James Lehner, MD: CURRICULUM VITAE
Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Personal Background

Dr. Lehner was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He attended the University of Notre Dame for his pre-med education and obtained his medical degree at Ohio State University. He finished his orthopaedic residency at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio in 1978 and completed a scoliosis fellowship at the Kosair Crippled Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Since returning to Dayton in 1979, he has been active on the faculty at Wright State University School of Medicine. He has been an attending orthopaedic surgeon at the Myelomeningocele Clinic for 25 years and the Muscular Dystrophy Clinic for 22 years. His pediatric practice includes an extensive number of patients with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Lehner has a large adult practice of spinal problems including scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolisthesis, disc herniations, tumors, infections and degenerative problems of the spine as well as spine fractures. He has written a number of articles with a focus on scoliosis and spinal deformity. He has a great interest in transfusion medicine and in June 2004 assumed the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees of the Community Blood Center in Dayton. He has been Chief of Staff at the Children’s Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio and is just finishing a four-year term as the head of the Department of Orthopaedics at Miami Valley Hospital.

He is also involved in many community activities including being a junior high track coach for 19 years and is currently a high school track official. He has been married for over 30 years to Peggy, who is active in politics and her community. They have five children and are blessed with many grandchildren.

Educational Background

Undergraduate Studies: University of Notre Dame - B. S., 1970
Medical School: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH MD, 1973
Internship: Mount Carmel Medical Center, Columbus, OH (Rotating), 1973-1974
Residency: Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OH 1974-1975
General Surgery
Miami Valley Hospital/Wright State University, Dayton, OH 1975-1978
Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Kosair Crippled Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY 1978-1979
Scoliosis

Board Certification

Certifying Body
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Year: 1980
Recertified: None Required

Professional Activities

Founding Member and Secretary, Orthopaedic Center for Spinal and Pediatric Care, Inc.

Teaching Positions

June 1979 - June 1981
Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Wright State University

June 1981 - 1986
Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery
Wright State University

June 1986 - January 1990
Associate Professor Orthpaedic Surgery
Wright State University

February 1990 - January 1992
Clinical Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery
Wright State University

January 1992 - November 1994
Clinical Professor Orthopaedic Surgery
Wright State University

November 1994 - 1999
Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery
Wright State University

1999 - Present
Clinical Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery
Wright State University

Professional Positions

1979-1987 Director, Third Year Medical Students Lecture Series, Wright State University
1981-1987 Director, Third Year Medical Students Preceptorships, Wright State University
1981-1990 Advisor, Fourth Year Medical Students, Wright State University
1987-Present Member, Board of Trustees, Community Blood Center
1988-1992 Faculty, Biomedical Sciences Faculty, Wright State University
1988-2000 Director Surg 891, Orthopaedic Surgery Fourth Year Rotation, Wright State University
1990-1994 Board of Trustees, Orthopaedic Overseas
1992-1994 Chief of Staff Elect, The Children’s Medical Center
1992-1998 Board of Trustees, Children’s Medical Center
1994-1996 Chief of Staff, The Children’s Medical Center
1992-2000 Vice Chairman Orthopaedic Department, Miami Valley Hospital
1992-2004 Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, Community Blood Center
1992-1998 Member, Executive Committee, The Children’s Medical Center
1993-Present Director of Spine Surgery, Orthopaedics Residency Program, Wright State University
1993-1996 Board of Directors Montgomery County Medical Society
1995-Present Executive Committee, Ohio Orthopaedic Society
1996-1998 Chair, Credentialing and Nominating Committee, The Children’s Medical Center
1997-2004 Vice President, Board of Directors, Community Blood Center
1998-Present Adjunct Professorial Lecture of Physical Therapy for the College of Arts and Sciences
2000-2001 Chairman, Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Miami Valley Hospital
2000-2001 Chairman, Community Blood Center Strategic Planning Committee
2000-2001 Chairman, Department of Surgery, Miami Valley Hospital
2000-2001 Secretary/Treasure, Ohio Orthopaedic Society
2003 - 2005 Vice President Ohio Orthopaedic Society
2005-Present President Ohio Orthopaedic Society
2003 - Present Board of Trustees - Goodwill Industries
June 1992 - 1993 Vice Chairman Orthopaedic Department Miami Valley Hospital
1998 - Present Adjunct Professorial Lecture of Physical Therapy for the College of Arts and Sciences
1992 - 2004 Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, Community Blood Center

