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Kevin Little, MD

Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Orthopaedic Surgery | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University (Hand & Upper Extremity)
  • Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Pediatric Surgery)
  • Residency: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery )
  • Medical Degree: John Hopkins University
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Peer Reviewed Publications

Donohue, Kenneth W; Little, Kevin J; Gaughan, John P; Kozin, Scott H; Norton, Brian D; Zlotolow, Dan A 2017. Comparison of Ultrasound and MRI for the Diagnosis of Glenohumeral Dysplasia in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 99 2, 123-132

Fader, Lauren M; Laor, Tal; Eismann, Emily A; Cornwall, Roger; Little, Kevin J 2016. Eccentric Capitellar Ossification Limits the Utility of the Radiocapitellar Line in Young Children. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 36 2, 161-6

Little, Kevin J; Cornwall, Roger 2016. Congenital Anomalies of the Hand-Principles of Management. The Orthopedic clinics of North America, 47 1, 153-68

Stone, Austin V; Little, Kevin J; Glos, David L; Stringer, Keith F; Wall, Eric J 2016. Repetitive Stresses Generate Osteochondral Lesions in Skeletally Immature Rabbits. The American journal of sports medicine, ,

Chao, Jianhua; Enyedy, Istvan; Van Vloten, Kurt; Marcotte, Douglas; Guertin, Kevin; Hutchings, Richard; Powell, Noel; Jones, Howard; Bohnert, Tonika; Peng, Chi-Chi; Silvian, Laura; Hong, Victor Sukbong; Little, Kevin; Banerjee, Daliya; Peng, Liaomin; Taveras, Arthur; Viney, Joanne L; Fontenot, Jason 2015. Discovery of biaryl carboxylamides as potent ROR? inverse agonists. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 25 15, 2991-7

Eismann, Emily A; Little, Kevin J; Laor, Tal; Cornwall, Roger 2015. Glenohumeral abduction contracture in children with unresolved neonatal brachial plexus palsy. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 97 2, 112-8

Hopkins, Tracy M; Heilman, Alexander M; Liggett, James A; LaSance, Kathleen; Little, Kevin J; Hom, David B; Minteer, Danielle M; Marra, Kacey G; Pixley, Sarah K 2015. Combining micro-computed tomography with histology to analyze biomedical implants for peripheral nerve repair. Journal of neuroscience methods, 255 , 122-30

Little, Kevin J; La Rivière, Patrick J 2015. Sinogram restoration in computed tomography with an edge-preserving penalty. Medical physics, 42 3, 1307-20

Abzug, Joshua M; Little, Kevin; Kozin, Scott H 2014. Physeal arrest of the distal radius. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 22 6, 381-9

Fader, Lauren M; Laor, Tal; Eismann, Emily A; Cornwall, Roger; Little, Kevin J 2014. MR imaging of capitellar ossification: a study in children of different ages. Pediatric radiology, 44 8, 963-70

Little, Kevin J 2014. Elbow fractures and dislocations. The Orthopedic clinics of North America, 45 3, 327-40

Little, Kevin J; Zlotolow, Dan A; Soldado, Francisco; Cornwall, Roger; Kozin, Scott H 2014. Early functional recovery of elbow flexion and supination following median and/or ulnar nerve fascicle transfer in upper neonatal brachial plexus palsy. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 96 3, 215-21

Eismann, Emily A; Little, Kevin J; Kunkel, Samuel T; Cornwall, Roger 2013. Clinical research fails to support more aggressive management of pediatric upper extremity fractures. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 95 15, 1345-50

Kalev-Zylinska, Maggie L; Symes, Wymond; Little, Kevin C E; Sun, Peng; Wen, Daying; Qiao, Linzi; Young, Deborah; During, Matthew J; Barber, P Alan 2013. Stroke patients develop antibodies that react with components of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 1 in proportion to lesion size. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, 44 8, 2212-9

Stolz, Lori Ann; Kizza, Hilary; Little, Kevin; Kasekende, Joseph 2013. Intussusception detected with ultrasound in a resource-limited setting. Lancet (London, England), 381 9882, 2054

Cole, Steven; Reims, Kathy; Kershner, Liz; McCombs, Harriet G; Little, Kevin; Ford, Daniel E 2012. Improving care for depression: performance measures, outcomes and insights from the Health Disparities Collaboratives. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 23 3 Suppl, 154-73

Kaplan, Susan; Sadler, Blair; Little, Kevin; Franz, Calvin; Orris, Peter 2012. Can sustainable hospitals help bend the health care cost curve? Issue brief (Commonwealth Fund), 29 , 1-14

Kraus, Manfred; Wang, Yuxun; Aleksandrowicz, Dan; Bachman, Eric; Szewczak, Alexander A; Walker, Deborah; Xu, Lin; Bouthillette, Melaney; Childers, Kaleen M; Dolinski, Brian; Haidle, Andrew M; Kopinja, Johnny; Lee, Linda; Lim, Jongwon; Little, Kevin D; Ma, Yanhong; Mathur, Anjili; Mo, Jan-Rung; O'Hare, Erin; Otte, Ryan D; Taoka, Brandon M; Wang, Wenxian; Yin, Hong; Zabierek, Anna A; Zhang, Weisheng; Zhao, Shuxia; Zhu, Joe; Young, Jonathan R; Marshall, C Gary 2012. Efficacious intermittent dosing of a novel JAK2 inhibitor in mouse models of polycythemia vera. PloS one, 7 5, e37207

Millar, Neal L; Reilly, James H; Kerr, Shauna C; Campbell, Abigail L; Little, Kevin J; Leach, William J; Rooney, Brian P; Murrell, George A C; McInnes, Iain B 2012. Hypoxia: a critical regulator of early human tendinopathy. Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 71 2, 302-10

Kunkel, Samuel; Cornwall, Roger; Little, Kevin; Jain, Viral; Mehlman, Charles; Tamai, Junichi 2011. Limitations of the radiocapitellar line for assessment of pediatric elbow radiographs. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 31 6, 628-32

Echaubard, Pierre; Little, Kevin; Pauli, Bruce; Lesbarrères, David 2010. Context-dependent effects of ranaviral infection on northern leopard frog life history traits. PloS one, 5 10, e13723

Little, Kevin; Pillai, Anand; Fazzi, Umberto; Storey, Neil 2007. Local anaesthetic infusion with elastomeric pump after arthroscopic subacromial decompression. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 89 4, 410-3

Pillai, Anand; Little, Kevin; Chappell, Andrew 2007. Osteonecrosis of the femoral head following medullary nailing of the femur in an adult. Acta orthopaedica Belgica, 73 2, 258-62

Little, Kevin C E; Chartrand, Pierre 2004. Genomic DNA is captured and amplified during double-strand break (DSB) repair in human cells. Oncogene, 23 23, 4166-72

Little, Kevin D; Hemler, Martin E; Stipp, Christopher S 2004. Dynamic regulation of a GPCR-tetraspanin-G protein complex on intact cells: central role of CD81 in facilitating GPR56-Galpha q/11 association. Molecular biology of the cell, 15 5, 2375-87

Mante, Francis K; Little, Kevin; Mante, Mamle O; Rawle, Christopher; Baran, George R 2004. Oxidation of titanium, RGD peptide attachment, and matrix mineralization rat bone marrow stromal cells. The Journal of oral implantology, 30 6, 343-9

Dellaire, Graham; Yan, Ju; Little, Kevin C E; Drouin, Régen; Chartrand, Pierre 2002. Evidence that extrachromosomal double-strand break repair can be coupled to the repair of chromosomal double-strand breaks in mammalian cells. Chromosoma, 111 5, 304-12