Clinical Specialty / Certifications

Orthopaedic Hand, Upper Extremity and Microsurgery

Education

2001-2004 BS--Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Maryland, College Park – cum laude
2004-2008 MD--University of Maryland School of Medicine – cum laude
2010-2011 MPH--Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
2008-2014 Residency--University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, Baltimore, MD
2015-2016 Fellowship--Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship, Curtis National Hand Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Professional Memberships

2007-present Member, Alpha Omega Alpha
2012-present Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2016-present Candidate Member, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
2017-present Candidate Member, American Association for Hand Surgery

Awards and Honors

2002-2004 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2008 Clarence and Genevra Warfie Scholarship
2008 William R. Winslow Scholarship
2013 AFSH-HVO Traveling Scholarship
2013 ASSH/AFSH Annual Meeting Scholarship
2013 “Highlight Paper” award at Orthopaedic Trauma Association. Gary J, Paryavi E, etal. The Effect of Surgical Treatment On Mortality After Acetabular Fracture in The Elderly: A Multicenter Study of 451 Patients.
2018 Junior faculty teacher of the year award, University Maryland Department of Orthopaedics

Research

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Paryavi E, Jobin CM, Ludwig SC, Zahir H, Cushman J. Acute exertional lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome. Spine (Phila, PA 1976). 2010 Dec 1;35(25):E1529-33. Review.
2. Paryavi E, O’Toole RV, Frisch HM, Andersen RC, Eglseder WA. Use of 2 column screws to treat transcondylar distal humeral fractures in geriatric patients. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg 2010 Dec;14(4):209-13.
3. Paryavi E, Stall A, Gupta R, Scharfstein DO, Castillo RC, Zadnik M, Hui E, O’Toole RV. Predictive model for surgical site infection risk after surgery for high-energy-lower extremity fractures. Development of the Risk of Infection in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Score. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013 Jun;74(6):1521-7.
4. Paryavi E, Christian MW, Belin EJ, Pensy RA, Eglseder WA. Floating clavicular injury: Treatment of combined midshaft fracture and acromioclavicular separation with a dual plating technique. Curr Orthop Pract 2013;24(3):349-352.
5. Stall A, Paryavi E, Gupta R, Zadnik M, Hui E, O’Toole RV. Perioperative Supplemental Oxygen to Reduce Surgical Site Infection Following Open Fixation of High Risk Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013 Oct;75(4):657-63.
6. Paryavi E, Yanko M, Jaffe D, Nimmagadda N, Noveau J, Schiavone J, Gelb D, Ludwig S. Implantable Direct Current Spinal Fusion Stimulators Do Not Decrease Implant-Related Infections in a Rabbit Model. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) 2014 May;43(5):E98-E104.
7. Economedes D, Abzug J, Paryavi E, Herman M. Titanium Elastic Nails for Tibial Fractures in Children: Are Outcomes the Same for Closed and Open Fractures? Orthopaedics 2014 Jul;37(7):e6 19-24.
8. Knutsen E, Paryavi E, Castillo RC, O’Toole RV. Is Satisfaction amongst Orthopaedic Trauma Patients Predicted by Depression or Patient Activation? J Orthop Trauma. 2015 May;29(5):e183-7.
9. Morgan RT, Henn RF, Paryavi E, Dreese J. Injury to the Suprascapular Nerve during Superior Labrum Anterior and Posterior Repair: Is a Rotator Interval Portal Safer than an Anterosuperior Portal? Arthroscopy 2014 Aug 12. Pii: S0749-8063(14)00527-1.
10. Gary J, Paryavi E, etal. The Effect of Surgical Treatment on Mortality after Acetabular Fracture in the Elderly: A Multicenter Study of 451 patients, J Orthop Trauma 2014.
11. Abzug JM, Osterman M, Rivlin M, Paryavi E, Osterman AL. Current rates of publication for podium and poster presentations at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand annual meetings. Arch Bone Jt Surg 2014;2(3):199-202.
12. Paryavi E, Pensy RA, Higgins TF, Chia B, Eglseder WA. Salvage of upper extremities with humeral fracture and associated brachial artery injury. Injury 2014 Sep 3. Pii: S0020-1383(14)00398-02 [Epub ahead of print].
13. Abzug JM, O’Toole RV, Paryavi E, Sterling R. Are orthopaedic residents competent at performing basic non-operative procedures in an unsupervised setting? A “pop quiz” of casting, knee arthrocentesis, and pressure checks for compartment syndrome. J Pediatr Orthop [Epub ahead of print, March 3, 2015].
14. Paryavi E, Schwartz BS, Meyer CL, Herman MJ, Abzug JM. Reliability and Effectiveness of Smartphone Technology for the Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Pediatric Elbow Trauma. J Pediatr Orthop [Epub ahead of print]. April, 2015.
15. Paryavi E, Gilotra MN, Johnson AJ, Pensy RA, Eglseder WA, Abzug JM. Upper extremity injuries in motorcyclists: Implications for mortality and need for rehabilitation services. J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 2015;78(5):1021-1025. PMID 25909425.
