Martin C. Tynan, M.D.
Clinical Professor

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Email: mctynan@uci.edu

Dr. Tynan's CV

Clinical Specialty:
Dr. Tynan specializes in skeletal trauma, non-unions, mal-unions, and periprosthetic fractures.

Clinical Interests:
Dr. Tynan has a special interest in the physiologic effects of residual bone deformity and joint injury. He is currently researching the effects of marginal impaction in acetabular fractures.

Research Interests:
Dr. Tynan has a special interest in the treatment of orthopaedic disorders of the growing skeleton. Within this field his more specialized interests lie in the contributions of orthopaedic surgery to the long-term management of the myelodysplastic, brain injuries and neuromuscular disorder patients. He is currently working on a research project correlating muscle stretch with p02 at the orthopaedic research lab and is preparing a paper on femoral fractures in children treated with external fixators.

Background:
Dr. Tynan received his medical degree from Trinity College, Dublin. Dr. Tynan completed orthopaedic training at the University of Liverpool. Dr. Tynan has completed fellowships at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center and UCI Medical Center in pediatric orthopaedics and rehabilitation. At Case Western Reserve University, University Hospital in general pediatric orthopaedics and trauma and at Washington University in St. Louis Barnes Jewish Hospital in adult orthopaedic trauma.

Dr. Tynan is a U.S. army veteran and has been deployed to Heidelberg, Germany, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Texas and Evans Army Medical Center, Colorado.

Medical Degree:
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Residency:
General Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons

Fellowship:
Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey and UCI Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University
University Hospital of Cleveland
Washington University St. Louis, Barnes Jewish Hospital

Board Certifications:
FRCSI
FRCSEd (Ortho)

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1640 Newport Blvd., Suite 230
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949-515-5210

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Dr. Nitin Bhatia and Dr. Thay Lee were presented with the prestigious "Harold and Nancy Willingham Award for Outstanding Research Paper" at the meeting of the Western Orthopaedic Association this year. Drs. Bhatia and Lee presented their paper, entitled "Biomechanical Evaluation of Short-Segment Posterior Instrumentation with Crosslinks In An Unstable Human Burst Fracture Model".

The WOA, with more than 1,700 members, held it's 73rd annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Bhatia, an orthopaedic surgeon and Dr. Lee, a Ph.D Research Career Scientist/Biomedical Engineer, are on staff at University of California at Irvine.