Professional Societies

Member, Montgomery County Medical Society
Member, Ohio State Medical Association
Member, American Medical Association
Member, Dayton Orthopaedic Society
Member, Ohio Orthopaedic Society
Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Member, Scoliosis Research Society
Member, Orthopaedics Overseas
Member, Mid-America Orthopaedic Society
Member, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Member, American College of Surgeons
Member, Irish American Orthopaedic Society
Member, American Academy of Pediatrics
Member, Notre Dame Orthopaedic Society

Community Activities

June 1982 Orthopaedic Overseas in Dominican Republic
1983-1984 Track Coach, St. Charles Grade School, Kettering, Ohio
February – March 1985 Orthopaedic Overseas in Bangladesh
1985-2002 Track Coach, St. Albert’s Grade School, Kettering, Ohio
May 1986 Participant in the Woman-To- Woman Alcoholism Project with the Junior League of Dayton
June-July 1987 Orthopaedic Overseas in St. Lucia, West Indies
1992 to Present Participant Caring Program for Children, February
1993-1994 Committee, Young Life
1997 Spirituality in Healing presented at St. Albert’s Church
1998 Mission to Haiti with Senator DeWine
January 2001 Missionary Work Kenya, Africa
2003-Present Member, Goodwill Workforce Development Committee

Publications and Presentations

1. Experience with an Autogenous Blood Recovery System in Scoliosis and Spinal Surgery
(Spine Magazine, March 1981.)

2. Late Neurologic Complications with Harrington Distraction Hooks: A Report of Two Cases
(Submitted for publication).

3. Long Term Social, Economical and Maternal Effects After Scoliosis Fusion
(Read at the Ohio Orthopaedic Society, April 1981).

4. Long Term Intra-Arterial Infusions with Antibiotics for Chronic Osteomyelitis
(Read at the Ohio Orthopaedic Society, April 1981).

5. Success with Spinal Fusion in Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Report of 100 Consecutive Cases
with No Autogenous Bone Grafts (Accepted to Program Book Scoliosis Research Society
September 1980).

6. A Community Experience with the Boston T.L.S.O. System (130 cases) (Read at the Ohio
Orthopaedic Society, April 1981).

7. A Community Experience with the Boston T.L.S.O. System (130 cases) (Read at the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting in New Orleans, January 1982).

8. Immediate Post Operative Orthotic Measurement of Copolymer Braces for Post Operative Case
of Spinal Operations (Accepted to Program Book Scoliosis Research Society, September 1982).

9. Scoliosis Case in the Dominican Republic (Presented at Kosair Crippled Children’s Hospital
Second Annual Spinal Symposium, September 27, 1982).

10. Autologous Blood Transfusion in Elective Scoliosis Surgery (Read at Ohio Orthopaedic Society
March 1984).

11. Dual Center Experience with Segmental Spinal Instrumentation in Neuromuscular Scoliosis
(Read at the Ohio Orthopaedic Society, March 1984, Chief Author: A. Crawford, M. D. )

12. Dual Center Experience with Segmental Spinal Instrumentation for the Correction and
Stabilization of Neuromuscular Spinal Deformities (Accepted to Program Book, Scoliosis
Research Society, September 1984, Chief Author: G. Balis, M.D.)

13. Quadruple Approach to Reducing Homologous Blood Requirements in Spinal Surgery
(Abstract presented at Spinal Deformity Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, December 1985 and
also present at the First Annual Federation of Spinal Associations, New Orleans, February 1986.
Chief Author: M. Albert M. D.).

