Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Faculty
Friedlaender, Gary
Department Chair
Research Interests:Biomolecules for bone repair; fusions and bone regeneration; musculoskeletal oncology; medical education; osteoporosis; healthcare delivery
Clinical Interests:Tumors and pathological fractures; metastatic disease to bone; fracture nonunions; infections; sarcoma; multiple myeloma; bone cancer; pediatric cancer; limb-sparing tumor resections.
Baumgaertner, Michael
Research Interests:Optimization of fracture care and resident education strategies
Clinical Interests:Trauma fractures; complex fractures, including the pelvis; fracture nonunions; adult joint reconstruction (hip and knee reconstruction and deformities)
Blaine, Theodore
Research Interests:Tendonitis; Bursitis; Arthritis; Anti-inflammatory agents; Novel Therapeutics
Clinical Interests:Arthroscopic, Reconstructive and Trauma Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow; Sports Medicine; Orthopaedic Research; Arthritis and Joint Replacement Surgery.
Carpenter, Caren
Research Interests:Function of non-collagenous bone matrix proteins with an emphasis on osteocalcin, a vitamin K-dependent protein synthesized only in bone; Animal Models; Biochemistry; Bone Disease; Bone Formation; Bone Markers; Cell Culture; Immunoassay
Carter, Cordelia
Research Interests:discoid meniscus, pediatric sports injuries, sports injury prevention, femoroacetabular impingement, pediatric ACL injuries
Clinical Interests:pediatric sports medicine; pediatric orthopaedic surgery; ACL injuries; meniscus injuries; osteochondritis dissecans (OCD); discoid meniscus; sports injuries; pediatric fracture care.
Cooperman, Daniel
Clinical Interests:developmental and congenital abnormalities like cerebral palsy; myelodysplasia; foot problems; dislocated hips; ambulatory childhood afflictions like in-toeing and Perthes Disease; victims of trauma.
Dodds, Seth
Research Interests:Wrist fractures; Scaphoid fractures; Stiffness and instability of the elbow (heterotopic ossification); Wrist arthroscopy; Percutaneous fracture management; Minimally invasive hand surgery
Clinical Interests:Hand and upper extremity surgery; trauma and post-trauma reconstruction of the hand, wrist and elbow; congenital hand deformity; nerve injuries; hand and wrist arthroscopy; Shoulder, Arm, Elbow, Hand and Wrist; Arthritis, Arthroscopic Surgery, Deformity, Disability, Joint Replacement, Pain, Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Trauma/Fractures, Tumor/Oncology, Nerve Injury
Eswarakumar, V.
Research Interests:Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors (FGFRs)
Grauer, Jonathan
Research Interests:Spinal care outcomes research; Clinical spine practices; Spinal imaging; Spine fusion studies; Practice of spine surgery
Clinical Interests:Spine problems; spine instability; radiculopathy; myelopathy; disc disease; herniated disc; scoliosis; spine tumors; spine trauma; spinal fusion; spinal deformity correction; cervical spine; thoracic spine; lumbar spine; stenosis; spondylolisthesis; discectomy
Horowitz, Mark, Ph.D.
Research Interests:Osteoimmunology; Osteoblasts; Osteoclasts; Adipocytes; Bone remodeling; Mesenchymal stem cell differentiation; B cell transcription factors and bone
Ivancic, Paul
Research Interests:Human injury biomechanics; Spine biomechanics; Whiplash; Neck injury prevention; Injury mechanisms and tolerance; Injury prevention; Orthopaedic implant design; Spine biomechanics
Jokl, Peter
Research Interests:Musculoskeletal pathophysiology and the effect of rehabilitation and stress on surgical outcomes; Muscle injury and repair; Psychosocial impact on surgical outcome
Clinical Interests:Sports medicine; knee and ankle problems; arthroscopic surgery and meniscal repair; athletic foot injuries; muscular injuries; shoulder injuries; anterior cruciate repair; meniscus repair/debridement; orthopedics; elbow injuries
Keggi, Kristaps
Research Interests:Bone graft alternatives; Procedures other than hip replacements for hip pain and disability, such as denervations; modular hip prosthesis
Clinical Interests:Primary and revision replacement of hips; anterior muscle-sparing approach to hip replacement
Leslie, Michael
Research Interests:Pelvic Biomechanics; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Orthopaedic Fixation; Nonunion Infected Fractures
Clinical Interests:Pelvic fractures;acetabulum fractures; intraarticular fractures; fracture problems including nonunions, malunions, post-traumatic deformity correction and polytraumatized patients;adolescent fractures;joint replacement.
