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Thomas K. Bills, M.D.


BOARD CERTIFICATION
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Recertified July, 1996

BUSINESS ADDRESS:

Mercer-Bucks Orthopaedics, P.C.

  • 3120 Princeton Pike
    Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
    609-896-0444
     
  • 2501 Kuser Road
    Hamilton, NJ 08690
    609.587.4777
     
  • 103 Floral Vale Blvd.
    Yardley, Pa 19047
    215.860.4274

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS:

Capital Health Systems @ Mercer & Fuld Campuses
446 Bellevue Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08618
Active Staff – June 1986 - Present

RWJ University Hospital @ Hamilton
One Hamilton Health Place
Hamilton, NJ 08690
Active Staff – March 1986 - Present

St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne-Newtown Road
Langhorne, PA 19047
Associate Staff - January 1984 - Present

Lawrence Rehabilitation Center
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648
Active Attending Staff – February 1988 - Present

The Hospital for Special Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Research
Cornell Medical School
New York, New York
Research Staff, Visiting Scientist

Metabolic Bone Disease Service and Osteoporosis Center
The Hospital for Special Surgery
Cornell Medical School
New York, New York
Consulting Staff Physician

FELLOWSHIP:

Orthopedic Research and Metabolic Bone Disease Fellow

The Hospital of Special Surgery and New York Hospital

Cornell Medical School, New York, New York              
July 1, 1985  to  June 30, 1986

RESIDENCY TRAINING:

Orthopaedic Surgery
UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, New Jersey
July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1985

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 1, 1983 to June 30, 1983

Bone Tumor Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
March 1, 1984 to April 30, 1984

INTERNSHIP:

General Surgery
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, New Jersey
July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1981

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Degree: M.D., June 1980

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION:

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Degree: Ph.D. (Pharmacology), June 1977

UNDERGRADUATE:

Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Degree: B.S. (Biology), June 1972

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Toxicologist / Poison Information
Office of the Medical Examiner
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 1972 to November 1972

Research Assistant
Cardeza Foundation
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 1972 to August 1973

Mercer Orthopaedic Associates
123 Franklin Corner Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
July, 1986 to March, 1994

Mercer-Bucks Orthopaedics,P.C.
3120 Princeton Pike
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
April, 1994 to Present

LICENSURE:

Certified by National Board of Medical Examiners
State of New Jersey 4/1982
State of Pennsylvania 3/1988

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. Recertified July, 1996

HONORS AND AWARDS:

College:

Dean’s List –Spring 1971;  Fall and Spring 1972

Graduate School:

Cardeza Foundation Fellowships
September 1973 to August 1974
September 1974 to August 1975
N.I.H. Fellowship
September 1975 to August 1976
The Charles W. LaBelle Prize awarded as the
Outstanding candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy, June 1977

Medical School:

Who’s Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges, 1977-1978
First Prize, Thomas Jefferson University
Research Day, April 1978.


Post-Graduate

National Research Service Award
The Hospital for Special Surgery July 1985
 

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society of North America
American Medical Association
Medical Society of New Jersey
Mercer County Medical Society
New York Metropolitan Bone Club

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

Graduate School:

  • International Symposium on Prostaglandins in Biological Systems
    Vail, Colorado February, 1976
  • International Symposium on Prostaglandins in Hematology
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania March 1976
  • Gordon Scientific Research Conference
    Hemostasis and Thrombosis Section
    Session Chairman
    Prostaglandins and Platelet Function
    Andover, New Hampshire May, 1976
  • Medical School:
    Visiting Scientist Seminar
    N.I.H. Main Campus
    Bethesda, Maryland April 1977
  • Invited Symposium V
    “Platelets: Intravascular ControlMechanisms”
    At the VIth International Congress onThrombosis and Hemostasis
    Philadelphia,Pennsylvania June 1977

Residency:

Prevention of Thromboemboic Disease in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacment
Annual Meeting of the New Jersey
Orthopedic Society, May 1984

Fellowship:

Invited Speaker
Prostaglandins in Bone Metabolism and Metabolic Bone Disease, Merck Scientific Retreat, Merck Ranch, June 1986

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Bills, T.K., Silver, M.J.: Phosphatidylcholine is the
Primary Source of Arachidonic Acid Utilized by Platelet Prostaglandin Synthetase, Fed. Proc., 1975:34:3228

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Kocsis, J.J., Silver, M.J.: Metabolism of Potential Antithrombitic Agent
(8,11,14-elcosatrienoic acid) by Human Platelets.
Fed.Proc., 1976; 35-2034

Bills, T.K., Smith J.B., Silver, M.J., : Metabolism of 14-C-arachidonic Acid by Human Platelets. Biochim. Biophys.Acta., 1976: 424-303

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.: Platelet Uptake, Release of Oxidation of 14-C-arachidonic Acid. In “Prostaglandins in Hematology”. Spectrum Publications, Inc., New York, New York, 1976

Doctoral Thesis: “The Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid by Human Platelets: elucidation of Mechanisms that Control the Synthesis of Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes”, Department of Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J. : Selective Release of Arachidonic Acid from the Phospholipids of Human Platelets in Response to Thrombin. J. Clln. Invest., 1977: 60:1.

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.: Human Platelet Phospholipase Activities: Formation of Lysophosholipid in Response to Thrombin Fed. Proc., 1977: 36:114

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.: Intracellular Regulation of the Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid in Human Platelets. Throm. Res., 1977; 38:114.

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.: Intracellular Regulation of the Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid in Human Platelets. Throm. Haem. (Stuttg.), 198; 40:219.

Silver, M.J., Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B.: Platelets and Prostaglandins: The Key Rose of Platelet Phospholipase A2 Activity. In “Platelets: A Multidisciplinary Approach: Raven Press,
New York, New York 1978

Lewy, R.I., Bills, T.K., Dalton, J., Smith, J.B. Silver, M.J.: 19-Hydroxyprostaglandin E and Infertility in Human Males. Prostaglandins and Medicine, 1979; 2:367

Holmsen, H., Smith, J.B., Daniel, J.L, Holme, S., Bills, T.K.: Platelet Biochemistry. In “The CRC Handbook Series in Clinical Laboratory Science: Hematology”. CRC Press, Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida, 1979

Bills, T.K., Zawadsky, J.P., Urs, W. S. : Use of Combined Modalities for the Prevention of Thromboembolic Disease in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacement. In preparation

Lane, J.M., Healey, J., Bills, T.K.: Bone Metabolism. In “Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 2”. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Park Ridge, Illinois, 1987.

Bills, T.K., Boskey, A., Lane, J.M., Steiner, D.: Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid in Osteogenesis and Chondrogenesis. In preparation

Robbins, S., Bills, T.K., Lane, J.M. an Healey, J.: Intranasal Calcitonin in the Treatment of Paget’s Disease. In preparation

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