About James B Grimes, MD

Board certification

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1987 Recertified, 1997

Education

Undergraduate
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas BA, Biology 1975
Medical
Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY MD 1979
Residency
Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1979-1984
Fellowship
DePaul Hospital , St. Louis, MO Total Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine 1984-1985

Hospital/academic affiliations

Hospital
  • Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
  • Mercy Healthcare Bakersfield
Surgical Center
  • HealthSouth Physicians Plaza Surgical Center
  • Tehachapi Surgery Center

Society memberships

State Society Memberships
  • State Medical Society
  • State Orthopaedic Society
Specialty Society Memberships
  • American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
  • Orthopaedic Research Society
Additional Society Memberships
  • International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty

Achievements

Recent presentations:

1. Long-term femoral neck densification with prosthetic stems perforating the posterolateral shaft cortex. Grimes, J.B. The 15th Annual Symposium of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, September, 2002, Oxford, England

2. Complex loading of the proximal femur produces predominantly compression strain distribution. Grimes, J.B. and Boozari, H. ISTA, September, 2002, Oxford, England

3. Restoration of proximal femoral strain with a novel trajectory-matched THR prosthesis. Grimes, J.B. ISTA, September, 2002, Oxford, England

other:

Inventor of the Modular Acetabular Reconstruction System (MARS)for more info see www.biomet.com/hips/rev_marsmod.cfm

multiple Patents in the field of hip replacement and reconstruction

Community activities

Bakersfield community activities: 1985-2003

  • Served on Board of Directors of the Arthritis Association of Kern County
  • Served on Steering Committee of Bakersfield Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Houchin Blood Bank donor; member of One Gallon Club
  • Team physician South High School
  • Team physician Stockdale High School
  • Team physician Bakersfield Jammers (CBA pro basketball)

Contact Information

Kern Bone & Joint Specialists, a medical group, inc. 1921 18th Street Bakersfield, CA USA 93301 View map Phone 661.324.2491 Fax 661.324.7943

Other staff in my practice

My assistant, Heidi Mitchell, is an important member of our team. She will be ready to facilitate the scheduling of your procedure and to help coordinate your postoperative care. This may include involving your primary care physician or occasionally hospitalists or intensivists.

My office manager, Rina Fann, will be happy to assist you with any insurance or administrative questions.

My two practice partners, Brian Brenner, M.D. and Michael McCabe, M.D., both have subspecialty fellowship training and are Board Certified. If you are in the hospital on weekends or while I am at a seminar, Dr. Brenner or Dr. McCabe may be following your progress.


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