Personal
Birthplace: Niagara Falls , NY
Marital Status: Married with one son & one daughter
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Education
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia , Pa August 1988 - May 1992
University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Va
August 1983 - May 1987
Plum Senior High School , Pittsburgh , Pa
August 1980 - June 1983
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Professional Experience
Shelbourne Knee Center at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, In
September 2006 - Present
Roanoke Orthopaedic Center, New River Valley Office September 1999 - 2006
Methodist Sports Medicine Center , Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship,
August 1998 - July 1999
University of Virginia , Dept. of Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Residency
July 1994 - June 1998
Chief Instructor Laproscopic Institute of Virginia ,
July 1993 - June 1994
University of Virginia , Dept. of General Surgery, Surgical Internship
July 1992 - June 1993
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Society Memberships
Fellow American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine
Arthroscopy Association of North American
American College of Sports Medicine
Virginia Medical Society
Virginia Orthopedic Society
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Activities and Interests
Team Physician Coverage, Wabash College
1998 - 1999, 2006 - Present
Team Physician Coverage, Virginia Tech
2002 – 2006
Associate Professor in Orthopedics, Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2002 - 2006
Team Physician Coverage, Roanoke Steam Arena Football 2000 - 2002
Team Physician Coverage, Virginia Military Institute, 2000 - 2006
Team Physician Coverage, Christiansburg High School 1999- 2006
Team Physician Coverage, Broad Ripple High School
1998 - 1999
Team Physician Coverage, Wabash College
1998 - 1999
Team Physician Coverage, Albemarle High School Football 1994 - 1998
State Reader, University of Virginia Jefferson Scholarship Program
1995 - 1998
Medical School Anatomy Teaching Assistant for Upper Extremity
1995
Microvascular Surgery Course, Roanoke Memorial Hospital
November
1996
Varsity Football Coach, Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, Pa.
Aug. 1989 - Nov. 1991
Professional Football, New York Giants
Sept. 1987 - Oct. 1987
Professional Football, Dallas Cowboys
May 1987 - August 1987
Varsity Football, University of Virginia
August 1983 - November 1986
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Honors and Awards
Pullen Award for Resident Teaching, University of Virginia 1997
Andrew J. Christian Award, University of Virginia
1987
Academic All-ACC Offensive Team
1986
Academic All-ACC Defensive Team
1983
ACC Honor Roll
1984, 1986, 1987
Varsity Letter in Football
1985, 1986
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Presentations
Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using a Contralateral Autogenous Patellar Tendon, Poster Presentation at 67 th American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Meeting
2000
Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using a Contralateral Autogenous Patellar Tendon, Presented at 25 th American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine Meeting 1999
Type I Collagen Gels Promote Repair of Segmental Rat Femoral Defects Through Endochondral Ossification, Poster Presentation at 41st Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting 1995
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Publications
Urch SE, Tritle Ben, Shelbourne KD, Gray T. Axial Linear Patellar Displacement: A New Measurement of Patellofemoral Congruence. Am J Sports Med. (In Press)
Shelbourne, K., Urch, S., Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Contralateral Autogenous Patella Tendon, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol 28, No 5, 2000
Sweeney, T., Urch, S., McCue, F., The Elbow, Wrist and Hand, in Perrin D. (ed): The Injured Athlete, Third Edition . New York , Lippincott-Raven, 281-313, 1998.
Urch, S., Moskal, J., Simultaneous Ipsilateral Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty with Entire Femoral Allograft, Journal of Arthroplasty , Vol. 13 (7) 833-36, 1998
Nguyen, D., McCue, F., Urch, S., Evaluation of the Injured Wrist on the Field and in the Office, in Rettig A. (ed): Clinics in Sports Medicine . Philadelphia , W.B. Saunders, 1998, 421-432.
Urch, S., Kittredge, B., Liu, G., Brooke, B., O'Shea, J., Ogle, R., Sweeney, T., Type I Collagen Gels Promote Repair of Segmental Rat Femoral Defects Through Endochondral Ossification, (Abstract), Orthopaedic Transactions , 19(4), 938, 1995-1996.
Kittredge, B., O'Shea, J., Urch, S., Ogle, R., Sweeney, t., Rapid Bone Regeneration Induced by IGF-1 in Type I Collagen Gels, Orthopaedic Transactions , ( Abstract), 19(4), 1019, 1995-1996.
Schirmer, B., Dix, J., Schmeig, R., Aguilar, M., Urch, S., The Impact of Previous Abdominal Surgery on Outcome Following Laproscopic Cholecystectomy, Surgical Endoscopy , 9(10) 1085-9, 1995 Oct.
Schirmer, B., Rosenberg, L., Urch, S., A University-Based Laproscopic Teaching Institution, Surgical Endoscopy , 8(3) 260, 1994 Mar.
Lega, M., Dauber, J., Urch, S., Whiteside, T., Griffith, B., TNF Production by Alveolar Macrophages in Heart Lung Transplant Recipients, American Review of Respiratory Disease , 145(5) 1036-41, 1992 May.
Lega, M., Urch, S., Fryberg, D., Whiteside, T., Parados, I., Dauber, J., Effects of Immunosuppression in Allograft Recipients on Tumor Necrosis Factor Production, American Review of Respiratory Disease , 139(A139), 1989.
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