601 E. Hampden Ave.
Suite 500
Englewood, CO 80113
303.744.7078
EMPLOYMENT
2008- Present: Hand Surgery Associates PC, Denver CO
2013- Present: Pinnacol Assurance—Physician Advisor
2015: Animed 3D—3d computer generated medical graphics–Founder
EDUCATION
9/94-5/98 B.S., Neurophysiology
University of Michigan College of Literature Science and the Arts
With Highest Distinction, and Honors in Neurophysiology
8/98-05/02 MD
Duke University School of Medicine
6/02-6/05
Resident in General Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis MO
7/05-6/07
Resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis MO
8/07-8/08
Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship
Union Memorial Hospital–Curtis National Hand Center
Baltimore MD
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Plastic Surgery 2009
American Board of Plastic Surgery –Certificate of Additional Qualification—Surgery of the Hand 2012
HONORS AND AWARDS
4/98 Elected to Golden Key National Honors Society
4/98 Cutcheon Travel Fund Scholarship-University of Michigan
5/98 Dean’s Honor List four consecutive years, University of Michigan
5/98 John F. Crikelair Award
Plastic Surgery Research Council 43rd Annual Meeting, Loma Linda, CA
5/98 Phi Beta Kappa National Honors Society
5/98 James B. Angell Scholar (All “A” record for at least seven consecutive semesters), University of Michigan
5/00 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students
1/01 Leiden International Medical Students Congress-Travel Award
Awarded to the authors of the top 10 abstracts submitted internationally
6/01 J. K. Hardesty, MD Award (Best Poster Award)
Plastic Surgery Research Council 46th Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI
6/07 Washington University Department of Surgery
Medical Student Teaching Award
Awarded to residents who have been recognized by the medical students for their teaching efforts
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1994 Creation of a Carbon Dioxide Independent Cell Media for Transporting
Experimental Retina Transplants for The Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Sensory Neuroscience, Washington University, St Louis, MO-Mentor:
Dr. Martin Silverman
1995 Characterization of TGFJ31-Receptor mRNA Transcription Following
Acute Renal Failure
Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Washington University, St Louis, MO-Mentor: Dr. Marc Hammerman
1996 Increasing Transforming Growth Factor-J31 Expression in Regenerating
Rat Renal Tubules Following Ischemic Injury
Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Washington University, St Louis, MO-Mentor: Dr. Marc Hammerman
1996 – 1998 Functional Axonal Anatomy of Motor Axons Following End-to-Side Neurorrhaphy
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI-Mentor: Dr. William Kuzon Jr.
1999-2000 Quality of Life Following Total Gastrectomy for Benign Disease
Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC-Mentors: Drs.
Theodore Pappas & Gonzolo Gonzalez
2000-2001 -Alternative Peripheral Nerve Conduits
-Graft specific immunosuppression using Anti-CD40 Ligand mAb.
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI-Mentor: Dr. Paul Cederna
-Availability of Accurate Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Information on the Internet
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI-Mentor: Dr. Kevin Chung
2007-2008 – Development of “Mini-Arthroscope” for office based arthroscopy
Curtis National Hand Center
PREVIOUS GRANT SUPPORT
University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
6/1/97 – 8/31/97
The Functional Anatomy of Motor Axons After End-to-Side Neurorrhaphy
Plastic Surgery Education Foundation (PI: Dr, Cederna)
7/1/98 – 6/30/99
The Functional Anatomy of Motor Axons Following End-to Side Neurorrhaphy
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students
9/2000-9/2001
Plastic Surgery Education Foundation (Collaborator)
Acellularized peripheral nerve allograft repopulated with isogenic Schwann cells:
A bioengineered non-immunogenic construct for support of axonal regeneration
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Publications
D P Basile, J M Rovak, D R Martin, M R Hammerman, Increased Transforming
Growth Factor-j31 Expression in Regenerating Rat Renal Tubules Following
Ischemic Injury, American Journal of Physiology, 270 (Renal Fluid Electrolyte
Physio!. 39): F500-F509, 1996
J M Rovak, V Macionis, P S Cederna, M Urbanchek, W M Kuzon, Axonal
Anatomy Following End-to-Side Surgical Nerve Repair. Journal of Reconstructive
Microsurgery, 14: 590-591, 1998,
Rovak, JM, Cederna, PS, Macionis, V, Urbanchek, MG, Van der Meulen, JH,
Kuzon, WM, Termino-Iateral neurorrhaphy: The functional axonal anatomy.
Microsurgery 20:6-14, 2000.
Paul S, Cederna, Loree K Kalliainen, Melanie G Urbanchek, Jason M Rovak,
William M Kuzon, Donor muscle structure and after following end-to-side
neurorrhaphy, Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 107:789, 2001
J M Rovak, P S Cederna, W M Kuzon
End-To-Side Nerve Coaptation: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 17(8), 2001
Gonzolo V Gonzalez, MD, Jason M. Rovak, BS, Hilliard F Seigler, MD, John P
Grant, MD, Theoddore N Pappas, MD. Poor Quality of Life in Female Patients
Following Surgery for Recalcitrant Benign Peptic Ulcer Disease.
J Gastrointest Surg. 2002 May-Jun; 6(3):396-402.
