Virginia Cartilage Institute.Dr. Norman A. Marcus
M.D.
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Springfield, Virginia 22152
EDUCATION
Newton High School, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1967-1970
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1970-1974, B.A. degree
Stanford University School of Medicine, 1974-1978, M.D. degree
Internship and Residency: University of New Mexico Affiliated
Hospitals, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, 1978-1983
HONOR SOCIETIES
Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Epsilon Delta
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1985
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery 1987
Member, International Cartilage Research Society
Member, Orthopaedic Research Society
Member, International Society for Stem Cell Research
STAFF PRIVILEGES and APPOINTMENTS
Courtesy, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia
INOVA Springfield Franconia Surgical Center, Alexandria, Virginia
Northern Virginia Surgery Center, Fair Oaks, VA
Reston Surgery Center,
Reston VA
Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University
RESEARCH AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONSSeptember 1970-December 1972: Perceptual Psychology research under the direction of Dr.
Howard Egeth, Department of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
January 1973-July 1974: Membrane chemistry and hormone biochemistry research under the
direction of Dr. Pedro Cuatrecasas, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
July 1976-January 1983: Hand surgery, Children s Orthopaedic and Trauma under the
direction of Dr. George Omer, University of New Mexico Medical Center, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
Project: Principal Investigator, Darbepoetin Study, Sponsor: AMGEN A Double Blind,
Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Single-dose,
subcutaneous (SC) Darbepoetin Alfa in Subject Undergoing Preoperative Autologous Blood
Donation (PAD) before Elective Revision Total Hip Replacement or Bilateral Total Knee
Surgery.
Project: Principal Investigator, Darbepoetin Study. Sponsor AMGEN An open label study
to compare autologous blood donation with darbepoetin for total joint replacement .
Principal Investigator, Zolendronate Study, Sponsor: NOVARTIS A multinational,
multicenter, double blind, randomized, placebo controlled parallel group study assessing
the efficacy of zoledronic acid in preventing subsequent osteoporotic fractures after a
hip fracture 2001-2002
Principal Investigator and Study Director: Genomic Analysis of Hyalgan Responders;
Investigational grant from Sanofi-Synthelabo. 2003-2005
Collaboration, Dept. of Genomics, George Mason University2001-2004
Collaboration, Dept. of Chemistry (Hunt Lab), University of Virginia2001-2005
Tissue Engineering of Cartilage (ongoing collaboration) with Jennifer Elisseef Ph.D.,
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
OCCUPATION AND BUSINESS HISTORY
1. Orthopaedic Surgery, Private Practice, Springfield, Virginia, 1983-present
2.
Founding Member, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Medtrust Medical
Group, 1996-1998
3.
Founder, Chief Science Officer, Cell Mechanics LLC, 2001-2003
4.
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Cartilix, Inc., 353 Vintage Park Dr., Foster
City, CA, 2004- present. Product development of new medical device(s); fundraising and
business development; Member, Board of Directors; designer and surgical instructor for
European Study (in 5 countries) for a novel cartilage repair device (2006-2009).
5. Sold Cartilix Inc. to Biomet Inc., October 2009
6. Consultant to Cytomedix, Inc, a biotech company in Rockville, MD
7. Consultant to Zimmer, Inc
PRESENTATIONS
1. Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Lovelace Clinic Experience, presented to the New Mexico
Medical Society, September 1980.
2. Hot-Air Ballooning Injuries, presented to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports
Medicine Annual Meeting, Big Sky, Montana, July 1980; and to the New Mexico Medical
Society, September 1981.
3. Congenital Ulnar Dysmelia, presented to the Carrie Tingle Hospital summer seminar on
Pediatric Orthopaedics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 1981; and to the AOA Residents
Conference, Washington D.C., April 1982.
4. Upper Extremity Amputation in Children, presented to the Carrie Tingle Hospital winter
Seminar on Pediatric Orthopaedics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 1982.
5. Cephalosporin Use in Orthopaedic Surgery, presented to the University of New Mexico
Annual Alumni Seminar in Adult Orthopaedics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 1982.
6. Upper Extremity Amputation in Children, presented to the Residents and Fellow Hand
Surgery Conference, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Anaheim, California, March
1983.
7. Congenital Ulnar Deficiency, presented to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 1983.
8. Muscle Rehabilitation, presented to the 2nd Annual Kin-Com Conference, Tampa, Florida,
January
1986.
9. Care of the Injured Athlete, presented to Primary Care Problems Course, Cancun,
Mexico, February 1991.
10. Future Innovations in Orthopaedics & Current Research for Orthopaedic Nursing,
Professional & Practice Issues Course, October 1992.
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Springfield, Virginia 22152
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