14. The Efficacy of Cotrel Traction x-rays in Predicting Curve Correction in Idiopathic Adolescent
Scoliosis (Accepted to the Program Book Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, September 1985).

15. Orthopaedic Aspects of the Separation of Pygopagus Twins (Accepted to the Program Book,
Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, September 1985).

16. Scoliosis: Getting it Straight (Slide Presentation, AJN Media Festival, 1986).

17. Combining Approaches to Decrease Blood Loss in Spinal Surgery (1986, in association with the
AAOS).

18. Immediate Post Operative Orthotic Impression Technique for Thermoplastic Spinal Orthoses
Following Spinal Surgery (Clinical Prosthetics and Orthotics. Winter 1986).

19. Immediate Post Operative Impression Technique for Thermoplastic T.L.S.O. Following Spinal
Surgery (Presented at American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association Annual National Assembly
Orlando, Fl. November 1986 and Presented at the American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association
Region V Annual Meeting, Transverse City, Michigan May 1987).

20. Immediate Post-Operative Molding for T.L.S.O. Jackets in Spinal Surgery (Video presented at
the AAOS Meeting in San Francisco, CA, February 1987).

21. Factors Affecting Hip Fracture Mortality (Chief Author: Stephen Sexson, Journal of Orthopaedic
Trauma, 1987).

22. “Scoliosis” (Chapter Published in Clinical Medicine: Selected Problems with Pathophysiologic
Correlation’s H. Verdain Barnes, M. D. Editor, 1987).

23. Scoliosis: Getting it Straight (Association Operating Room Nurses, Dallas, Texas, March 1988).

25. Orthopaedic Medical Practice and Nursing Practice in Third World Countries (National
Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, Phoenix, Arizona, May 1988).

26. Common Sports Injuries (Dayton Children's Pediatric SummerFest at Kings Island, July 30-31 1988.

27. Hypophosphatasia Revised. (Authors: M. Robinow, M.D., Frances Unger, M.D., and James
T. Lehner, M. D. (To be Published in Proceedings Greenwood Genetic Center Conf., 1989).

28. Factors Affecting Hip Fracture Mortality (Read at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia 1988).

29. Percutaneous Epiphysiodesis of Distal Femur and Proximal Tibia for Leg Length Inequalities
(Presented at the Shriners Unit in Lexington, Kentucky, Annual Meeting, 1989).

30. The Current State of Postural Screening and Scoliosis, Who and When to Refer,
Dayton Children's Pediatric Forum, Vol. 1, #4, November, 1989.

31. Varus Osteotomy Proximal Femur for Perthes Disease (Presented at the Shriners Unit in
Lexington, Kentucky Annual Meeting, 1991).

32. Children’s Fractures Requiring Surgery, (Pediatric Form, Children’s Medical Center,
Dayton, Ohio, Spring, 1992).

33. Combined Anterior/Posterior Spinal Surgery in Pediatric Patient’s: Doing it the Same Day
Safely (Presented at the Shriner’s Unit in Lexington, Kentucky Annual Meeting, 1992).

34. “Letter to the Editor” (JAMA, August 19, 1992, Volume 268, Number 7, page 871).

35. “Non Fusion Surgical Cures for Mechanical Low Back Pain in the Adolescent Population.”
Presented at the OOS 54th Annual Meeting, May 6, 1993, Dayton, Ohio.

36. “Intramedullary Fixation of Unstable Juvenile Both Bone Forearm Fracture”. Presented with
Paul E. Perry, M. D., Resident, at the OOS 54th Annual Meeting May 6, 1993, Dayton, Ohio.

37. “Dr. Dad’s Dilemma”, Courtlandt Forum, June 1993.

38. Initial Assessment of Postural Deformities in the Adolescent Population: Presented at the
Ohio Chapter NAPNAP, September 22, 1995, Dayton, Ohio.