Jejurikar SS, Rovak JM, Kuzon WM Jr, Chung KC, Kotsis SV, Cederna PS.
Evaluation of plastic surgery information on the Internet.
Ann Plast Surg. 2002 Nov; 49(5):460-5.
Haase SC, Rovak JM, Dennis RG, Kuzon WM Jr, Cederna PS.
Recovery of muscle contractile function following nerve gap repair with chemically acellularized peripheral nerve grafts.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 2003 May; 19(4):241-8.
Rovak JM, Mungara AK, Aydin MA, Cederna PS.
Effects of vascular endothelial growth factor on nerve regeneration in acellular nerve grafts.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 2004 Jan; 20(1):53-8.
Rovak, JM, Tung, Thomas H, Mackinnon SE.
The Surgical Management of Facial Nerve Injury
Seminars in Plastic Surgery 2004 Feb 18 (1):23-30
Rovak JM, Bishop OK, Boxer LK, Wood SC, Mungara AK, Cederna PS.
Peripheral nerve transplantation: the role of chemical acellularization in eliminating allograft antigenicity.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 2005 Apr; 21(3):207-13.
Rovak JM, Tung, TH
Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries
Missouri Medicine 2006103(6) 631
Abstracts and Presentations:
J M Rovak, V Macionis, P S Cederna, M Urbanchek, W Kuzon. Functional
Neuroanatomy of Motor Axons After End-to-Side Neurorrhaphy. 43rd Annual Fall
Series, Student Biomedical Research Forum, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November
11, 1997.
J M Rovak, V Macionis, P S Cederna, M Urbanchek, W M Kuzon. TerminoLateral
Neurorrhaphy: The Functional Axonal Anatomy. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Counsel, April 4-7, 1998. Winner of the John F.
Crikelair Research Award, “Presented to the college student presenting the best paper at the annual meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Counsel”.
J M Rovak, V Macionis, P S Cederna, M Urbanchek, W M Kuzon. Axonal
Anatomy Following End-to-Side Surgical Nerve Repair. American Society for
Peripheral Nerve, 8th Annual Meeting, May 22-24, 1998.
JM Rovak, LK Boxer, SY Chan, DK Bishop, WM Kuzon, PS Cederna.
Acellularized Peripheral Nerve Allograft Repopulated with Isogenic Schwann
Cells: A Non-Irnmunogenic Construct that Supports Axonal Growth Across Short
Nerve Gaps. Leiden International Medical Students Congress. Leiden
University, Leiden, Netherlands. March 16-17, 2001
JM Rovak, LK Boxer, SY Chan, DK Bishop, WM Kuzon, PS Cede rna. The
Immunologic Response to Acellularized Peripheral Nerve Tissue. Moses Gunn
13th Annual Research Conference, University of Michigan 5/01
Gonzolo V Gonzalez, MD, Jason M. Rovak, BS, Hilliard F Seigler, MD, John P
Grant, MD, Theoddore N Pappas, MD. Poor Quality of Life in Female Patients
Following Surgery for Recalcitrant Benign Peptic Ulcer Disease.
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract–Digestive Disease Week 5/01
JM Rovak, L Boxer, SY Chan, DK Bishop, W Kuzon, PS Cederna. The
Immunologic Response To Chemically Acellularized Peripheral Nerve
Plastic Surgery Research Council 46th Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI 6/01
Winner of the JK Hardesty, MD Best Poster Award
Sameer S. Jejurikar, MD, Jason M. Rovak, BS, Cynthia Marcelo, PhD, William
M. Kuzon, MD, PhD. Denervation Injury Promotes Programmed Satellite Cell
Death. American College of Surgery Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10101
Jejurikar SS, Rovak JM, Spilson SV, Cederna PS, Kuzon WM, Chung KC. An
Evaulation of Elective Plastic Surgery Information on the Internet. American
Society of Plastic Surgery Meeting, Orlando, FL 11/01
JM Rovak, DK Bishop, SY Chan, WM Kuzon, JA Faulkner, PS Cederna. Short
Term Anti-CD40 Ligand Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Induces Tolerance to
Peripheral Nerve Allografts. Plastic Surgery Research Council 47’h Annual
Meeting, Boston MA, 4/02
JM Rovak Computers and Mobile Technology for the Hand Surgeon –Voice Dictation. 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2011 Las Vegas NV
Book Chapters:
Plastic and Hand Surgery. In The Washington Manual of Surgery 5th Ed. Tenenbaum MJ, Rovak JM, Mackinnon SE Lippincott, Williams,& Wilkins 2008
Surgical Exposure, Techniques, and Infections—Digits and Thumb. Rovak JM. In Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Hand 3rd Ed. In publication 2014
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Society for Surgery of the Hand-Active Member
Committee Membership:
Resident Education Committee 2011-2014
Patient Education Committee 2014- Present
American Society of Plastic Surgeons—Active Member
Rocky Mountain Hand Society – President Elect
Denver Medical Society
Colorado Medical Society
Other activities:
Blues/Jazz Piano and Guitar
-Member of the Sagittal Band
-piano and guitar
-Local blues band
-lead guitar
3d Computer Generated Graphics