AugustineMarkSaizJrMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Sacramento, CA

Orthopedic Trauma

Assistant Professor

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Office
4860 Y Street
Suite 3800
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone+1 916-734-1763

Fax+1 916-734-7904

Summary

Dr. Augustine Saiz is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UC Davis Health. He received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He completed orthopaedic surgery residency at UC Davis Health followed by an orthopaedic trauma fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He specializes in orthopaedic trauma, especially in the treatment of pelvis and acetabulum injuries. He has an appointment as a physician-scientist as he mechanistically studies fracture healing, translational therapies, and conducts clinical research. He has presented his work at numerous international, national, and regional conferences. Additionally, he has received several grants and awards and has a strong publication record. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/augustine.saiz%20jr..1/bibliography/public/)

Education & Training

University of California Davis HealthResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2015 - 2020
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public HealthClass of 2015

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2017 - 2026
American College of SurgeonsAdvanced Trauma Life Support
American Heart AssociationAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support
American Heart AssociationBLS for Healthcare Providers

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

OTA Research Grant Database Inclusion OTA, 2022
Fellows Forum Abstract Finalist AO North America Trauma, 2022
Member of the Month, Candidate Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2022
ON/ICORS Education Scholarship Orthoregeneration Network/International Congress of Orthopaedic Research Societies, 2022
Fellows Graduation Best Abstract Presentation Orthopaedic Trauma Association, 2022
Senior Resident Research Award UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
Davos Fellows Experience AO Trauma North America, 2021
Young Investigator Research Development Award AO Trauma North America, 2021
Resident Professionalism Award UC Davis School of Medicine, 2021
Orthopaedic Surgery Outstanding Resident of the Year UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
Orthopaedic Surgery Reno Ortho Clinic Trauma Award UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2021
UC Davis Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery Administrative Chief Resident UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
AAOS Annual Meeting Highlight Poster American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2020
COA Annual Meeting 2020 Orthopaedic Institute for Children Award California Orthopaedic Assoication, 2020
AOA Emerging Leaders Program American Orthopaedic Association, 2020
C. McCollister Evarts Resident Leadership Forum Nominee American Orthopaedic Association, 2020
ORS 2020 Clinician Scholar Career Development Program Orthopaedic Research Society, 2020
AO John Border Memorial Fellowship AO North America, 2020
MSTS Annual Meeting Poster Award Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, 2019
UC Davis High Value Care Award UC Davis Health, 2019
Lloyd Taylor WOA Annual Meeting 2018 Award Western Orthopaeidc Association, 2018
Dickenson Research Fellowship UC-Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2017
UWSMPH Graduate Fellowship Recipient University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2011
Path of Distinction in Public Health University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2015
UWSMPH Leadership Award University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 2013
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Clinical Trials

Pain Management of ACL Reconstruction Start of enrollment: 2017 Oct 09
Enrolling by invitation
Not Applicable
External Fixation Versus Splinting of Acute Calcaneus Fractures Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 14
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Innate immune response to bone fracture healing.
Jane Burgan, Maryam Rahmati, Mark Lee, Augustine Mark Saiz
Bone. 2025-01-01
Do the results of the OXYGEN trial change if analyzed as "as-treated?": A secondary analysis of the OXYGEN trial.
Augustine M Saiz, Anthony R Carlini, Renan C Castillo, Manjari Joshi, Yanjie Huang
Injury. 2024-12-01
High energy trans-cuboid Chopart dislocation: From closed reduction to secondary double arthrodesis.
Patrick Wise, Augustine Saiz, Gillian Soles, Ellen Fitzpatrick, Mark Lee
Trauma Case Reports. 2024-12-01

Books/Book Chapters

AAOS Resident Orthopaedic Core Knowledge
Chapter: Acetabular Fracture Evaluation and Management
Augustine M. Saiz Jr., MD and Jonathan G. Eastman
Orthopaedic Knowledge Update (OKU) 14
Chapter: Lower Extremity Trauma
Augustine M. Saiz Jr., MD, Ryan Mayer, MD, and Timothy Achor, MD
Synopsis of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Chapter: Ankle Arthroscopy
Augustine M. Saiz Jr., MD, Christopher Kruelen, MD, and Eric Giza, MDEditors: Andrew Hsu, MD and Simon Lee, MD.
AAOS Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review, 4th Edition
Chapter: Pelvis Fractures
Augustine M Saiz Jr., MD, Jonathan Eastman, MD, Milton “Chip” Routt, MDEditors: Geoffrey Marecek, MD.
AAOS Comprehensive Orthopaedic Review, 4th Edition
Chapter: Foot Fractures and Fracture-Dislocations
Augustine M Saiz Jr., MD, Patrick Kellam MD, John Munz, MDEditors: Geoffrey Marecek, MD.
Chapman’s Comprehensive Orthopaedic Surgery
Chapter: Tibial Osteotomy
Augustine M. Saiz Jr., MD and Mauro Giordani, MDEditors: Michael Chapman, MD and Michelle James, MD.Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Ltd., LondonEdition 4th,
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Abstracts/Posters

