Faculty Biosketch

Everett C. Hills, M.D.

Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

Office Information

Phone: 717-531-7348
Mail Code: H094

Other Training: Northwestern University, M.S. (Applied Mechanics), 1982 Research Enrichment Program for Physiatrists, NIDRR, University of Missouri, 1991-92

1. Cecil KM, Hills EC, Sandel ME, Smith DH, McIntosh TK, Mannon LJ, Sinson GP, Bagley LJ, Grossman RI, and Lenkinski RE: Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Detection of Axonal Injury in the Splenium of the Corpus Callosum of Brain-Injured Patients. Journal of Neurosurgery, 88(5): 795-801, May 1998.
    
2. Hills EC and Geldmacher DS: The Effect of Character and Array Type on Visual Spatial Search Quality Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Injury, 12(1): 69-76, 1998.
    
3. Geldmacher DS and Hills EC: Effect of Stimulus Number, Target-to-Distractor Ratio, and Motor Speed on Visual Spatial Search Quality Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Injury, 11(1): 59-66, 1997.
    
4. Wong KN, Hills EC and Strax TE: Rotating Stations: An Innovative Approach to Third-Year Medical Students Education in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 73(10): 23-26, 1994.
    
5. Henry C and Hills EC: Traumatic Emphysema of the Head, Neck, and Mediastinum Associated with Maxillofacial Trauma: Case Report and Review. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 47: 876-882, 1989.
    
6. Hills EC: “Future Developments in Life-Sustaining Technologies”, Life Sustaining Technologies and the Elderly, United States Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, US Government Printing Office, OTA-BA-306, pp. 400-418, 1987.
    
7. Hills EC: Mechanical Testing of Compression Hip Screw Plates. Technical Monograph Report #ML-83-41, Richards Medical Company, Memphis, TN, 1983.
    
8. Hills EC: Prediction of Ligament Forces by Bi-Plane X-Rays in Patients with Total Knee Implants, Master’s Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1982.
    
9. Meyer R, Hills EC and Friedman M: Tracer Permeabilities Underestimate Solute Flux Under a Concentration Gradient. Journal of Membrane Science, 8: 247-253, 1981.
   
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10. Cecil KM, Hills EC, Sandel ME, Kotapka MJ, Bagley LJ, Mannon LJ, Grossman RI, McIntosh TK and Lenkinski RE: Proton MRS of the Splenium in Head Injured Patients. Presented at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Fifth Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 12-18, 1997.
     
11. Knox G, Hills EC and McPherson A: Central and Vestibular Pathology in Head Trauma. Presented at the Combined Otolaryngologic Spring Meetings, Orlando, FL, May 7, 1996.
     
12. Goodman I and Hills EC: Comparison of Family Expectations to Rehabilitation Therapist’s Expectations. Conference Proceedings of the 1995 RehabAlliance 1st Annual Joint Conference, Phoenix AZ, October 29 – November 1, 1995.
     
13. Geldmacher DS and Hills EC: Visuospatial Search Quality Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 73(10): 994, 1992.
     
14. Hills EC and Geldmacher DS: The Effect of Stimulus Characteristics on Visuospatial Search Quality Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 73(10): 994, 1992.
     
15. Hills EC, Zafonte R and Zorn G: An Unusual Case of Spinal Cord Injury Following an Episode of Micturition Syncope. Journal of the American Paraplegia Society, 14(2): 104, 1991.
     
16. Chancellor M, Hills EC, Schwartz LM and Hirsch I: Comparison of Vacuum Constriction Device to Papavarine for Achieving Erections in Spinal Cord Injured Men. Journal of the American Paraplegia Society, 14(2): 73, 1991.
     
17. Hills EC and Jacobs SR: Enhancing the Sensitivity of the Pudendal Nerve Conduction Study to Detect Neurogenic Erectile Dysfunction. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 71(10): 811, 1990.
     
18. Hills EC, Calandruccio R, Sanders T and Brumfield D: An In-vitro Mechanical Evaluation of Various External Fixation Clamps for Ankle Fusion. Presented at the 2nd Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, San Antonio, TX, September 26-27, 1983.
     
19. Meyer R, Hills EC and Friedman M: Membrane Permeabilities Measured in the Presence of a Concentration Gradient are Different: A Membrane Structure Effect? Presented at the Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Washington, DC, February 27, 1979.