Mikhail Samchukov, MD

Dr. Samchukov is a worldwide expert on distraction osteogenesis and external fixation techniques who has been on staff at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children since completing his Visiting Professorship program in 1991. He received his medical degree at Khabarovsk Medical Institute in Russia and had a very successful career of orthopedic surgeon and scientist in his home country working as a Deputy General Director of the Ilizarov Orthopedic Research Center, Kurgan, Russia. Currently, Dr. Samchukov is the Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction in the Seay Research Center at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, Texas. He also serves as an Associate Professor in the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas and associate professor in the department of biomedical sciences at Texas A&M University System Health Science Center in Dallas.

For many years, Dr. Samchukov’s primary research interest and initiatives included limb lengthening, deformity correction, and bone transport; computer assisted preoperative planning and monitoring; distraction osteogenesis and histiogenesis; and external skeletal fixation. His contribution to the field of distraction osteogenesis and external skeletal fixation is hard to overestimate. He is co-developer of the TrueLok, TL-Trauma, and TL-Hex external fixation systems and holds 61 patents and multiple certified inventions. He was a chief editor on 5 books and is widely published in the area of distraction osteogenesis and external skeletal fixation. His list of publications includes 51 book chapters, 75 peer review articles, and 298 abstracts. Because of his unique knowledge and tremendous experience, Dr. Samchukov has received numerous research grants and is regularly invited as a guest speaker to national and International symposiums.