Eric Edmonds, M.D.

Bio

Dr. Eric Edmonds is the director of orthopedic research and co-director of 360 Sports Medicine at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. He is one of two fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeons with subspecialty certification in sports medicine in San Diego, Imperial, Riverside and Orange counties.

He is also a professor of clinical orthopedic surgery at UC San Diego, where he is actively involved with the education of pediatric orthopedic fellows, residents from UC San Diego, the Navy and the Air Force, and UC San Diego medical students.

After graduating from Carlsbad High School, he attended The Johns Hopkins University and earned his medical degree at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. Subsequently, he completed a general surgery internship at the UC Davis Medical Center, followed by an orthopedic residency at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. His training brought him back to Southern California, where he completed the pediatric orthopedic and scoliosis fellowship at Rady Children's, followed by a sabbatical in sports medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Southern California Kaiser Permanente, San Diego.

Dr. Edmonds' clinical interests include youth sports medicine and musculoskeletal trauma. His current research involves adolescent shoulder and knee injuries, as well as ankle injuries and fracture treatment. He actively participates in many multi-center research teams, including the Research of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee. He has received multiple research awards, including the Provost Undergraduate Award for Research and Excellence from The Johns Hopkins University and the distinguished St Giles Young Investigator Award from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.

Publications

Transarticular Versus Retroarticular Drilling of Stable Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee: A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial by the ROCK Group.
Heyworth BE, Ganley TJ, Liotta ES, Hergott KA, Miller PE, Wall EJ, Myer GD, Nissen CW, Edmonds EW, Lyon RM, Chambers HG, Milewski MD, Green DW, Weiss JM, Wright RW, Polousky JD, Nepple JJ, Carey JL, Kocher MS, ROCK Group, Shea KG

Meniscal Ramp Lesions in Adolescent Patients Undergoing Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Significance of Imaging and Arthroscopic Findings.
Hollnagel KF, Pennock AT, Bomar JD, Chambers HG, Edmonds EW

Comparing outcomes in the treatment of pediatric and adolescent intraarticular radial head fractures.
Hughes JL, Fogleman SA, Chun L, Bomar JD, Edmonds EW

Bony Remodeling of Adolescent Displaced Clavicle Fractures: A FACTS Study.
Pennock AT, Bastrom TP, Boutelle KE, Carroll AN, Edmonds EW, Nepple JJ, Polinsky SG, Spence DD, Perkins C, Willimon SC, Bae DS, Busch MT, Ellis HB, Hergott K, Kocher MS, Li Y, Pandya NK, Sabatini CS, Wilson PL, FACTS Study Group, Heyworth BE

Intermediate-term Outcomes in Adolescent Recurrent Ankle Instability Managed With a Modified Broström-Gould Procedure Augmented With Distal Fibular Periosteum Incorporation.
Boutelle KE, Rickert KD, Carroll AN, Pennock AT, Manhard CE, Edmonds EW

Age, Sex, and BMI Differences Related to Repairable Meniscal Tears in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients.
Rohde MS, Shea KG, Dawson T 2nd, Heyworth BE, Milewski MD, Edmonds EW, Adsit E, Wilson PL, SCORE Group, Albright J, Algan S, Beck J, Bowen R, Brey J, Cardelia M, Clark C, Crepeau A, Edmonds EW, Ellington M, Ellis HB, Fabricant P, Frank J, Ganley T, Green D, Gupta A, Heyworth BE, Latz K, Mansour A, Mayer S, McKay S, Milewski M, Niu E, Pacicca D, Parikh S, Rhodes J, Saper M, Schmale G, Schmitz M, Shea K, Storer S, Wilson PL, Ellis HB

Common Pediatric Fractures for Community Orthopaedic Specialists: Fix Them or Ship Them?
Desai RR, Jain VV, Gupta R, Edmonds EW, Parikh SN

A Corresponding Point Measurement System Provides Reliable Measurement of Displacement for Medial Epicondyle Fractures.
Guzek RH, Harwood K, Isaacs D, Talwar D, Edmonds EW, Fabricant PD, Joughin VE, Latz KH, Mayer SW, McKay S, Pacicca DM, Saper M, Lawrence JTR

Reliability of Radiographic Imaging Characteristics for Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Capitellum.
ROCKET Group, Nissen C, Bohn DC, Crepeau A, Edmonds E, Ganley T, Kostyun R, Lawrence JTR, Pace JL, Saluan P, Uquillas C, Wall E, Wilson PL, Bae DS

Two-Year Functional Outcomes of Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment of Completely Displaced Midshaft Clavicle Fractures in Adolescents: Results From the Prospective Multicenter FACTS Study Group.
Heyworth BE, Pennock AT, Li Y, Liotta ES, Dragonetti B, Williams D, Ellis HB, Nepple JJ, Spence D, Willimon SC, Perkins CA, Pandya NK, Kocher MS, Edmonds EW, Wilson PL, Busch MT, Sabatini CS, Farley F, Bae DS

