Heather Kowalski, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Office
Current Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Associate Residency Program Director
- Vice Chair of Quality and Safety for Orthopedics
- Medical Director of Pediatric Surgical Services
Education
- BS in Exercise and Health Science, Alma College, Alma, Michigan
- MD in Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
- Chief Resident in Orthopedic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
- Fellow in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Licenses & Certifications
- ABOS Part II, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Medical License, Iowa
- ABOS Part I, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- BLS
- ACLS
- Educational Medical License, Ohio
- Educational Medical License, Michigan
Selected Publications
- O'Reilly OC, Wynn MS, Kowalski HR, Staniforth KM. 2023 Dedication of the Iowa Orthopedic Journal: Ericka Lawler, MD. Iowa Orthop J. 2023;43(1):v-vii. PMID: 37383876; PMCID: PMC10296477.
- Kohler J, Metcalf R, Kowalski H. Orthopedic Manifestations of Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy IV in a 10-Year-Old Patient. Iowa Orthop J. 2023;43(1):95-99. PMID: 37383879; PMCID: PMC10296471.
- Holt, J. B., Long, S. A. ., Tatum, M., Thomas, G. W., Anderson, D. D., Karam, M. D., & Kowalski, H. R. (2022). Integrating Simulation for Developing Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Fixation Skills into an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, 4(S1). https://doi.org/10.55275/JPOSNA-2022-0087
- Holt, J. B., Long, S. A., Tatum, M., Thomas, G. W., Anderson, D. A., Karam, M. D., & Kowalski, H. R. (2022). Integrating Simulation for Developing Pediatric Supracondylar Humeral Fracture Reduction and Fixation Skills into an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, 4(S1). https://doi.org/10.55275/JPOSNA-2022-0070
- Wynn M, Caldwell L, Kowalski H, Lawler E. Identifying Barriers: Current Breastfeeding Policy in Orthopedic Surgery Residency. Iowa Orthop J. 2021;41(1):5-9. PMID: 34552396; PMCID: PMC8259184.
- Iehl, C., Auch, E., Vivtcharenko, V., Barbachan Mansur, N. S., Kowalski, H. & De Cesar Netto, C. (2020). Talocalcaneal coalition resection and bone block subtalar joint arthrodesis: a technical tip. Journal of the Foot and Ankle 14 (2) 211-218. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30795/jfootankle.2020.v14.1190.
- Thomas, G. W., Long, S., Tatum, M., Kowalewski, T., Mattioli, D., Marsh, J. L., Kowalski, H. R., Karam, M. D., Bechtold, J. E. & Anderson, D. D. (2020). A Vision for Using Simulation & Virtual Coaching to Improve the Community Practice of Orthopedic Trauma Surgery. The Iowa orthopaedic journal 40 (1) 25-34.
- Shamrock, A. G., Bertsch, M. L., Kowalski, H. R. & Weinstein, S. L. (2019). Ruptured Appendicitis and Retrocecal Abscess Masquerading as Knee Pain in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report. Journal of Emergency Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.03.049.
- Carender, C. N., Akoh, C. C. & Kowalski, H. R. (2018). Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Monoarthritis of the Knee in Children: A Case Report. The Iowa orthopedic journal 38 17-23. PMID: 30104920. PMCID: PMC6047397.
- Harrison, H. R. & Little, K. J. (2015). Operative reconstruction of digital Polydactyly, Including the Duplicated Thumb. In Graham, T. M. (Eds.) Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Hand. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States.