medical Times. July 1977.

Belkin, S.C.; Banks, H.H.: "Back Aches". Tufts New England Medical Center Health Guides.

Belkin, S.C.; O'Donnel, T.F.: "The Pathophysiology, Monitoring and Treatment of Shock"; The Orthopedic Clinics of North America. July 1978.

Belkin, S.C.; Faeber, E.N.; Wolpert, S.M.; Scott, R.M.; Carter, B.L.; "Computed Tomography of Spinal Fractures, Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. October 1979.

Belkin, S.C.; "Stress Fractures". The Orthopedic Clinics of North America. In publication.

Belkin, S.C.; "Back Pain". Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain. pps. 333-350. Edited by Gerald M. Arnoff, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland: Urban & Schwarzenberg, Inc. 1985.

Belkin, S.C.; "Neck Injuries in Sports". Sports Medicine for Primary Care. pps. 95122. Edited by John C. Richmond, M.D. and Edward J. Shahady, M.D. Cambridge MA: Blackwell Science Inc. 1996.

888 White Plains Road
Trumbull, CT 06611
203 268 2882
FAX: 203 452 3099

1055 Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06430
203 254 1055
FAX: 203 319 3367