Victor Prisk M.D Foot & Ankle Surgeon University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC Pittsburgh PA

Victor R. Prisk, M.D.

Education

8/2007 to 7/2008
The Hospital for Special Surgery
Fellow, Foot and Ankle Surgery

7/2006 to 7/2007
University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical Instructor and Supervising Chief
Attending Surgeon, VA Pittsburgh Medical Center

7/2001 to 7/2006
University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Resident and Research Fellow

8/1997 to 5/2001
University of Illinois College of Medicine
M.D. Graduate with Honors

8/1996 to 8/1997
Michigan State University
Masters Program in Human Physiology

1/1993 to 8/1996
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
B.S. Honors Zoology with emphasis in Physiology and Biochemistry

6/1992 to 1/1993
United States Air Force Academy

Honors & Recognition

Residency

AOSSM Aircast Award for Basic Science 2003"The Efffect of Relaxin Treatment in Skeletal Muscle Injury"
Key Note Speaker, Bioscience Frontiers QUT Brisbane, Australia 2002 "Stem Cell Therapies for the Musculoskeletal System"
Ferguson Grant from the Pittsburgh Foundation
Muscletech Athlete Sponsorship, Iovate Health Sciences
NPC Welterweight National Champion

Medical School

Association for Academic Surgery Student Research Award 2001 "Effect of Chronic Peritoneal Sepsis on Mortality in Female Rats"
Otto Saphir Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Pathology
Alpha Omega Alpha, Junior Year Inductee
Avery Brundage Memorial Scholarship for Student Athletes
M1 Year Class President

Pre-Medicine

NCAA All-American Gymnastics, 2nd Place Still Rings 1997
1st Place National Ranking NCAA Still Rings 1997
NCAA Academic All-American 1994, 1997
NCAA National Championship Finalist Still Rings 1994
Athletic Scholarship for Gymnastics Michigan State U. 1996-1997
Athletic Scholarship for Gymnastics Iowa State U. 1993-1996
Highest Student Athlete GPA Award, Iowa State U. 1994
NBC's Hansen's Hero, 1994
Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Lambda Delta, and Phi Eta Sigma
Golden Key National Honors Society
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Finalist
Congressional Appointment to the United States Air Force Academy

Publications

Prisk VR, Hamilton WH. First rib stress fractures in Male Dancers. Am J Sports Med (in press 2008)
Prisk VR, O'Loughlin PF, Kennedy JG. Forefoot injuries in dancers. Clin Sports Med. 2008 Apr;27(2):305-20.
Prisk VR, Wukich D. Ankle fractures in diabetics. Foot Ankle Clin. 2006 Dec;11(4):849-63
Prisk V, Shen W (co-first author), Li Y, Foster W, Huard J. Inhibited Skeletal Muscle Healing in Cyclooxygenase-2 Gene-Deficient Mice: The Role of PGE2 and PGF2a.J Appl Physiol. 2006 Oct;101(4):1215-21.
Prisk V, Huard J. Chapter 34: Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering. Scaffolding in Tissue Engineering. Yale Press (in press 2005)
Li Y, Foster W, Deasy BM, Chan Y, Prisk V, Tang Y, Cummins J, Huard J. Transforming growth factor-beta1 induces the differentiation of myogenic cells into fibrotic cells in injured skeletal muscle: a key event in muscle fibrogenesis. Am J Pathol. 2004 Mar;164(3):1007-19.
Prisk V, Huard J. Muscle injuries and repair: the role of prostaglandins and inflammation. Histol Histopathol. 2003 Oct;18(4):1243-56.
Lu Z, Dantzer W, Hopmans E, Prisk V, Cunnick J, Murphy P, & Hendrich S. Reaction with fructose detoxifies fumonisin B1 while stimulating liver-associated natural killer cell activity in rats. J Agric Food Chem. 1997, 45: 803-809

Abstracts & Presentations

Shen W, Prisk V, Li Y, Foster W, Cummins J, Fu F, Huard J, Inhibited Skeletal Muscle Healing in Cyclooxygenase-2-Deficient Mice: The Roles of PGE2 and PGF2? in Muscle Cell Differentiation. AOSSM Annual Meeting Keystone, CO USA July 2005 (Poster and Podium)
Prisk V, Foster W, Li Y, Huard J. The Effects of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition and Gene Deficiency on Skeletal Muscle Healing. ACSM Eastern Regional Meeting East Stroudsburg, PA USA 2004 (podium)
Prisk V, Foster W, Li Y, Cummins J, Huard J. The Effects of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition on Skeletal Muscle In Vivo and In Vitro. POJ Pittsburgh, PA 2004
Prisk V, Peng H, Usas A, Huard J. The Effects of Cyclooxygenase-2 Gene Deficiency on Heterotopic Bone Formation. POJ Pittsburgh, PA 2004
Prisk V, Peng H, Usas A, Cooper GM, Huard J. The Effects of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition on Heterotopic Bone Formation. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting; San Francisco, CA USA March 2004 (Poster)
Prisk V, Foster W, Li Y, Huard J. The Effects of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition on Skeletal Muscle Healing. Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting; San Francisco, CA USA March 2004 (Poster)
Negishi S, Li Y, Foster W, Cummins J, Kuroda R, Prisk V, Huard J. The Effect of Relaxin Treament in Skeletal Muscle Injuries. AOSSM Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA USA July 2003 (Aircast Award for Basic Science)
Prisk V, Bosmann H, Choudary G, Sharma A, Law W, Ferguson J. Effect of Chronic Peritoneal Sepsis on Mortality in Female Rats. Shock 1999 (Suppl to Vol 11); 33 (Assoc. for Academic Surgery Student Research Award)
Wall P, Prisk V, Miller K, Paulsen S, Chendrasekhar A, Moorman D, Timberlake G. Overnight Fasting Increases Baseline Neutrophil CD18 Expression in Rats. Society Of Critical Care Medicine; 27Th Educational And Scientific Symposium; San Antonio, Texas, USA February 1998
Prisk V, Wall P, Moorman D, Clapper J, Paradise N, Timberlake G. Neutrophil CD-18 Expression after Hemorrhagic Shock and Resuscitation. Society Of Critical Care Medicine; 26Th Educational And Scientific Symposium; San Diego, CA, USA February 1997

Grand Rounds UPMC Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery:

ACL Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature Athlete. June 2004
Tibial Pilon Fractures: Current Concepts 2004. September 2004
Ulnar-Sided Wrist Pain: Diagnosis and Management. March 2005

Previous Research Projects:

Development of a Bloodless Glucose Monitor for Diabetic Patients. Bayer Corporation/MSU 1996-1997
The Effects of Oral Creatine Phosphate Supplementation on Maximal Exercise Performance. Advisor: Douglas King, PhD. ISU 1995-1996

Activities and Interests

Columnist Muscular Development Magazine, "Ask the Doc"
Team Physician, Pitt Women's Gymnastics
UPMC Orthopaedics Arthritis Foundation Mini-Grand Prix Racing Team
Team Muscletech Sponsored Athlete and Physician Representative
Volunteer Physician, Pittsburgh UPMC Marathon
Physique Model, Ironman Magazine
International Society of Sports Nutrition
1st place Welterweight NPC Junior Nationals 2007
1st place Middleweight NPC Pittsburgh Bodybuilding Championships 2006, 2007
2nd place Welterweight IFBB North American Championships 2006
3rd place Welterweight NPC Junior Nationals 2005