Dr. Richard D Mcevoy M.D.
Orthopedist
3831 Piper St Suite S-220 Anchorage AK, 99508About
Dr. Richard Mcevoy is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Anchorage, AK. Dr. Mcevoy specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Mcevoy 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 Minnesota Medical School 1976
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ventilatory decline after hypoxia and hypercapnia is not different between healthy young men and women.
- Sustained isocapnic hypoxia suppresses the perception of the magnitude of inspiratory resistive loads.
- Genioglossus muscle activity at rest and in response to brief hypoxia in healthy men and women.
- Acute cardiovascular responses to arousal from non-REM sleep during normoxia and hypoxia.
- Long-term facilitation of ventilation is not present during wakefulness in healthy men or women.
- Primary alveolar hypoventilation and response to the respiratory stimulant almitrine.
- Sleep and sleep disorders: an overview.
- Does sleep deprivation worsen mild obstructive sleep apnea?
- Blunted sensation of dyspnoea and near fatal asthma.
- A functional autoantibody in narcolepsy.
- Use of heated humidification during nasal CPAP titration in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
- Hypoxia episodes during sleep in high tetraplegia.
- Sleep-disordered breathing in Prader-Willi syndrome and its association with neurobehavioral abnormalities.
Treatments
- Torn Meniscus
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
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