Ryan P. Finnan, MD
Specialties
- Orthopaedic Trauma & Fracture Care
Dr. Ryan P. Finnan is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in orthopaedic trauma & fracture care and foot & ankle trauma surgery. His interests include difficult and problem fractures, nonunions, malunions, orthopaedic infections, deformity correction and foot & ankle surgical reconstruction. Dr. Finnan is also a former U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who was assigned to The 455th Expeditionary Medical Group (EMDG), which provided combat medical & combat medical support services to U.S. and coalition forces throughout Afghanistan.
Education & Training
- Medical Degree – Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
- Residency – Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
- Fellowship – University of Cincinnati Academic Medical Center, Orthopaedic Traumatology
- Board Certified – American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Certifications & Licensure
- KY Medical License
- OH Medical License
- IN Medical License
Professional Affiliations
- Fellow of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Orthopaedic Trauma Association
- Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Ohio Orthopaedic Society
Hospital Affiliations
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare
- The Christ Hospital
- Mercy Health – The Jewish Hospital
- TriHealth – Bethesda North Hospital
- Orthopaedic Surgery Center
Awards & Recognitions
- Air Force Commendation Medal: Served as Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital at the Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan as part of "Operation Enduring Freedom," 2014
- Cincinnati Magazine: Named "Top Doctor" 2019 - 2024
- Widely published and actively engaged in multiple research projects
Publications
- Use of intramedullary K-wire to enhance fibular graft placement in 4-level thoracolumbar corpectomy for Pott disease: Case report and review of literature
- Do surrogates of injury severity influence the occurrence of heterotopic ossification in fractures of the acetabulum?
- Intrapelvic reduction and screw stabilization of dome impaction of the acetabulum: a technical trick
- Thromboembolic disease in pelvic and acetabular fractures
- Partial-thickness rotator cuff tears
- Use of the Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator for bone graft harvest: a mechanical comparison of three starting points in cadaveric femurs
- Chronic elbow dislocation treated with open reduction and lateral ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction
- Tetracycline labeling as a measure of humeral head viability after three- or four-part proximal humerus fractures
- Eight-year follow-up of total knee arthroplasty in a patient with an ipsilateral below-knee amputation
- Bladder incarceration following anterior external fixation of a traumatic pubic symphysis diastasis treated with immediate open reduction and internal fixation
- An alternative direction for proximal locking in retrograde femoral nails
- Health related quality of life in patients with supination-external rotation stage IV ankle fractures
Research
- Tranexamic acid use in isolated acetabular fractures and its effect on transfusion requirements: a prospective, randomized double-blinded pilot study
- Negative pressure therapy dressing versus standard dressings for closed calcaneus fractures: a prospective randomized study of wound complications
- Suprapatellar versus trans-patellar entry portal for tibial shaft fractures: a prospective randomized study
