Dr. Steven O Smith M.D.
Orthopedist
3501 We Knight Dr Fort Smith AR, 72903Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Steven Smith is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Fort Smith, AR. Dr. Smith specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Smith tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine 1994
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance of isotopically labeled rhodopsin.
- Implications of threonine hydrogen bonding in the glycophorin A transmembrane helix dimer.
- Comparison of helix interactions in membrane and soluble alpha-bundle proteins.
- Transmembrane interactions in the activation of the Neu receptor tyrosine kinase.
- Definition of an inhibitory juxtamembrane WW-like domain in the platelet-derived growth factor beta receptor.
- Aromatic residues at the extracellular ends of transmembrane domains 5 and 6 promote ligand activation of the G protein-coupled alpha-factor receptor.
- Role of side-chain conformational entropy in transmembrane helix dimerization of glycophorin A.
- Binding of peptides with basic and aromatic residues to bilayer membranes: phenylalanine in the myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate effector domain penetrates into the hydrophobic core of the bilayer.
- Active and inactive orientations of the transmembrane and cytosolic domains of the erythropoietin receptor dimer.
- NMR spectroscopy of phosphorylated wild-type rhodopsin: mobility of the phosphorylated C-terminus of rhodopsin in the dark and upon light activation.
- Dipolar assisted rotational resonance NMR of tryptophan and tyrosine in rhodopsin.
- Helix packing moments reveal diversity and conservation in membrane protein structure.
- Electrostatic sequestration of PIP2 on phospholipid membranes by basic/aromatic regions of proteins.
- Coupling of retinal isomerization to the activation of rhodopsin.
- Structural requirements of the extracellular to transmembrane domain junction for erythropoietin receptor function.
Treatments
- Torn Meniscus
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Frozen Shoulder
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Abnormal Gait
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