John Peter Birkedal, MD
- Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
John Peter Birkedal, MD
- Education
- MD, Creighton University School of Medicine, 1996
- Residency
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2001
- Fellowship
- Spine/Spinal Cord Injury, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 2002
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Memberships
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
- North Carolina Spine Society
- Christian Medical and Dental Society
- AO Spine International
- The Herndon Society
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- North American Spine Association
- North Carolina Medical Society
- Positions
- Section Head for Spine, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
- Departments and Affiliations
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Neurosurgery
Research
- Verification of High-Rate Vertical Loading Laboratory Skeletal Fractures by Comparison with Theater Injury Patterns. Danelson KA, Polich JG, Barnes DR, Bullock GS, Scott AT, Halvorson JJ, O'Gara T, Pilson HT, Babcock S, Birkedal J, McAllister B, Loftis KL. Ann Biomed Eng. 2021 Nov; 49(11):3080-3090.
- Epidural Abscess in the Lumbar Spine: A Single Institution's Experience With Nonsurgical and Surgical Management. Berwick BW, Luo TD, Sun KW, Sharp RA, Birkedal JP, O'Gara TJ. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2019; 28(3):224-231.
- Survey of Conventional and Complementary and Alternative Therapy in Patients With Low Back Pain. O'Gara T, Kemper KJ, Birkedal J, Curl W, Miller N, Abadie B. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2016; 25(1):27-33.
- Risk of septic knee following retrograde intramedullary nailing of open and closed femur fractures. Halvorson JJ, Barnett M, Jackson B, Birkedal JP. J Orthop Surg Res. 2012 Feb; 7:7.
- Stabilization of Lisfranc joint injuries: a biomechanical study. Lee CA, Birkedal JP, Dickerson EA, Vieta PA, Webb LX, Teasdall RD. Foot Ankle Int. 2004 May; 25(5):365-70.