Hospital Staff Appointments

Capital Health Systems – Hopewell
One Capital Way
Pennington, NJ 08534
Active Staff
June 1986 – Present

RWJ University Hospital @Hamilton
One Hamilton Health Place
Hamilton, NJ 08690
Active Staff
March 1986 – Present

St. Mary Medical Center
1201 Langhorne-Newtown Road
Langhorne, PA 19047
Associate Staff
January 1984 – Present

Trenton Psychiatric Hospital (Consulting Only)
Sullivan Way
Trenton, NJ 08628

Lawrence Rehabilitation Center
2381 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Active Attending Staff
February 1988 – January 201 l

The Hospital for Special Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Research
Cornell Medical School
New York, NY
Research Staff, Visiting Scientist

Metabolic Bone Disease Service and Osteoporosis Center
The Hospital for Special Surgery
Cornell Medical School
New York, NY
Consulting Staff Physician

Fellowship

Orthopedic Research and Metabolic Bone Disease Fellow
The Hospital of Special Surgery and New York Hospital
Cornell Medical School
New York, NY
July 1, 1985 – June 30, 1986

Residency Training

Orthopaedic Surgery
UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, NJ
July 1, 1981 – June 30, 1985

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
January 1, 1983 – June 30, 1983

Bone Tumor Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
March 1, 1984 – April 30, 1984

Internship

General Surgery
UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, NJ
July 1, 1980 – June 30, 1981

Medical School

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Degree: M.D.
June 1980

Post Graduate Education

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Degree: Ph.D. (Pharmacology)
June 1977

Undergraduate Education

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Degree: B.S. (Biology)
June 1972

Employment

Toxicologist / Poison lnformation
Office of the Medical Examiner
Philadelphia, PA
June 1972 – November 1972

Research Assistant
Cardeza Foundation
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
November 1972 – August 197

Mercer Orthopaedic Associates
123 Franklin Corner Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
July 1986 –  March 1994

Mercer-Bucks Orthopaedics, P.C.
3120 Princeton Pike
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
April 1994 – Present

Medical Licensure

Certified by National Board of Medical Examiners

• State of New Jersey – 4/1982
• State of Pennsylvania – 3/1988

Board Certification

Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery July 1988

• Recertified – July, 1996
• Recertified – July 2008

Honors & Awards

College:

• Dean’s List
  Spring 1971, Fall and Spring 1972

Graduate School:

• Cardeza Foundation Fellowships
  September 1973 – Aμgust 1974, September 1974 – August 1975
• N.I.H. Fellowship
  September 1975 – August 1976
• The Charles W. LaBelle Prize
  Awarded as the Outstanding candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
  June 1977

Medical School:

• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
  1977 – 1978
• First Prize, Thomas Jefferson University Research Day
  April 1978

Post-Graduate:

• National Research Service Award
  The Hospital for Special Surgery
  July 1985

Memberships in Professional Organizations

• SigmaXI, The Scientific Research Society of North America
• American Medical Association
• Medical Society of New Jersey
• Mercer County Medical Society
• New York Metropolitan Bone Club

Speaking Engagements

Graduate School:

• International Symposium on Prostaglandins in Biological Systems
  Vail, CO
  February 1976
• International Symposium on Prostaglandins in Hematology
  Philadelphia, PA
  March 1976
• Gordon Scientific Research Conference
  Hemostasis and Thrombosis Section
  Session Chairman
  Prostaglandins and Platelet Function
  Andover, NH
  May 1976

Medical School:

• Visiting Scientist Seminar
  N.I.H. Main Campus
  Bethesda, MD
  April 1977
• Invited Symposium V
  Platelets: Intravascular Control Mechanisms
  At the 5th International Congress on Thrombosis and Hemostasis
  Philadelphia, PA
  June 1977

Residency:

• Prevention to Thromboemboic Disease in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacement
  Annual Meeting of New Jersey Orthopedic Society
  May 1984

Fellowship:

• Invited Speaker
  Prostaglandins in Bone Metabolism and Metabolic Bone Disease,
  Merck Scientific Retreat, Merck Ranch
  June 1986

Bibliography

Bills, T.K., Silver, MJ.
Phospphatidylcholine as the Primary Source of Arachidonic Acid Utilized by Platelet Prostaglandin Synthetase
Fed. Proc., 1975; 34:3228

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Kocsis, J.J., Silver,M.J.
Metabolism of Potential Antithrombitic Agent (8,11,1 4-elcosatrienoic acid) by Human Platelets
Fed. Proc., 1976; 35-2034

Bills, T.K., Smith J.B., Silver, M.J.,
Metabolism of 14-C-arachidonic Acid by Human Platelets
Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1976; 424-303

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.
Platelet Uptake, Release of Oxidation of 14-Carachidonic Acid in “Prostaglandinis in Hematology”
Spectrum Publications, Inc., New York, NY, 1976

Doctoral Thesis
”The Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid by Human Platelets: elucidation of Mechanisms that Control the Synthesis of Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes”
Department of Pharmacology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 1976

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.
Selective Release of Arachidonic Acid from the Phospholipids of Human Platelets in Response to Thrombin
J. Clln. Invest., 1977; 60:1

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.
Human Platelet Phospholipase Activities: Formation of Lysophosholipid in Response to Thrombin
Fed. Proc., 1977; 36:114

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.
lntracellular Regulation of the Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid in Human Platelets
Throm. Res., 1977; 38:114

Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B., Silver, M.J.
Intracellular Regulation of the Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid in Human Platelets
Throm. Haem. (Stuttg.), 1978; 40:219

Silver, M.J., Bills, T.K., Smith, J.B.
Platelets and Prostaglandins: The Key Rose of Platelet Phospholipase A2 Activity ln “Platelets: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Raven Press, New York, NY, 1978

Lewy, R.l., Bills, T.K., Dalton, J., Smith, J,B. Silver, M.J.
19-Hydroxyprostaglandin E and Infertility in Human Males
Prostaglandins and Medicine, 1979; 2:367

Holmsen H., Smith, J.B., Daniel, J.L., Holme, S., Bills, T.K.
Platelet Biochemistry In “The CRC Handbook Series in Clinical Laboratory Science: Hematology”
CRC Press, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL, 1979

Bills, T.K., Zawadsky, J.P., Urs, W.S.
Use of Combined Modalities for the Prevention of Thromboembolic Disease in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacement
In preparation

Lane, J.M., Healey, J., Bills, T.K.
Bone Metabolism. In “Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 2”
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Park Ridge, IL, 1987

Bills, T.K., Boskey, A., Lane, J.M., Steiner, D.
Metabolism of Arachidonic Acid in Osteogenesis and Chondrogenesis
In preparation

Robbins, S., Bills, T.K., Lane, J.M., Healy, J.
Intranasal Calcitonin in the Treatment of Paget’s Disease
In preparation

Robbins, S.G., Urs, W, Bills, T.K., Zawadsky J .P.
The Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis following Total Hip Arthroplasty Combined Modalities
JBJS Trans. Vol 11:3, 462, 1987

Robbins S.G., Bills, T.K., Galsworthy T., Lane, J.M.
The Safety and Efficacy of Long Term Intranasal Salmon Calcitonin in Paget’s Disease
J. Bone and Min. Res. 3(51): 592, 1988