16. Vranis N, Paryavi E, Christian M, Joshi M, Pensy RA. Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis caused by Pasteurella multocida. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) 2015;44(7):e239-241.
17. Paryavi E, Christian MW, Eglseder WA, Pensy RA. Sustentaculum Lunatum: Appreciation of the palmer lunate facet in management of complex intra-articular fractures of the distal radius. Am J Orthop 2015;44(9):E303-E307.
18. Fathi P, Vranis N, Paryavi E. Diagnosis and Treatment of Upper Extremity Mucormycosis Infections. J Hand Surg Am 2015.
19. Jaffe D, Yoo D, Blevins J, Gasbarro G, Hughes T, Paryavi E, Nguyen T, Fourney WL, Pellegrini VD Jr. Does Balst Medium Affect Heterotopic Ossification in a Blast-amputation Model? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 Aug;4 73(8):2680-7.
20. Alexander C, Abzug JM, Johnson AJ, Pensy RA, Eglseder WA, Paryavi E. Motorcyclist’s thumb: Carpometarcarpal Injuries of the thumb sustained in motorcycle crashes. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2016 Sep;41(7):707-9.
21. Allmon C, Greenwell P, Paryavi E, Dubina A, O’Toole RV. Radiographic Predictors of Compartment Syndrome Occurring after Tibial Fracture. J Orthop Trauma. 2016 Jul;30(7):387-91.
22. Windhofer C, Wong VW, Larcher L, Paryavi E, Burger HK, Higgins JP. Knee Donor Site Morbidity Following Harvest of Medal Femoral Toachlea Osteochondral Flaps for Carpal Reconstruction J Hand Surg Am. 2016 May;41(5):610-614.e1.
23. Leung S, Paryavi E, Herman MJ, Sponseller PD, Abzug JM. Does the Modified Gartland Classification Clarify Decision Making? J Pediatr Orthop. 2016 Mar 11. [Epub ahead of print].
24. Dubina AG, Paryavi E, Manson TT, Allmon C, O’Toole RV. Srgical site infection in tibial plateau fractures with ipsilateral compartment syndrome injury. 2017 Feb;48(2):495-500.
25. Wilkerson J, Paryavi E, Kim H, Murthi A, Pensy R. Biomechanical comparison of superior versus anterior plate position for fixation of distal clavicular fractures: A new model. J Orthop Trauma 2017;31(1):e13-e17.
26. Schwartz BS, Paryavi E, Eglseder WA, Pensy RA, Abzug JM. Brachial artery transection after a closed traumatic isolated medial epicondyle fracture in a pediatric patient: A case report. Hand (N Y). 2017 Apr 1:1558944717702973
27. OʼToole RV, Joshi M, Carlini AR, Sikorski RA, Dagal A, Murray CK, Weaver MJ, Paryavi E, Stall AC, Scharfstein DO, Agel J, Zadnik M, Bosse MJ, Castillo RC; METRC. Supplemental Perioperative Oxygen to Reduce Surgical Site Infection after High Energy Fracture Surgery (OXYGEN Study). J Orthop Trauma 2017 Apr;31 Suppl 1:S25-S31.
28. Zimmerman RM, Paryavi E, Zimmerman NB, Means KR Jr. Complications after hand surgery in patients with a raised International Normalized Ratio. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2017 Jun 1:1753193417711652.
29. DeFazio MV, Economides JM, Paryavi E. Combined Subcutaneous Heparinization and Negative Pressure Wall Suction as a Mechanical Adjunct for Digital Replant Salvage. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2016 Jul 22;4(7):e822.
30. Paryavi E, Zimmerman RM, Means KR Jr. Endoscopic Compared with Open Operative Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. JBJS Rev. 2016 Jun 7;4(6). pii: 01874474-201606000-00005.
31. Eglseder WA, Paryavi E. Intercondylar Fractures of the Distal Humerus in Patients Younger Than 20 Years: Capsulectomy Results. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2017 Summer;26(2):98-101.
32. Shiu B, Le E, Jazini E, Weir TB, Costales T, Caffes N, Paryavi E, O'Hara N, Gelb DE, Koh EY, Ludwig SC. Postoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, and Myocardial Infarction: Complications After Therapeutic Anticoagulation in the Patient With Spine Trauma. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Jul 1;43(13):E766-E772.
33. DeFazio MV, Han KD, Paryavi E. Use of an Intra-Arterial Catheter as a Provisional Conduit for Regulated Outflow Management in the Setting of Artery-Only Digital Replantation. J Hand Microsurg. 2017 Dec;9(3):163-166.
34. Grieshober JA, Palmer JE, Kim H, Jaffe JT, Paryavi E, Hasan SA, Henn RF 3rd. Comparison of Curved and Straight Anchor Insertion for SLAP Repair: A Cadaveric Study. Arthroscopy. 2018 Oct;34(10):2757-2762.
35. Grieshober JA, Palmer JE, Kim H, Jaffe JT, Paryavi E, Hasan SA, Henn RF 3rd. Comparison of Curved and Straight Anchor Insertion for Bankart Repair. Orthopedics. 2019 Mar 1;42(2):e242-e246.
36. Graves ML, Paryavi E, Hung L, Reilly MC, Guy P, O'Toole RV. Treating the Orthopaedic Trauma Knowledge Gap: Quantification of Orthopaedic Resident Knowledge Gaps and Validation of a Multimodal Course to Address the Deficiencies. J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Aug 13.

Book Chapters

1. Sciadini MF, Jester A, Paryavi E. Posterior wall and femoral head fractures. In, Ziran B, Smith W (ed): Acetabular Fractures: Principles and Management. London: JP Medical Publishers; 2015.
2. Katz R, Paryavi E. Nerve Transfers for Median and Ulnar nerve injury. Master’s Techniques in Hand Surgery; 2016

Interests

Snowboarding, rock-climbing, mountain biking