Roy Drake Bloebaum

Roy Drake Bloebaum, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Orthopaedics

Dr. Bloebaum is Research Professor and holds the Albert and Margaret Hofmann Chair in Orthopaedic Research. He is an internationally recognized expert in bone healing and total joint replacement. Dr. Bloebaum is a senior VA Hospital Research Scientist and Co-Director of the VA Bone and Joint Research Lab, which is a collaborative research program with the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System Research and Development Program. In addition, he is a Research Career Scientist at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Salt Lake City Health Care System. Dr. Bloebaum's publications include over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts on bone and total joint replacement related topics. He received his doctorate, as a Rotary International Scholar, from the University of Western Australia. Dr. Bloebaum served on the faculty at the University of Southern California and Arizona State prior to taking a position at the Department of Orthopaedics. Dr Bloebaums¿ research interests are biomaterials, bone, total joint replacement, articular cartilage and electron microscopy, including pioneering efforts in backscattered electron imaging. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research.

Education History

Undergraduate St. Mary's College
 AA
Undergraduate Lindenwood College
 BS
Undergraduate University of Western Australia
 BSc
Doctoral Training University of Western Australia
 PhD
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of California School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Skedros JG, Sybrowsky CL, Parry TR, Bloebaum R (2003). Regional differences in cortical bone organization and microdamage prevalence in Rocky Mountain mule deer. The Anatomical record, 274A(1), 837-50.
  2. Kuo TY, Skedros JG, Bloebaum R (2003). Measurement of femoral anteversion by biplane radiography and computed tomography imaging: comparison with an anatomic reference. Investigative radiology, 38(4), 221-9.
  3. Skedros JG, Dayton MR, Sybrowsky CL, Bloebaum RD, Bachus K (2003). Are uniform regional safety factors an objective of adaptive modeling/remodeling in cortical bone?. The Journal of experimental biology, 206(Pt 14), 2431-9.

Abstract

  1. Willie BM, Ashrafi S, Steffensen T, Bloebaum R (2003). Comparative analysis of the oxidative resistance between shelf-aged crosslinked and conventional polyethylene acetabular liners. 28(2), 1408.
  2. Koller K, Bloebaum RD, Hofmann A (2003). Micromineralization dynamics of the porous coated interface in human post-mortem retrievals. 28(1), 33.