Brian P. Cunningham, MD
TRIA Research and Education Center Investigator

Clinical Profile 

About

Residency

  • Orthopaedic Surgery, Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Fellowship

  • Orthopaedic Trauma, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Medical degree

  • University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Position

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Minneapolis, MN

Membership

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Orthopaedic Trauma Association - Associate member
  • AO Trauma

Affiliation

positions

  • Institute Research Investigator, TRIA Research and Education Center

    • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • Frustrations in providing orthopaedic trauma care: an OTA member survey study. 
    Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 2025
  • Audio distraction for traction pin insertion: a prospective randomized controlled study. 
  • Autograft and allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patients older than 40 years have similar short-term patient-reported outcomes with greater rates of anterior cruciate ligament graft failure in patients who receive allograft. 
  • Can reducing implant costs increase revenue for surgically treated ankle fractures: time-driven activity-based costing for 1-year episode of care. 
    Foot & ankle specialist. 2024
  • Discharge pain medications: do they affect 6-month patient-reported outcomes after operative treatment of CMC arthritis?. 
    Hand (New York, N.Y.). 2024
    • Chapter
  • Telemedicine and smartphones: is there a role for technology in the austere environment. 
    Orthopaedic trauma in the austere environment: a practical guide to humanitarian care. 2016
    • Conference Paper
  • Disproportionate financial losses observed for inpatient hospitalizations in Medicare patients with intertrochanteric hip fractures at an urban, academic, Level 1 trauma center
    2019
    • Conference Poster
  • Can decreasing implant costs increase net reimbursement for surgically treated ankle fractures [poster]?
    2019
  • Cost savings of carpel tunnel release performed in-clinic compared to an ambulatory surgery center: time-driven activity-based-costing [poster]
    2019
  • Does implant selection affect the inpatient cost of care for geriatric intertrochanteric femur fractures [poster]?
    2019
  • Factors associated with emergency or urgent care visits following outpatient orthopaedic trauma surgery [poster]
    2019
  • Orthopaedic implant cost perceptions among surgeons and healthcare administrators [poster]
    2019
    • Review
  • Trend and economic implications of implant selection in the treatment of intertrochanteric hip fractures: a review of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery database from 2007 to 2017 [review]. 
  • Time-driven activity-based costing: a better way to understand the cost of caring for hip fractures [review]. 
  • Physician behavior change: a systematic review [systematic review]. 
  • Value denominator: the fundamentals of costing for orthopaedic surgeons [review]. 
  • Orthopaedic trauma in the developing world: where are the gaps in research and what can be done [review]?. 

    • presentations

    Presentation
  • Better fracture reduction in patients undergoing early definitive fixation for tibial plateau fractures with acute compartment syndrome [presentation], Minnesota Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting
  • Cost reduction for knee spanning external fixation in the staged treatment of tibial plateau fractures: a practical intervention [presentation], Minnesota Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting
  • Cost savings of carpel tunnel release performed in-clinic compared to an ambulatory surgery center: time-driven activity-based-costing [presentation], American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) 73rd Annual Meeting
  • Cost variation in temporizing external fixation of pilon fractures: is there room to improve [presentation]?, Minnesota Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting
  • Disproportionate losses observed in the treatment of medicare patients with intertrochanteric femur fractures [presentation], Minnesota Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting

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