Joshua A. Urban, MD
A board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Joshua Urban has been a member of NebOrtho since 2004, providing general orthopaedic care, as well as partial and total joint replacement and fracture care. He graduated with distinction from the University of Nebraska Medical Center before completing an internship and orthopaedic residency at the Creighton-Nebraska Universities Health Foundation. He is also fellowship trained in joint reconstruction and replacement at Anderson Orthopaedic Research Institute in Alexandria, Va.
Dr. Urban has written numerous abstracts, articles, presentations and book chapters on a variety of topics related to his specialty. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, the Nebraska Medical Association, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and Engh Society for fellows of the Anderson Orthopaedic Institute.
EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon, Iowa 8-1989 to 5-1993
B.S.S. History and Religion
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska August 1993 to June 30, 1998
M.D.
INTERNSHIP
Creighton University/ University of Nebraska
Health Foundation
Omaha, Nebraska 07/01/1997 to 06/30/1998
RESIDENCY
Orthopaedic Surgery
Creighton University/ University of Nebraska
Health Foundation
Omaha, Nebraska July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2003
FELLOWSHIP
Joint Replacement Fellowship
Anderson Orthopaedic Research Institute
C.A. Engh; G.A. Engh, Jr.; and J.P. McAuley
Alexandria, Virginia August 8, 2003 to July 31, 2004
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
COLLEGE
NCAA Division III – Men’s Varsity Basketball
1989-1993
All-Conference Honorable Mention Men’s Baseball
Mortar Board College Senior National Honor Society
Dean’s Lists
President, Sigma Tau Fraternity 1992-1993
Resident Assistant 1992-1993
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated with Distinction
Paul E. Hodgson Award in Surgery
Proctor and Dissector, Orthopaedic Anatomy
Review Grand Rounds, July 1996
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Nellie Powley Hills and John Willard Hills
Scholarship 1995-1996
Class of 1975 Mary Jo Henn Memorial
Scholarship Fund 1996-1997
Dr. Mary Jo Henn Scholarship 1996-1997
INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY
Proctor and Dissector Orthopaedic Anatomy Review
Grand Rounds July & August 1998
Research year 1998-1999
Resident Representative, Incoming Resident
Interview Committee 2000-2002
Outstanding Researcher Award – Creighton/Nebraska Health Foundation 2003
MEDICAL SOCIETIES
American Medical Association 1993-present
Nebraska Medical Association 1993-present
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society 1996- present
Engh Society 2003-present
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
State of Nebraska 2001-present
State of Virginia 2003-present
BLS/ACLS certified
ABSTRACTS
Urban, J.A. ;Garvin, K.L.; Boese, C.K.; Bryson, L.; and
Miller, R.K.: Ceramic-on-Polyethylene in Cemented Total Hip
Arthroplasty; 17-21 year results. Seventeenth Annual meeting of the
Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Southampton Princess, Bermuda,
April 14-18, 1999.
Urban, J.A.; Garvin, K.L.; Boese, C.K.; Bryson, L.; Pedersen,
D.R.; Callaghan, J.J.; and Miller, R.K. ; Ceramic-on-Polyethylene in
Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty:17-21year results. Proceedings of the
68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA February 28 – March 4, 2001.
Urban, J.A.; Hinrichs, S.; Dong, H.; Hasley, B.P. and Garvin,
K.L.: Skin Bacterial Counts in Patients with a History of an Infected
Total Joint Arthroplasty. Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA February 28 –
March 4, 2001.
Urban, J.A.; Hinrichs, S.; Dong, H.; Hasley, B.P.; and Garvin,
K.L.: Skin Bacterial Counts in Patients with a History of an Infected
Total Joint Arthroplasty. Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Mid-America
Orthopaedic Association, Amelia Island, Florida, April 2001.
Urban, J.A.; Mormino, M.A.; Tarkin, I.; Swanson, S.; Kumagi, S.;
and Knight, R.Q.; Outcomes and Complications Associated with the Long
Gamma Nail. Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic
Association, Tucson, Arizona. April 2002
Urban, J.A.; Lowry, J.; Salsbury, M.; and Garvin, K.L.: Acute
Colonic Pseudo-obstruction (Ogivie Syndrome) after Total Hip and Knee
Arthroplasty. Accepted for Oral Presentation at the Twenty-first Annual
Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Hilton Head, South
Carolina. April 2003.
ARTICLES
Rodgers, J.A.; Garvin, K.L.; Walker, C.W. ; Morford, D.;
Urban, J.A.; and Bedrad, J.: Preoperative Physical Therapy in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. J. Arthroplasty, 13:414- 421, 1998.
Garvin, K.L.; Hinrichs, S.H.; and
Urban, J.A. : Emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Their Treatment in Total Joint Arthroplasty. Clin Orthop.,369:110-123,1999.
