Dr. James C Cobey MD
Orthopedist
106 Irving St Nw Suite 420s Washington DC, 20010About
Dr. James Cobey is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Cobey specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Cobey 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1969
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The land mine epidemic.
- Volunteer opportunities for orthopaedists in the developing world.
- Antipersonnel land mines: a vector for human suffering.
- Physicians and surgeons volunteering in developing countries: a personal perspective.
- Indicators of recovery from fractures of the hip.
- The surgeon shortage: constructive participation during health reform.
- The cost-effectiveness of orthopaedic clinical officers in Malawi.
- Letter to the Editor: An Important Use of a National Joint Registry.
- Treatment of undisplaced toe fractures with metatarsal bar made from tongue blades.
- Chronic leg ulcers.
- Marine training.
- Anthropometry in action. II. An evaluation of a local calendar used in determining ages of children in a Nigerian village.
- How to make KCl solutions tasty.
- A true prehallux. (The first to be described in the literature).
- Standardizing methods of measurement of foot shape by including the effects of subtalar rotation.
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