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Office
4954 North Palmer Road
America Building Second floor Room 2157
Bethesda, MD 20889Phone+1 301-400-2964Fax+1 301-319-7081
Summary
- Dr. Elizabeth Polfer, MD is a board certified orthopedic surgeon in Bethesda, Maryland. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Colorado, Montana, and Illinois. She is affiliated with William Beaumont Army Medical Center and El Paso Children's Hospital.
Education & Training
National Capital ConsortiumResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2009 - 2015
UniforMed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2019 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
CO State Medical License 2024 - 2025
MT State Medical License 2023 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2019 - 2025
IL State Medical License 2019 - 2020
PA State Medical License 2013 - 2013- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Surgery of the Hand
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 31 citationsThe development of a rat model to investigate the formation of blast-related post-traumatic heterotopic ossificationElizabeth M. Polfer, D. N. Hope, Eric A. Elster, Ammar T. Qureshi, Thomas A. Davis
The Bone & Joint Journal. 2015-04-01 - 88 citationsDo inflammatory markers portend heterotopic ossification and wound failure in combat woundsJonathan A. Forsberg, Benjamin K. Potter, Elizabeth M. Polfer, Shawn D. Safford, Eric A. Elster
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2014-05-31 - 12 citationsNeurovascular entrapment due to combat-related heterotopic ossification in the lower extremity.Elizabeth M. Polfer, Jonathan A. Forsberg, Mark D. Fleming, Benjamin K. Potter
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2013-12-18
