Profile InformationOverviewAssistant ProfessorPhone number: 352-273-7001 Academic Office Phone Number: 352-273-7016 E-mail: deckerc@ortho.ufl.eduPractice Locations: UF Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute3450 Hull RoadGainesville, FL 32607Maps | Directions ORTHOcare3450 Hull RoadGainesville, FL 32607Maps | Directions Division: Spine BackgroundBiography: ROBERT C. DECKER, M.D., earned his medical degree at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York in 2003 before going on to complete his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Emory University and his fellowship in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery at the University of California, San Diego. He came to UF in 2009 to work in the Department of Orthopaedics and is currently the Associate Orthopaedic Residency Director. Education: Medical SchoolMount Sinai School of Medicine of New York UniversityNew York, NY2003 ResidencyEmory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GA2008 FellowshipUniversity of California San Diego School of MedicineLa Jolla, CA2009 Board Certifications: Eligible, passed Step I in July 2008Board Certified: 2012 Research & PublicationsPublications: Published Articles Fishbein TM, Florman S, Gondolesi GE, Decker R. Noncomposite Simultaneous Liver and Intestinal Transplantation. TRANSPLANTATION 2003;75:564-5. Zucker AR, Gondolesi GE, Abbott MA, Decker R, Rosengren SS, Fishbein TM. Liver-Intestine Transplant from a Pediatric Donor with Unrecognized Mitochondrial Succinate Cytochrome C Reductase Deficiency. TRANSPLANTATION 2005;79:356-8. Decker R, Foley J, Moore T. Perioperative Management of the Patient with Cardiac Disease. JAAOS 2010; 18: 267 and ndash; 77. Allen RT, Decker R, Hong JT, Sasso R. "Complications of Occipitocervical Fixation." Seminats in Spine Surgery, Submitted. Chapters Decker R, Spero K. Muscle Transfers for the Treatment of the Irreparable Massive Rotator Cuff Tear. Frankle M (ed) THE ROTATOR CUFF DEFICIENT SHOULDER, Thieme, 2008. Decker R, Oswald T, D'Andrea L. Stapling Techniques for Deformity. Bridwell K (ed) THE TEXTBOOK OF OPERATIVE SPINE SURGERY, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Submitted. Decker R, Garfin SR. Halo Related Complications. Benzel EC (ed) THE CERVICAL SPINE, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Submitted.