Urban, J.A.; and Garvin, K.L.: Infection following Total Hip Arthroplasty. Current Opinion in Orthopedics 12:64-70,2001
Urban, J.A.; Garvin, K.L., Boese, C.K.; Bryson, L.; and Miller,
R.K.: Ceramic-on-Polyethylene in Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty: 17-21
year results. J Bone Joint Surg. ,83-A: 1688-1695, 2001
Urban, J.A. and Garvin, K.L. : Prosthetic Joint Infections.
Current Treatment Options in Bone and Joint Infections. (anticipated
release spring 2003).
Urban, J. A.; Mormino, M.A.; Tarkin, I.; Swanson, S. ; Kumagi, S. ; and
Knight, R.Q.: Outcomes and complications associated with the Long Gamma
Nail. Submitted for publication Winter 2002-2003.
Urban, J.A.; Lowry, J.; Salsbury, M.; and Garvin, K.L. : Acute
colonic pseudo obstruction (Ogivie Syndrome) after Total Hip and Knee
Arthroplasty. Submitted for publication spring 2003.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Garvin, K.L. and
Urban, J.A.:
Emerging Multiresistant
Strains: Recommended Precautions in the Emergency Room and Surgical
Setting. Instructions. Course Lect.409:605-14, 2000.
Urban, J.A. : and Garvin, K.L.: Infected total Hip Arthroplasty.
In Fitzgerald R. Kaufer H. andMalkani, A. eds. Orthopaedics. Mosby:
Philadelphia; 755-768,2002.
Garvin, K.L. and
Urban, J. A. : Retention. In: Callaghan J,
Rosenberg A., Rubash, H., Simonian, P., Wickiewicz, T. eds. The Adult
Knee. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia; 1501-1508, 2003.
Garvin, K.L. and
Urban, J.A.; Total Hip Infections. Musculoskeletal Infections. Edited by J. Calhoun and J. Mader. Marcel-Dekker, New York; 241-292, 2003.
Urban, J.A. ; Total Hip Infections. In: Brown DE, and Neumann RD, eds.
Orthopaedic Secrets. 3rd Edition. Hanley & Belfus: Philadelphia;
(anticipated release Spring 2003).
Urban, J.A. and Neumann, R.D. Septic Arthritis. In Brown DE: and
Neumann RD, eds. Orthopaedic Secrets 3rd Edition. Hanley & Belfus:
Philadelphia; (anticipated release spring 2003).
Urban, J.A. ; and Neumann, R.D. Osteomyelitis. In: Brown, DE, and
Neumann RD, eds. Orthopaedic Secrets. 3rd edition. Hanley & Belfus:
Philadelphia; (anticipated release spring 2003)
PRESENTATIONS
Urban, J.A.;
Garvin, K.L.; Boese, C.K. ; Bryson, L. and
Miller, R. K. : Ceramic-on Polyethylene in Cemented Total Hip
Arthroplasty: 17-21 year results. Oral presentation. Annual meeting of
the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association. Southampton Princess, Bermuda.
April 14-18, 1999.
Urban, J.A. ; Garvin, K.L. ; Boese, C.K.; Bryson, L.; Pedersen,
D.R.; Callaghan, J.J.; and Miller, R.K.: Ceramic-on-Polyethylene in
Cemented Total Hip Arthroplasty: 17-21 year results. Poster
Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons, San Francisco, CA. February 28- March 4, 2001.
Urban, J.A.;
Hinrichs, S. ;Dong, H. ; Hasley, B.P. and
Garvin, K.L.: Skin Bacterial Counts in Patients with a History of an
Infected Total Joint Arthroplasty. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting
of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA.
February 28 – March 4, 2001.
Urban, J.A.;
Hinrichs, S. Dong, H.; Hasley, B.P.; and
Garvin, K.L.: Skin Bacterial Counts in Patients with a History of an
Infected Total Joint Arthroplasty. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of
the Mid America Orthopaedic Association, Amelia Island, Florida. April
2001.
Urban, J.A. ; Mormino, M.A. ; Tarkin, I.; Swanson, S.; Kumagi, S.
and Knight, R.Q. : Outcomes and Complications associated with the Long
Gamma Nail. Oral Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Mid-America
Orthopaedic Association, Tucson, AZ. April 2002.
Urban, J. A.;
Lowry, J.; Salsbury, M.; and
Garvin, K.L. : Acute Colonic Pseudo obstruction
(Ogivie Syndrome) after Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Oral
presentation at the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Mid-America
Orthopaedic Association, Hilton Head, S. Carolina. April 2003.
Urban, J. A.;
Lowry, J.; Salsbury, M.; and Garvin, K.L. :
Acute Colonic Pseudo obstruction (Ogivie Syndrome) after Total Hip and
Knee Arthroplasty. Poster presentation at the Seventyfirst Annual
Meeting of the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, San Francisco, CA.
March 10-14, 2004.
Collier, M.;
Urban, J.A.; Engh, C. Anderson and Engh, GA:
Retrospective Survey of Tibial Polyethylene Insert Shelf Aging in Total
Knee Arthroplasty. Poster Presentation at the Seventy- First Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco,
Ca. March 10-14, 2004.
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
Outdoor recreation (hunting, fishing, hiking, biking), photography, travel, history.