Dr. Samuel C. Pitts, DO

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WORK EXPERIENCE • Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital Orthopedic Surgery Resident • Carolinas Medical Center Blue Ridge Family Medicine Resident SERVICE EXPERIENCE • Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital Surgical Services Committee • Graduate Medical Education Committee Member • High school football medical coverage • Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Medical Missions in El Salvador • Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Ambassador • Global Health Outreach Medical Missions in Nicaragua CERTIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS • Georgia Medical License • Alabama Medical License • American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedists • American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons • Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support certified • Sigma Sigma Phi Osteopathic Honors Society RESEARCH • Safety of magnesium and ketamine peri-operatively to orthopedic surgery patients, a retrospective review • Pronator Quadratus Compartment Syndrome, a case report • Dermatophagia complicated by neuropathy resulting in soft tissue and bone loss, a case report • Synergistic effect of Magnesium and Ketamine given peri-operatively for postoperative pain • Comparing intra-articular Ketoralac versus corticosteroid in shoulder adhesive capsulitis, a double-blinded randomized controlled trial