Western Orthopaedics - James C. Holmes, M.D. Curriculum Vitae

Undergraduate Education

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; 1962-1965.

Medical Education

• Louisiana State University Medical Center new Orleans, LA; 1965-1969. M.D. Degree 1969

Internship

• Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX; July 1969 - June 1970 

Residency

• University Hospital Health Sciences Center, Denver CO; July 1970 - June 1974

Fellowships

• Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital: Oswestry, England; July 1 1974 - June 30, 1975
• Boston Children's Hospital - Boston, MA; July 1, 1977 - December 31, 1977.

Miltary Service

• Staff as Major, USMC - Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA; 1975 - 1977.

Current Status

• Private practice 1978 - present. 1830 Franklin Street, Suite 450, Denver, CO 80218.

• P/SL Medical Center, 1719 E. 19th Ave., Denver, CO 80218
• St. Joseph Hospital, 1835 Franklin St. Denver, CO 80218
• Midtown Surgical Center, 1919 E. 18^th Ave., Denver, CO 80218

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 1975.

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
• Arthroscopy Association of North America
• Colorado Medical Society
• Colorado Orthopedic Society
• Denver Medical Society
• Western Orthopaedic Association

• Head Orthopaedist: United States Cycling Federation Jan. 1994-Dec 1996.
• Staff physician: Tour Dupont 1991, 1992 & 1993.
• Staff physician Celestial Seasoning Bike Race, 1992.
• Staff physician: Tour de Trump 1989 & 1990.
• Team orthopaedic surgeon, University of Colorado Athletic Teams, Boulder, CO 1978 - December 1987.

• Buff Club Service Award, 1987.

• Holmes, J.C., Pruitt, A.L., Whalen, N.J.: "Cycling Injuries" (Chapter) The Upper Extremity and the Lower Extremity & Spine in Sports Medicine (Nicholas and Hershman) 2nd ed., Vol. 2, 1559 - 1576, Mosby - Year Book Inc., St. Louis, MO., 1995

• Holmes, J.C., Pruitt, A.L., Whalen, N.J.: "Lower Extremity Overuse in Bicycling" (Chapter) Clinics in Sports Medicine, Vol 13, No 1, January 1994. WB Saunders Company, Phil. PA

• Holmes, J.C., Pruitt, A.L., Whalen, N.J. : Iliotibial Band Syndrome in Cyclists. Am J. Sports Med, Vol 21, No 3, pp 419-424, June 1993

• Holmes, J.C., Whalen, N.J., "Disassembly of the Osteonics Bipolar Ring When Used With a Howmedica Femoral Head: A Report of Four Cases". J. Arthroplasty, Vol 7, No 2, June 1992

• Holmes, J.C., Pruitt, A.L. and Whalen, N.J. : Cycling Knee Injuries. Cycling Science., pp. 11-14, August 1991.

• Holmes, J.C., Pruitt, A.L. and Whalen, N.J. : Knee Pain in the Cyclist. Abstract. American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 5: 547, 1990.

• Holmes, J.C. and Hall, J.E. : Fusion for Instability and Potential Instability of the Cervical Spine in Children and Adolescents. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America, Vol. 9, No. 4: 923-943, October, 1980.

• Hall,J.E. and Holmes, J.C. : Late Management of Congenital Hip Disease. The Hip, Proceedings of the Eighth Open Scientific Meeting of the Hip Society, 1980. Producer: C.V. Mosby, Co., St. Louis, Toronto and London, 1980 : 245-277.

• Holmes, J.C., Skolnick, M.D. and Hall, J.E. : Untreated Median-Nerve Entrapment in Bone after Forty-seven Years. Report of a Case. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 61-A: 309-310, March 1979.

• Holmes, J.C. and Hall, J.E. : Tardy Ulnar Nerve Palsy in Children. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 135: 128-131, September 1978.

Holmes. J.C.: Common Injuries in Cyclists, Knee Pain in Cyclists, Oregon Institute of Sports Medicine. Bend, Oregon, March 1993.

Holmes, J.C.: Iliotibial Band Syndrome in the Cyclist. A.O.S.S.M. Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. July 1991.

Holmes, J.C.: Knee Pain in the Cyclist. A.O.S.S.M. Annual Meeting, Sun Valley, ID. July 1990.

Holmes, J.C., Pruitt, A.L., Whalen, N.J.: Knee Pain in the Cyclist. Presented at the First I.O.C. World Congress on Sport Sciences. October 28 - November 3, 1989.

Kurica, K.; Holmes, J.; Peck, S.; Cox, W.; Brantigan, C.; Wenzel, W,.; and Brown, C.: Hypercoagulability and the Prediction of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Total Hip and Total Knee Surgery. Presented at the 49th Annual Meed??? of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, January 1982.