RESEARCH SUPPORT:

Roye DP under Dr. C. Andrew L. Bassett . The effect of electromagnetic radiation on bone healing in a rat model. at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, September 1974 - April 1975.

Roye DP. Computerized review of social and medical factors in 200 patients with myelomeningocele. Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 1979-1980.

Roye DP Jr. Forstenzer F. The Forstenzer-Roye questionnaire for assessment of adolescent girls with scoliosis: A clinical study for medical and psychological evaluation of adolescents being treated for scoliosis.

Farcy JP. Roye DP Jr. Zimmerman M. Musso E. Measurement and data acquisition on spine derotation.1986 - 1989

Dick HM. Mow VC. Roye DP Jr. Radcliffe A. Phillips DP. Goldstein SA. Saed-Nejad F. Chorney GS. Limb length discrepancies in pediatric orthopaedics: A biomechanical and biochemical in vitro study. Supported by a grant from the St. Giles Foundation. Research performed New York Orthopaedic Hospital Research Laboratory, Columbia University.

Chorney GS. Kadva M. Cochran GV. Roye DP Jr. Gage J. Qualitative clinical gait analysis: Pattern recognition.

Roye DP Jr. McGinley B. Brittis D. Distraction arthroplasty and trochanteric arthroplasty salvage procedures of the hip. (Clinical research)

Roye DP Jr. Farcy JP. Rickert JB. Jamrich E. Montgomery M. Results of correction of lumbar scoliosis, 1991.

Roye DP Jr. Verdisco L. Rothstein P. Rickert JB. Use of erythropoietin in augmenting red cell mass in preparation for scoliosis surgery. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, IRB# 5485. Supported by a grant from the Pediatric Orthopedic Research Fund, 1993.

Roye DP Jr. Farcy JP. Rawlins BA. Cochran GV. Behavior of a bovine functional unit to synthesize ligament reconstruction under external loading. Supported by a grant from the St. Giles Foundation. Research performed at the Orthopaedic research laboratory at the Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, NY.1995.

Roye DP Jr. Vitale MG. Gelijns AC. Moscowitz AM. Dick HM. Determination of the Responsiveness and Validity of Health Status measures and Quality of Life Measures for Children as Applied to Trauma, Musculoskeletal Deformity and Tumors. $150,000 grant over a three year period. Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Grant In Prospective Clinical Studies 1998.

Roye DP. Vitale MG. Use of Preoperative Erythropoietin in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Scoliosis Surgery. Ortho BioTech Award ($30,000). Roye DP. Vitale MG. A Decision Analytic Model Predicting Cost Effectiveness and Long Term Outcomes of Preoperative Erythropoietin. Ortho BioTech Research Award ($30,000).

Roye DP. Vitale MG. Supporting a Phase I Study of Dose Regimens in Patients with Neurogenic Scoliosis and Development of a Statistical Model Predicting Transfusion Rates in Pediatric Scoliosis. Ortho BioTech Award ($65,000).

Current Projects:

Assessing Quality of Life in Pediatric Orthopaedics.
Roye DP. Vitale MG. Roye BD. Johnson MG. Verdisco L. In Progress.

A Risk Adjusted Model for Predicting Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery. A Review of 400 Patients. Vitale MG. Moskowitz AJ. Gelijns AC. Roye DP In Progress.

Use of rhEPO in Patients With Neurogenic Scoliosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Vitale MG. Levy DE. Moscowitz AJ. Gelijns AC. Roye DP. In Progress.

Perspectives on Pediatric Outcomes : A Comparison of Physician’s, Parent’s and Pediatric Patients’ Rating of Outcomes Following Orthopaedic Intervention. Choe J. Vitale MG. Spellman M. Roye DP. In Progress.

Current Approaches to Blood Management in Scoliosis Surgery Vitale MG. Cunningham ME. Ruchelsman D. Roye DP. In Progress.

Perioperative Use of Toradol in Adolescent Spine Surgery : An Examination of Complications and Fusion Rates Vitale MG. Bauer B. Choi J. Roye DP. In Progress.