Our Practice

I. Michael Vella, M.D.

The Clinical Experience:  

Specializing in Joint Replacement Surgery  

Licensure:  

State of New York, 1981 State of Massachusetts, 1986  

Orthopaedic Fellowship Training:  

• Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1986-1987
• American Heart Association, Summer Fellowship, 1977
• Orthopaedic Surgery, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1984-1985  

Orthopaedic Residency Training:  

• Assistant Resident – Orthopaedic Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 1982-1985
• Chief Resident – Orthopaedic Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, 1985-1986
• Chief Resident – Orthopaedic Surgery, VA Hospital, Providence, RI, 1985-1986  

General Surgical Training:  

• Clinical Assistant, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York, 1980-1981
• Assistant Resident, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York, 1981-1982  

Education:  

• University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1972-1973
• B.S. Biology, Suma Cum Laude, Siena College, Loudonville, New York, 1973-1976
• M.D. Degree, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York, 1976-1980  

Academic Prizes and Awards:  

• Who’s Who in American High Schools, 1972
• Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1976
• American Heart Association Summer Fellowship, 1977
• Haffenreffer Fellowship, Providence, RI, 1984-1985  

Membership of Professional Societies:  

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society
• American Medical Association
• Onondaga County Medical Society  

National and International Presentations:

• “The Cavus Foot”                                                        1983
  Orthopedic Grade Rounds
  Veterans Administration Hospital
  Davis Park
  Providence, Rhode Island  
  
• “Bone Grafting: History, Techniques, Physiology,           1983
  and Biomechanics”
  Orthopedic Grade Rounds
  Rhode Island Hospital            
  Brown University            
  Providence, Rhode Island  
  
• “Septic Arthritis”                                                         1983            
  Pediatric Conference            
  Rhode Island Hospital            
  Brown University            
  Providence, Rhode Island  
  
• “Lumbar Vertebral Spine Fusion with                            1983             Osteoinductive Matrix”            
  Research Conference            
  Department of Orthopedics            
  Rhode Island Hospital            
  Brown University            
  Providence, Rhode Island  
  
• “Carpal and Metacarpal Fractures”                               1983            
  Combined Hand Conference            
  Rhode Island Hospital            
  Brown University            
  Providence, Rhode Island  
  
• “Traumatic Disruption of the Axillary Artery                  1984            
  Following Anterior Dislocation of the Shoulder”            
  New England Orthopaedic Society            
  Newport, Rhode Island  
  
• “Arthroscopy of the Arthritic Joint”                               1985             Rheumatology Fellows Conference            
  Roger Williams General Hospital            
  Providence, Rhode Island  
   
• “Subtrochanteric Fractures of the Femur”                     1985            
  Orthopedic Grand Rounds            
  Department of Orthopedics            
  Rhode Island Hospital            
  Brown University            
  Providence, Rhode Island  
  
• “Split Cleft Deformities of the Foot”                             1986            
  Senior Orthopedic Thesis            
  Department of Orthopedics            
  Rhode Island Hospital            
  Brown University            
  Providence, Rhode Island  
  
• “Update of Kinematic Total Knee Arthroplasty”             1987             Reconstructive Conference            
  Department of Orthopedics            
  Brown University            
  Providence, Rhode Island  
   
• “Total Knee Arthroplasty: Press-Fit Condylar                1987
  Prosthesis”      
  Johnson & Johnson Products
  Bioskills Workshop
  A.A.O.S.
  San Francisco, California  
   
• “Total Knee Arthroplasty:  Evolution,                            1987
  Biomechanics, and Five-Year Kinematic Data”            
  HowMedica Orthopedic Products            
  Teaching Seminar            
  Rutherford, New Jersey
   
• “Techniques of Intramedullary Rodding of                     1987
  The Femur”
  Fracture Conference
  Brigham & Women’s Hospital
  Harvard Medical School
  Boston, Massachusetts  
  
• “Common Problems about the Knee”                           1987
  General Electric
  Johnson City, New York  
   
• “The Elderly Knee”                                                     1988
  Senior Security Lectures
  United Health Services
  Wilson Memorial Hospital
  Johnson City, New York  
  
• Student Family Practice Orthopedic                             1991-1992; 1992-1993; Lecture Series                                                           1993-1994; 1994-1995;  Syracuse, New York                                                                1995-Present
  
•  Primary Practice Lecture – Common Clinical                 1992            
  Orthopedic Problems for the Family            
  Practitioner, Primary Care Physician            
  Community General Hospital            
  Syracuse, New York  
  
• “The Hip from Birth to Death”                                      1994    
  Nurse Practitioners’ Lecture            
  Community General Hospital            
  Syracuse, New York  
  
• Greater Syracuse Orthopedic Associates                       1985            
  Lectures on Dislocated Shoulder and Hip            
  Fractures            
  Syracuse, New York  
  
• “Common Hand Problems and Biomechanics                 1994            
  of the Hand”
  Physical Therapy and Athletic Trainers Workshop
  Syracuse, New York