Education

Undergraduate - The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia Neuroscience 08/2004 - 05/2008

Bachelor of Science, 05/2008

Graduate- Georgetown University School of Medicine, District of Columbia Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies

07/2008-06/2009

Certificate, 05/2009

Graduate- Georgetown University School of Medicine, District of Columbia 08/2009-05/2014

Medical Doctor

Post Graduate Education and Training

 Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program 3800 Reservoir Road Washington, DC 20007

Orthopaedic Surgery Resident 06/2014 – 06/2019

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Department of Orthopedic Surgery- Division of Sports Medicine 5555 Transportation Blvd Garfield Hts, OH 44125

Fellowship in Sports Medicine 07/2019-07/2020

 Professional Society Memberships

Student National Medical Association, American Medical Association American

Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons- Resident Member

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine- Candidate Member (fellow)

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts

Pelton MA, Curley A, Postma WF. (2017)- Posterior Cruciate Ligament: Injury, Diagnosis, and Management. Ann Sports Med Res 4(4): 11

Badlani N, Foran JR, Phillips FM, Pelton M, Singh K, Garfin SR, Allen RT. Patient perceptions of physician reimbursement for spine surgery.. Spine. 2013 Jul; 38(15): 1288-1293. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 23532118. Publication Status: Published.

Fineberg SJ, Oglesby M, Patel AA, Pelton MA, Singh K. The incidence and mortality of thromboembolic events in lumbar spine surgery.Spine. 2013 Jun; 38(13): 1154-1159. Publication Status: Published.

Fineberg SJ, Oglesby M, Patel AA, Pelton MA, Singh K. Outcomes of cervical spine surgery in teaching and non-teaching hospitals.. Spine. 2013 Jun; 38(13): 1089-96. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 23446765. Publication Status: Published.

Fineberg SJ, Oglesby M, Pelton MA, Singh K. Graft Choices in Anterior Cervical Fusion. Contemporary Spine Surgery. 2012 Dec; 13(12): 1-8. Publication Status: Published.

Khan SN, Cha T, Hoskins JA, Pelton M, Singh K. Minimally invasive thoracolumbar corpectomy and reconstruction.. Orthopedics. 2012 Oct; 35(1): e74-79. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 22229618. Publication Status: Published.

Oglesby M, Finberg SJ, Patel AA, Pelton MA, Singh K. Epidemiological Trends in Cervical Spine Surgery for Degenerative Disease Between 2002-2009. Spine. 2013 Jun; 38(14): 1226-1232. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 23403550. Publication Status: Published.

Oglesby M, Fineberg SJ, Patel AA, Pelton MA, Singh K.. The Incidence and Mortality of Thromboembolic Events in Cervical Spine Surgery. Spine. 2013 Apr; 38(9): E521-E527. Publication Status: Published.

Pelton MA, Phillips FM, Singh K.. A comparison of perioperative costs and outcomes in patients with and without workers' compensation claims treated with minimally invasive or open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.. Spine. 2012 Oct; 37(22):

1914-1919. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 22487713. Publication Status: Published.

Pelton MA, Schwartz J, Singh K.. Subaxial cervical and cervicothoracic fixation techniques--indications, techniques, and outcomes.. Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 2012 Jan; 43(1): 19-28. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 22082626. Publication Status: Published.

Siemionow K, Pelton MA, Hoskins JA, Singh K.. Predictive factors of hospital stay in patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and instrumentation.. Spine. 2012 Nov; 37(24): 2046-2054. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 22576071. Publication Status: Published.

Singh K, Phillips FM, Park DK, Pelton MA, An HS, Goldberg EJ. Factors affecting reoperations after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion within and outside of a Federal Drug Administration investigational device exemption cervical disc replacement trial. The Spine

Journal. 2012 May; 12(5): 372. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 22425784. Publication Status: Published.

Peer Reviewed Book Chapter

Pelton MA, Chang E. (2018) Chapter 3: Epidemiologic Trends in Female ACL Injuries. In R West. B Bryant. (Ed.) ACL Injuries in Female Athletes. Elsevier Publishers.

Pelton MA, Dean D, McGuigan FX. (2018) Ch. 13. Peroneal Tendons: Peroneus Longus and Brevis. K Onishi. M Fredericson, J Dragoo. Tendinopathy: From Basic Science To Clinical Management. Springer Publishers.

Fineberg, S.J., Oglesby M., Pelton MA., Singh K.. (2013). Chapter 18. Biomechanics of Interbody Fusion. In AR Vaccaro. AD Sharan (Ed.),Basic Science of Spinal Disease (pp. 1-7). New Dehli: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.

Pelton MA, Fineberg, S., Oglesby, M., Singh, K.. (2013). Chapter 16:Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. In Phillips, Lieberman & Polly (Ed.), Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Surgical Techniques & Disease Management (pp. 1-20).

Florrisant, MO: Springer Science.

Pelton, MA. Singh, K.. (2013). Chapter 31: Clinical Results and Complications of Interspinous Process Spacers. In D.H. Kim, D.K. Sengupta, F. Cammisa, R.G. Fessler,

D.H. Yoon (Ed.), Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine: Second Edition (pp. 1-24). New York: Thieme.