Julie A. Switzer, MD
Research Investigator

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About

HealthPartners Medical Group title: Director, Geriatric Trauma Program, Regions Hospital; orthopedic surgeon.

Education and training: MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; residency in orthopaedic surgery, University of Washington; fellowship in Vail in sports medicine and trauma, Vail, Colorado.

Overview/research interests: Dr. Switzer’s clinical and research interests include trauma, geriatric orthopedics and diseases of bone metabolism.

Current research activities and funding:

  • Geriatric Fracture Program Quality Improvement and Assurance
  • Geriatric Mobile Outreach, an intervention in a prospective cohort of patients
  • Development of a Geriatric Fracture Registry
  • Asymptomatic shoulder function in elderly individuals
  • Elder abuse awareness and physician education
  • Morbidity and mortality of geriatric proximal humerus fracture
  • The role of palliative hip fracture surgery and family caregiver satisfaction

Affiliation

positions

  • Research Investigator, Orthopedic trauma
  • Research Investigator, TRIA Research and Education Center
  • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • Functional outcomes after nonoperative management in older adult low-energy stable and unstable ankle fractures: a retrospective review of 158 patients
    Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation. 2024
  • Hip fracture patterns, hospital course, and mortality differ between males and females
    Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation. 2024
  • Iatrogenic open humeral shaft fractures following functional bracing
    Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 2024
  • Exposing the care conundrum of low-energy pelvic ring fractures in older adults: a review of 322 patients
    Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation. 2023
  • A quality improvement project addressing the underreporting of delirium in hip fracture patients
    International journal of orthopaedic and trauma nursing. 2022
  • Chapter
  • Polytrauma in the elderly
    Musculoskeletal trauma in the elderly. 2016
  • Wilderness orthopaedics
    Wilderness medicine. 2012
  • Conference Poster
  • Development of a patient-centered outcome measure for the elderly orthopaedic hip fracture patient [poster]
    2018
  • Development of a patient-centered outcome measure for the elderly orthopaedic hip fracture patient [poster]
    2017
  • Is yoga better than aerobic/strengthening exercises for managing knee osteoarthritis in older adults [poster]?
    2016
  • Three-dimensional gait analysis in a healthy geriatric cohort [e-poster]
    2016
  • Immediate sarmiento bracing for the treatment of humeral shaft fractures [poster]
    2015
  • presentations

    Presentation
  • A comparison of the effect of aging on the presentation and management of acute fractures of the cervical spine [presentation], EuroSpine (Annual Meeting of the Spine Society of Europe)
  • Aging, beauty and the human skeleton [presentation], Women's Health Annual Conference (10th)
  • Autumn and winter of life: falling leaves-broken bones--geriatric trauma [presentation], Trauma Nursing 17th Annual Conference
  • Best practices for managing discharge relationships and emerging technology: mobile outreach programs [presentation], International Geriatric Fracture Society 2017 Annual Meeting
  • Broken bones, osteoporosis and better ways to care for our older patients [presentation], Discovery Showcase: Medicine Reimagined, University of Minnesota
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