Walter Sassard, MD

• Golden Bone Excellence in Teaching Award, 2016. Annual resident award given by the Department of Orthopedic Surgery based on nominations from rotating medical students.
• American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Meeting 2016 Resident Scholarship Recipient. Meeting Dates: Sept 28 – Oct 1, 2016.

Publications Presentations

• Sassard WR, Heinig CF, Pitts WR: Posterior atlanto axial dislocation without fracture. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 56-A(3): 625-628, 1974.
• Brodsky AE, Denis MD, Sassard WR: Alveolar soft-part sarcoma. A case report. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 65-A(6): 841-842, 1983.
• Brodsky AE, Khalil MA, Sassard WR, Newman BP: Repair of symptomatic pseudarthrosis of anterior cervical fusion: posterior vs. anterior repair. Spine, 17(10): 1137-1143, 1992.
• Sassard WR, Kaestner GR, Khalil MA, Gray PM, Jr.: Circumferential lumbar spine fusion through a posterior approach. Ortho Transactions, 18(2), 1994.
• Sassard WR, Eidman DK, Gray Jr., PM, Block JE, Russo R, Russell JL, Taboada EM: Augmenting local bone with grafton demineralized bone matrix for posterolateral lumbar spine fusion: avoiding second site autologous bone harvest. Orthopedics, 23(10), October 2000.
• Cammisa, Jr., F.P., Lowery, G., Garfin, S.R., Geisler, F.H., Klara, P.M., McGuire, R.A., Sassard, W.R., Stubbs, H., Block, J.E. Two-Year Fusion Rate Equivalency Between Grafton® DBM Gel and Autograft in Posterolateral Spine Fusion. Spine, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp 660-666, 2004.
• Reitman, C.A., Watters, W.C., Sassard, W.R. The Cell Saver in Adult Lumbar Fusion Surgery. Spine, Vol. 29, No.14, pp1580-1584. 2004.

Presentations

• Sassard WR: The painful shoulder. Presented at Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, Houston Chapter, Houston, Texas, October 5, 1987.
• Sassard, WR: Internal fixation of the lumbar spine with pedicle screws. Presented at National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses Workshop, Houston, Texas, October 19, 1990.
• Sassard WR: Surgical applications of pedicle screw spine instrumentation for fusions. Presented at VSP & ISOLA In-service for St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Orthopaedic Nursing Staff, Houston, Texas, February 15, 1992.
• Kaestner GR, Sassard WR, Brodsky AE, Watters WC III, Khalil MA: Four-year experience with pedicle screw fixation in lumbar spine fusion. Presented at Texas Orthopaedic Association, San Antonio, Texas, May 15, 1992.
• Sassard WR: Circumferential lumbar fusion. Presented at Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, May 29, 1992.
• Brodsky AE, Khalil MA, Sassard WR, Newman BP: Comparison of posterior vs. anterior repair for symptomatic pseudarthrosis of anterior interbody fusions of the cervical spine. Presented at 7th Annual North American Spine Society, Boston, Massachusetts, July 10, 1992.
• Sassard WR: Surgical treatment of disorders of the cervical spine. Presented at concurrent nursing program of 29th Annual St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Orthopaedic Symposium, Houston, Texas, April 22, 1992.
• Sassard WR, Kaestner GR, Khalil MA, Gray, Jr. PM: Circumferential lumbar fusion through a posterior approach. Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Southern Orthopaedic Association, Vienna, Austria, August 12, 1993.
• Sassard WR, Kaestner GR, Khalil MA, Gray, Jr. PM: Circumferential lumbar fusion through a posterior approach. Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Western Orthopaedic Association, Long Beach, California, August 15, 1994.
• Watters WC, Sassard WR, Siff SJ: The cell-saver in complex lumbar spine surgery: a cost-benefit outcomes study. Presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 66th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, February, 4, 1999.
• Sassard WR: Making Sense of Spine Surgery. Presented at National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses Meeting, Houston, Texas, 2010.
• Sassard WR: Head and Neck Trauma. Presented at National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses Meeting, Houston, Texas, 2011.