Dr. Howard R Epps M.D.
Orthopedist
7401 Main St Houston TX, 77030About
Dr. Howard Epps is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Epps specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Epps 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 1989
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Importance of Kingella kingae as a pediatric pathogen in the United States.
- Mangled extremity severity score in children.
- Compartment syndrome in children and adolescents.
- Immediate single-leg spica cast for pediatric femoral diaphysis fractures.
- Impact of fractures on school attendance.
- Preventable childhood injuries.
- Emergency department on-call status for pediatric orthopaedics: a survey of the POSNA membership.
- Three great living physicians.
- The Howard University Medical Department in the Flexner Era: 1910-1929.
- Pediatric Septic Arthritis.
- Cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 expression in rheumatoid synovial tissues. Effects of interleukin-1 beta, phorbol ester, and corticosteroids.
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