Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
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Dr. Karen Bovid is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. She is Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery. She is employed by Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. She is a graduate Hope College with a BS in Biochemistry (Major) and Math (Minor) in 2003. She earned her MD from the University of Michigan Medical School in 2007. She completed her Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery also from the University of Michigan in 2012. She also completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery from the Children's Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine of Atlanta at Scottish Rite in 2013.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery)
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Education and Training
- Fellowship 2013, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery,
- Residency 2012, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- MD 2007, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- BS 2003, Biochemistry, Hope College
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Research
- Orthopaedic Surgery
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Publications
Sheets K., Overbey J., Ksajikian A., Bovid K., Kenter K., Li Y. The pathophysiology and treatment of musculoskeletal fibrosis Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 2022;123:843-851.
Heffernan M.J., Song B., Bovid K.M., Leonardi C., Fornari E.D. Assessing the impact of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) visiting scholar program Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2021;41:197-201.
Jenkins K.A., South S., Bovid K.M., Kenter K. Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures Can Be Safely Treated by Orthopaedic Surgeons With and Without Pediatric Fellowship Training The Iowa orthopaedic journal. 2021;41:69-75.
Bolliet M.P., Bovid K.M., Bauler L.D. Guided Growth with Hemiplateau Elevation as an Alternative to Epiphysiodesis for Treatment of a Young Patient with Advanced Infantile Blount Disease: A Case Report JBJS Case Connector. 2020;10:1-4.
Albright P., Veenstra J., Habeck J., Bovid K. Lower Extremity Surgical Treatment to Improve Function in a Patient with Gollop-Wolfgang Complex: A Case Report JBJS Case Connector. 2019;9
Bovid K.M., Kohler E.J., Habeck J.M., Gustafson P.A. Utilization of a 3D-printed model for preoperative planning and operative osteotomy of a pediatric cubitus varus deformity JSES Open Access. 2019;3:219-224.
Bovid K.M., Moore M. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis for the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 2019;50:471-488.
Ferman D., Bauler L., Bovid K. Surgical Reconstruction Technique of Two Patients With Tarsal Type Preaxial Polydactyly: Two True Prehalluces Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. 2019;58:814-820.
Lackey-Cornelison W., Bovid K., McKinney V.R. Pedicle Screw Insertion: a Novel Approach to Enhance Anatomic Knowledge and Student Engagement Medical Science Educator. 2019;29:355-356.
Joychan S., Kuchipudi Y., Danielsky P.J., Bovid K.M., Garg D. Case of Nonspinal Osteomyelitis Due to Bartonella and Review of the Literature Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2017;25:240-242.
Bovid K., Patel D. Orthopaedic considerations Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Across the Lifespan. 2016:1107-1122.
Feucht C., Patel D., Bovid K. Principles of pharmacology Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Across the Lifespan. 2016:1825-1842.
Silva S., Fox J., Speers M., Seeley M., Bovid K., Farley F., Vanderhave K., Caird M. Reliability of measurements of clavicle shaft fracture shortening in adolescents Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2013;33
Vanderhave K.L., Bovid K., Alpert H., Chang K.W.C., Quint D.J., Leonard J.A., Yang L.J.S. Utility of electrodiagnostic testing and computed tomography myelography in the preoperative evaluation of neonatal brachial plexus palsy: Clinical article Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2012;9:283-289.
Bovid K., Salata M., Vander Have K., Sekiya J. Arthroscopic Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in a Skeletally Immature Patient: A New Technique With Case Report Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. 2010;26:563-570.
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Presentations
- Bilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis in a non-obese Amish girl with multiple affected family members. Martin J, Bovid K, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022
- No-Shows in a Pediatric Orthopaedic Clinic: Is SCFE a Risk Factor?. Manawar S, Young L, Bovid K, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022
- Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures Can Be Safely Treated by Orthopedic Surgeons with and without Pediatric Fellowship Training. Harms Jenkins KA, South SM, Bovid KM, Kenter K, Mid-America Orthopaedic Association 38th Annual Meeting, Amelia Island, Florida, 10/2021
- Bilateral Lipoma Arborescens in a Pediatric Patient With Obligate Patellar Instability and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Case Report. Patel K, Zervoudakis G, Bovid K, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Assessment of an EMR Prompt to Consider Evaluation for Non-Accidental Trauma in Children Less than 2 Years of Age Presenting with Fractures. Avula P, Baxter J, Brown S, Bovid K, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Selective Thoracic Fusion in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Lenke 1 and 2 Curve Patterns. Seltzer H, Finazzo N, Mehta A, Bayer R, Weistroffer J, Rowe D, Bovid K, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Radiographic Outcomes of Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis With Lowest Instrumented Vertebra at the Thoracolumbar Junction. Bayer R, Seltzer H, Mehta A, Finazzo N, Weistroffer J, Rowe D, Bovid K, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures Can Be Safely Treated by Orthopaedic Surgeons with and without Pediatric Fellowship Training. Harms K, South S, Bovid K, Kenter K, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021