Frederick R. Dietz, MD

Medical School

Columbia College of Physicians & Surgery, 1973-1977

Residency

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 1977-1983

Fellowship

Pediatric Orthopaedics, The University of Iowa Orthopaedic Department, 1983-1984

Clinical Research Pediatric Orthopaedics, 1981-1982

Honors, Awards, and Organizations

• American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
• Iowa Orthopaedic Society
• Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
• Orthopaedic Research Society
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Society of Human Genetics
• Elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America from 2003-2005

Clinical and Research Interests

• Etiology of clubfoot
• Treatment of clubfoot
• Genetics of clubfoot
• Determinants of normal limb growth after differentiation
• Etiology of regional growth disturbances (Idiopathic leg length discrepancy hemiatrophy, hemi-hypertrophy)
• Effect of growth factors on limb development
• Evaluation of results of treatment of complex foot deformities in children
• Evaluation of treatment of cerebral palsy patients
• Treatment of unstable slipped capital femoral epitasis
• Treatment of all children's orthopaedic disorders except scoliosis

Special Interests Include:

• Foot deformities
• Hip disorders
• Limb deformities
• Neuromuscular disorders, especially cerebral palsy and spina bifida
• Co-director of the orthopaedic gait laboratory

Journal Publications

Dietz, F.R.; Ponseti, LV.; Weinstein, S.L.; Clark, C.R.: Guidelines for Obtaining Cervical Spine X-rays in Down's Syndrome Children. Illinois Council for Exceptional Children Quarterly, 33, No.1:15-16, 1984.

Dietz, F.R: On The Pathogenesis Clubfoot. Lancet, 16:388-390, Feb. 1985.

Dietz F.R.: Regional Growth Disorders and the Pathogenesis of Clubfoot. Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, 6:53-59, 1986.

Dietz, F.R.; Weinstein, S.L.: Spike Osteotomy for Treatment of Angular Deformity of Long Bones. JBJS 70-A:848-852, 1988.

Dietz, F.R.: Effect of Denervation on Limb Growth. J. of Orthop. Res., 7:292-303, 1989.

Merchant, T.; Dietz, F.R.: Long Term Follow-up after Fractures of the Tibial and Fibular Shafts. J. Bone and Joint Surg., 71A:599-606, 1989.

Dietz, F.R.; Merchant, T.C.: Indications for Osteotomy of the Tibia in Children. J. Ped. Orthop., 10:489-490, 1990.

Dietz, F.R.; Mathews, K.D; Montgomery, W.J.: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in Childhood.
Clin. Ortho. Rel. Res., 258:225-231, 1990.

Dietz, F.R.; Koontz, F.P.; Found, E.M.; Marsh, J.L.: The Importance of a Positive Bacterial Cultures During Clean Orthopaedic Surgical Operations: Their Significance. J. Bone and Joint Surg., 73-A:1200-1207, 1991.

Martinez, A.; Weinstein, S.L.; Dietz, F.R.: Results of Legg-Calve -Perthes Disease. J. Bone and Joint Surg., 74A:12-21, 1992.

Dietz, F.; Indications for Osteotomy of the Long Bones in Children. Iowa Ortho J.13:136-149, 1993.

Rebbeck, T.R.; Dietz, F.R.; Murray, J.C.; Buetow, K.H.: A Single Gene Explanation for the Probability of Having Idiopathic Talipes Equinovarus. American Journal of Human Genetics. 53: 1 051-1063, 1993.

Dietz, F.R.: Traction Reduction of Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Clin Ortho and Rel Res. 302: 101-110, 1994.

Morcuende, J.A.; Weinstein, S.L.; Dietz, F. R.;Ponseti, I. V.: Plaster Cast Treatment of Clubfoot:   The Ponseti Method of Manipulation and Casting. J. Peds Orthop (B). 3.161-167, 1994.

Dietz, F.R.: lntoeing: Fact, Fiction, and Opinion : American Family Physician. 50: 1249-1259, 1994.

Dietz, F.R., Knutson, L.M.: Chian Osteotomy for Hip Subluxation and Dislocation in Cerebral Palsy. J. Peds Orthop. 15: 372-380, 1995.

Cooper, D. M. and Dietz, F.R.: Treatment of Idiopathic Clubfoot. J Bone and Joint Surg. 77-A:1477-1489, 1995.

Manor, D.A., Weinstein, S.L., and Dietz, F.R.: Long Term Follow-up of Chiari Osteotomy in Myelomeningocele. 16:769-779, 1996.

French, L.M. and Dietz. F.R. Screening for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. American Family Physician. 60(1):177-184, 1999.

Dobbs, M.B. Dietz, F.R. Gurnett, C.A., Morcuende, J.A., Steyers, C.M., Murray, J.C.: Localizatino of Dominantly Inherited Isolated Triphalangeal Thumb to Chromosomal Region 7q36. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 18:340-344, 2000.

Book Chapters

"Neuromuscular Disease". TUREK's Orthopaedics: Principles and their Application Fifth Edition, edited by Stuart L. Weinstein and Joseph A. Buckwalter, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1994.

"Genetic Disorders and Skeletal Dysplasias". Orthopaedic Knowledge Update. James H. 'Beaty, MD., Editor. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1999.

"Update on the Genetic Basis of Disorders With Orthopaedic Manifestations". Orthopaedic Basic Science: Biology and Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System 2nd Edition, edited by Joseph A. Buckwalter, Thomas A. Einhorn, and Sheldon R. Simon, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2000.

"Chapter Nine: Pediatric Orthopaedics". Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care, 2nd Edition. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Greene, Walter B, Editor, 2001.

"Chapter One: Embryology and Development of the Musculoskeletal System". Lovell and Winters Pediatric Orthopaedics, Sixth Edition. Raymond T. Morrissy and Stuart L. Weinstein, Editors. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.

Lectureships and Visiting Appointments

Orlando Regional Healthcare System. July 1996.

DuPont Children's Hospital October 1997.

Professor and Guest Lecturer at Latin American Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
(SLAOT), Lima, Peru-October 1998.

Leslie C. Meyer Visiting Lectureship, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Greenville SC, April
1999.

Grand Rounds, Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO,
July 1999.

Visiting Professor, Annual New Zealand Pediatric Orthopaedic Association Meeting,
Christchurch, New Zealand, March, 2001.

Visiting Professor, Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Children's Hospital Medical Center
in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 29-30, 2002

Visiting Professor, Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery, West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, March 13-14, 2002.

Visiting Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, September 2003.

Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Phoenix, Arizona, October 27-30, 2004.