39. Andrews University, presented “Back Surgery” July 16, 1996

40. Children’s Medical Center Combined Family Practice Program presented “Intoeing in Pediatric Patients” October 2, 1996.

41. Presented at Miami Valley Hospital “Back Pain and When to Operated on the Back”
February 4, 1998.

42. Presented at Miami Valley Hospital for the Dayton Area of Orthopaedic Nurses
“Treatment of Spinal Disorders”.

43. Presented a “Scoliosis Up with Emphasis on School Screening at Sinclair Community
College, October 16, 1996.

44. Presentation Dayton Area Orthopaedic Nurses in Affiliation with NAON presents “The
Orthopaedic Learning Tree” BACK UP March 28, 1998.

45. Presented at MVH Symposium sponsored by Dr. DeMirijian “Back Pain and When to Operate
On Back”. February 4, 1998

46. Talk at Kettering Medical Center “Primary Care III Conventional Alternative Modes for
Treatment of Back Pain”

47. Presented Paper on Discography March 2000 – Is it Helpful in the Clinical Setting?
48. Presented at OASN 27th Annual Conference March 24, 2000 Scoliosis Update.
49. Presented to School Nurses “Postural Screening Presentation” September 22, 2000
50. Presented September 15, 2000 “Long Term Health and Social Economics of Young Adults with Myelomeningocele”

51. Lehner, J.T., Albert, M.D., Infante, Jr., A.F., Jennings, W.B. Immediate hip spica application for pediatric femur fractures: a review of 190 patients. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 2000: 376: 106-112.

52. Presented May 2001 POSNA, OOS, AACPDM “Long-Term Outcome and Complications in
Patients with Myelomeningocele”

53. Presented at the NAON Conference in San Francisco May 2004 “Care of the Orthopaedic Handicapped Adolescent”.

Scientific Contributions

1. Exhibit AAOS 46th Meeting, San Francisco, CA., February 1979.
Uses and Advantages of the Harrington Compression System with Dr. K. D. Leatherman
and Dr. J. F. Nicastro.

2. Exhibit AAOS 49th Meeting, New Orleans, January 1982.
Community Experience with Boston T.L.S.O. System - 130 Consecutive Cases

3. Exhibit Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, September 1983.
The Wright Bracing Technique for Special Scoliosis Patients: Immediate Post Operative
Measurement After Spinal Surgery.

4. Exhibit AAOS 51st Meeting, Atlanta, February 1984.
The Wright Bracing Technique for Special Scoliosis Patients: Immediate Post Operative
Orthotic Measurement After Spinal Surgery.

5. Exhibit AAOS 62 Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida: Spinous Process Impingement in the
Active Adolescent: A Disabling Problem with a Simple Surgical Cure with Dr. Scott Groseclose

6. Exhibit AAOS Meeting 2002 “Long-Term Outcome and Complications in Patients with
Myelomeningocele with Dr. W. Lyle.

7. Co-Chair Adolescent Orthopaedics Symposium AAOS Annual Meeting San Francisco March 2004.

Miscellaneous

MEDICO - Scoliosis Program under Dr. George Rapp, In Santiago, Dominican Republic - Served from May 29 to June 26, 1982.
Member of HMO/PPO/Medicare Subcommittee of UMSA
Ohio Postural Screening Committee Chairperson 1990 - 1992
Wright State University, School of Medicine Nominating Committee - July 1, 1986 to June 1987
Chairman, 54th Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Society - May 1993
Chairman 60th Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Society – May 1999

Research Projects

Discogram Study follow up on patients who had discograms 1980-1999
Research paper following up on Myelomeningocele patients 1980-2000
Long term follow-up of Boston brace patients in Dayton, Ohio 1981 - 1982
Participant in ScoliTron Multicenter Trial - 1982-1988
Lumbar Spinal Compartment Pressure Study (Preliminary Investigation) - 1982 to 1986
Fracture Study of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures done with the Scoliosis Research Society
1989 to 1990
Evaluation of lumbar spinal orthosis for fireman (May 6, 1992)