RivkaChinyereIhejirikaMD(She/Her)

Orthopaedic Surgery • Santa Barbara, CA

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Physician

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Office
500 Pueblo
Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Education & Training

Harvard MGH/BWH Spine FellowshipOrthopedic Spine Fellowship, 2022 - 2023
NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Orthopedic HospitalResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2016 - 2022
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 2016

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
CA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2018 - 2025

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Approaching total hip arthroplasty after Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: A case series and literature review.
Yixuan Tong, Rivka Ihejirika-Lomedico, Parthiv Rathod, Ajit Deshmukh
Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2024-06-01
2 citations
Effects of Intraoperative Local Pain Cocktail Injections on Early Function and Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Rivka Ihejirika-Lomedico, Sara Solasz, Nathan Lorentz, Kenneth A Egol, Philipp Leucht
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2023-09-01
Long-term Morbidity in Patients After Surgical Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity: Results From a Cohort With Minimum 5-year Follow-up.
Bailey Imbo, Tyler Williamson, Rachel Joujon-Roche, Oscar Krol, Peter Tretiakov
Spine. 2023-08-01