Outcomes After Hamstring ACL Reconstruction With Suture Tape Reinforcement in Adolescent Athletes.
Kitchen BT, Mitchell BC, Cognetti DJ, Siow MY, Howard R, Carroll AN, Bastrom TP, Edmonds EW

Factors influencing surgical decision-making in pediatric and adolescent scaphoid fractures.
Hughes JL, Bomar JD, Wallace CD, Edmonds EW

Improving Lower Extremity Casting Quality by Providing an Experienced Assistant in Pediatric Tibia Fractures Managed by Trainees.
Woo BM, Bastrom TP, Dennis MM, Pennock AT, Upasani VV, Edmonds EW

Distal tibial osteotomy to address internal tibial torsion: Should the fibula be cut?
Cidambi EO, Farnsworth CL, Jeffords ME, Hughes JL, Parvaresh KC, Sullivan TB, Yaszay B, Edmonds EW

Descriptive Epidemiology From the Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee (ROCK) Prospective Cohort.
Nissen CW, Albright JC, Anderson CN, Busch MT, Carlson C, Carsen S, Chambers HG, Edmonds EW, Ellermann JM, Ellis HB Jr, Erickson JB, Fabricant PD, Ganley TJ, Green DW, Grimm NL, Heyworth BE, Po JHH, Kocher MS, Kostyun RO, Krych AJ, Latz KH, Loveland DM, Lyon RM, Mayer SW, Meenen NM, Milewski MD, Myer GD, Nelson BJ, Nepple JJ, Nguyen JC, Pace JL, Paterno MV, Pennock AT, Perkins CA, Polousky JD, Saluan P, Shea KG, Shearier E, Tompkins MA, Wall EJ, Weiss JM, Willimon SC, Wilson PL, Wright RW, Zbojniewicz AM, Carey JL, ROCK Group

A comparison of cone beam computed tomography, standard computed tomography and plain radiographs in the evaluation of medial epicondyle humerus fractures.
Rupp GE, Farnsworth CL, Hughes JL, Upasani VV, Pennock AT, Bomar JD, Edmonds EW

Treatment Decisions in Pediatric Sports Medicine: Do Personal and Professional Bias Affect Decision-Making?
Stinson ZS, Davelaar CMF, Kiebzak GM, Edmonds EW

Functional Outcomes of Arthroscopic Os Trigonum Excision in Adolescents.
Chun L, Bastrom TP, Carroll AN, Edmonds EW

Response to: Medial Epicondyle Fractures: Biomechanical Evaluation and Clinical Comparison of 3 Fixation Methods Used in Pediatric Patients.
Pennock AT, Edmonds EW, Rickert KD

Coronal Lateral Collateral Ligament Sign: Response.
Edmonds EW, Mitchell BC

Creation and Validation of a Shorthand Magnetic Resonance Imaging Bone Age Assessment Tool of the Knee as an Alternative Skeletal Maturity Assessment.
Politzer CS, Bomar JD, Pehlivan HC, Gurusamy P, Edmonds EW, Pennock AT

Association Between Rotator Cuff Tears and Superior Migration of the Humeral Head: An MRI-Based Anatomic Study.
Siow MY, Mitchell BC, Hachadorian M, Wang W, Bastrom T, Kent WT, Huang BK, Edmonds EW

Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction for Adolescents With Acute First-Time Patellar Dislocation With an Associated Loose Body.
Gurusamy P, Pedowitz JM, Carroll AN, Johnson K, Chambers HG, Edmonds EW, Pennock AT

Changes in superior displacement, angulation, and shortening in the early phase of healing for completely displaced midshaft clavicle fractures in adolescents: results from a prospective, multicenter study.
Pennock AT, Heyworth BE, Bastrom T, Bae DS, Boutelle KE, Busch MT, Edmonds EW, Ellis HB, Hergott K, Kocher MS, Li Y, Liotta ES, Pandya NK, Perkins C, Sabatini CS, Spence DD, Willimon SC, Wilson PL, FACTS Study Group, Nepple JJ

Assessment of Skeletal Maturity and Postoperative Growth Disturbance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Skeletally Immature Patients: A Systematic Review.
Fury MS, Paschos NK, Fabricant PD, PLUTO Study Group, Anderson CN, Busch MT, Chambers HG, Christino MA, Cordasco FA, Edmonds EW, Ganley TJ, Green DW, Heyworth BE, Lawrence JTR, Matava MJ, Micheli LJ, Milewski MD, Nepple JJ, Parikh SN, Pennock AT, Perkins CA, Saluan PM, Shea KG, Wall EJ, Willimon SC, Kocher MS

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