Gerald Bertetta, MA
Instructor of Anatomy
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
E-Mail: gbertetta@westernu.edu
Phone: 909-706-3515 | Join year: July, 2007
Education
MA, Biology, San Francisco State University, 1978
BA, Marine Biology, San Francisco State University, 1974
Teaching Experience
Academic Positions
Director, Gross Anatomy Lab, Instructor of Anatomy, Program in Physical Therapy, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 1995-2007
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Florida International University, Miami, 1978-1990
Instructor of Biology, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida, 1983-1995
Courses
Instructor of Anatomy
Anatomy Lab Coordinator
Director, Neuroscience System
Department of Anatomy
Research Grant
Grants
National Science Foundation, CMS/MSM, Biomechanical model to forensic estimation of time since death, $55,000, July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003.
Ortheon Medical, LLC: Testing And Analysis of the Teno Fix Proprietary Soft Tissue Anchoring Device., $50,000, April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004.
Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems, A new protocol for reduction of fracture/dislocation of the hip. $1500, June 21, 2006.
Awards
Teaching Incentive Program Award (2005): University of Central Florida
Burnett Honors College Award for development of Honors course: Forensic Anatomy and Death Analysis. $1000.
Publication
Oommen, B., Nicholson, D., Conway, T., Ahlqvist, A. and Bertetta, G. (2002), Biomechanics of traumatic brain injury, 21st Southern Biomedical Engineering Conf., Washington, DC , September, pp.
Hopkins, C., Beckett, C., Conway, T. and Bertetta, G. (2002), Mathematical modeling of the anterior longitudinal ligament, 21st Southern Biomedical Engineering Conf., Washington, DC , September, pp.
Conway, T., Ahlqvist, A., Beckett, C., Bertetta, G. and Mazilu, N. (2002), A constitutive model for tissues: mathematical development, 21st Southern Biomedical Engineering Conf., Washington, DC , September, pp.
Conway, T., Ahlqvist, A., Beckett, C., Bertetta, G. and Mazilu, N. (2002), A constitutive model for tissues: experimental validation, 21st Southern Biomedical Engineering Conf., Washington, DC , September, pp.
Conway, T. A., Bertetta, G. and Beckett, C.M. (2002), Constitutive modeling of biological tissues, SECTAM XXI, Orlando, Fl, May, pp. 535-541.
Beckett, C.M., Conway, T.A., and Bertetta, G. (2002), Relating mechanical properties of spinal ligaments to the collagen content, SECTAM XXI, Orlando , Fl., May, pp. 543-547.
Michael F. Duffy, MD, Samar Kalita, PhD, Gerald Bertetta, MA, Mark Munro, MD; Iatrogenic fracture risk in reduction of Pipkin fracture/dislocations of the hip: a case report and biomechanical study. (Paper in preparation)