Myoblast Secretome Augmented by Mesenchymal Stem Cells Enhances Fracture Healing
Augustine Saiz, Marissa Gionet-Gonzales, Mark Lee, Kent Leach, OTA Annual Meeting 2018, 9/2018
Extracellular Matrix Enriched Spheroids for Enhanced Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Survival, Differentiation and Healing of Critically Sized Segmental Bone Defects
Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, Alejandro Tenorio, Augustine Saiz, Kent Leach, Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting 2020, 10/2020
CT Improves Assessment of the Morphology of Lateral Wall for AO/OTA 31A1 and 31A2 Fractures and May Prevent Failures of Sliding Hip Screws
Augustine Saiz, Garin Hecht, Max Haffner, Trevor Shelton, Alvin Shieh, Connor Delman, Parker Goodell, Philip Wolinsky, OTA Annual Meeting 2020, 10/2020
Pain Management of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Evaluation of Adductor Canal Block versus Oral Pain Regimen
Augustine Saiz, Max Haffner, Trevor Shelton, Connor Delman, John-Allen Smith, Matthew Pena, Cassandra Lee, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2020, 3/2020
Biomechanical Comparison of Radioscapholunate Arthrodesis with Distal Scaphoidectomy, Four-Corner Fusion with Complete Scaphoidectomy, and Proximal Row Carpectomy
Augustine Saiz, Connor Delman, Max Haffner, Sean McNary, Robert Szabo, Christopher Bayne, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2020, 3/2020
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids Stimulate Myoblasts to Increase Osteoblast Activity
Augustine Saiz, Marissa Gionet-Gonzales, Mark Lee, Kent Leach, ORS Annual Meeting 2019, 2/2020
CD44 and ALDH1 Predict Oncologic Outcomes in Osteosarcoma
Augustine Saiz, Tammy Luan, Max Haffner, Marcio Malogolowkin, Elysia Alvarez, Lor Randall, Steve Thorpe, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting 2019, 10/2019
Pre-Operative CT Can Predict Post-Operative Shortening of Extra-Capsular Hip Fractures
Garin Hecht, Augustine Saiz, Trevor Shelton, Parker Goodell, Philip Wolinsky, AAOS Annual Meeting 2019, 3/2019
“Helical Cervical Spine CT is Sufficient to Exclude Cervical Spine Injury in Obtunded Adult Blunt Trauma Patients”
Saiz A, Martin C, Rishia L, Anderson P, Resnick D, Faucher L, American Medical Association National Conference, Honolulu, HI, 11/1/2012
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Lectures

Preclinical Models of Polytrauma
OTA Basic Science Focus Forum - 10/12/2022
OTA Fracture Night in America - Pelvis & Acetabulum
11/2/2022
John Border Memorial Fellowship
AO North America Trauma Fellows Forum - 6/4/2022
Surgeon & the Machine: Deep Learning to Optimize Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
UC Davis Orthopaedic Department Grand Rounds
UC Davis Health Equity Academy, Speaker Series
6/2021
Unexpected Return to the OR in Orthopaedic Trauma Fracture Surgery
UC Davis Orthopaedic Department Graduate Research Symposium - 5/2021
Muscle Secretome Augments Bone Healing and Regeneration
ORS ISFR Young Investigator 2021 3-Minute Thesis - 4/2021
“#GrowthMindset
UC Davis Orthopaedic Department Residency Interview Day Grand Rounds - 1/2021
UC Davis Orthopaedic Research Seminar: Mesenchymal Stem Cell Spheroids Augment Myoblast Secretome to Enhance Bone Healing
UC Davis Medical Center - 4/2018
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Grant Support

Understanding the Mechanical Environment of Fracture Healing in the HumanAO Trauma North America2021–2023
Biomechanical Analysis of a Modified Triangular Osteosynthesis Technique for Treatment of Spinopelvic DissociationAO North America2020–2021
Engineered Approaches for Muscle Repair to Promote Concurrent Bone RegenerationOrthopaedic Trauma Association2018–2019

Committees

Member, OTA Research Committee 2022 - Present
Member, AO One 2023 Program Committee 2021 - Present
Member, ORS International Section of Fracture Repair 2020 - Present
Member, UC Davis Medical School Admissions Committee 2020 - Present
Member, OTA Disaster Management Preparedness Committee 2020 - 2022
Delegate, UC Davis Resident Medical Staff Committee 2017 - 2018
Member, AAOS Health Policy Committee 2015 - 2021
Member, UWSMPH Curriculum Committee 2012 - 2013
UWSMPH Representative, UW Associated Students of Madison 2012 - 2013
University of Wisconsin Chapter President, Student National Medical Association 2012 - 2013
Representative, UWSMPH Medical Student Association 2011 - 2015

Research History

Reviewer, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research2021 - Present
Reviewer, The Bone & Joint Journal2020 - Present
Reviewer, Journal of Orthopaedic Research2020 - Present
Public Health Research AssistantConducted prospective study through WI Institute of Population Health Science using Survey of the Health of Wisconsin to examine the relationship between food security status and cardiovascular health.2015 - 2015
Research AssistantConducted retrospective study examining cervical spine clearance in adult obtunded blunt trauma patients.2011 - 2012
Undergraduate Research AssistantResearched various topics including “Discovering the Role of Phospholipid Transfer Protein on the Plasma Distribution of Amphotericin B Following the Incubation of Different Amphotericin B Formulations”; “Purification of Alkaline Phosphatase (APase) from Escherichia coli CW-3747”2008 - 2010