Lindskog, Dieter
Research Interests:Bone graft alternatives; metastatic disease
Clinical Interests:Adult and pediatric orthopaedic oncology; bone tumors - benign and malignant; soft-tissue tumors; sarcoma; bone cancer; metastatic cancer; radiofrequency ablation of bone tumors; limb salvage surgery; limb sparing surgery; rotationplasty; tumor reconstruction; spine tumors; orthopaedic trauma; fractures; hip fractures.
Medvecky, Michael
Research Interests:Gender disparity of ACL injury rates; surgical anatomy and innovations in surgical techniques
Clinical Interests:Sports-related injuries in children and adults; general orthopaedic injuries; orthopaedic trauma; arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery; meniscus tears; meniscus repair/debridement; meniscus transplantation; complex knee ligament injuries; Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) reconstruction; revision knee ligament reconstruction; knee arthritis in young adults; cartilage restoration procedures (osteochondral transfer, carticel implantation); osteotomies around the knee; rotator cuff surgery; shoulder instability; shoulder arthroscopy; proximal humerus fractures
Pelker, Richard
Research Interests:Biomechanics
Clinical Interests:Adult reconstruction; arthroplasty; knee and hip replacement; complex reconstruction and revision; infected total joints; hip arthroscopy
Reach, John, Jr
Research Interests:Advanced musculoskeletal ultrasound for the diagnosis of soft-tissue and sports pathology; lower extremity joint replacement; tendon reconstruction; cartilage restoration; sports injuries
Clinical Interests:Foot and Ankle reconstruction; Tendon / ligament repair; total ankle replacement; rheumatoid arthritis; great toe arthritis and deformity; arthroscopic surgery and minimally invasive cartilage repair; lower extremity trauma & limb salvage; lower extremity sports injuries.
Smith, Brian
Research Interests:Spinal mobility following spinal fusion; Effectiveness of bracing on idiopathic scoliosis; cavus foot deformity treatment; Neuromuscular scoliosis; fractures in children
Clinical Interests:Spinal deformities: idiopathic scoliosis: infantile, juvenile, adolescent; neuromuscular scoliosis, congenital scoliosis, spondylolisthesis; hip disorders: developmental hip dysplasia(DDH), Perthes disease, slipped capital epiphysis; foot disorders: clubfoot, vertical talus, cavus foot, metatarsus adductus, flatfoot; pediatric fractures; neuromuscular disorders: cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT); lower extremity disorders: torsional or angular deformities, Blount's disease, limb length inequality.
Sutton, Karen
Research Interests:Specializing in sports medicine with a focus on the biomechanical evaluation of repair techniques for tendons and ligaments; publications include research on novel distal biceps tendon repair techniques and the evaluation of various anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions; multiple articles published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Clinical Interests:Orthopaedic sports injuries in the adolescent and adult female athlete, including meniscus healing and repair; knee ligamentous reconstruction; articular cartilage healing and repair; shoulder stabilization and rotator cuff repair; specific interest in women's sports injuries, including anterior cruciate ligament prevention
Swigart, Carrie
Research Interests:Distal radius fractures
Clinical Interests:Hand surgery; hand, wrist and elbow fractures; wrist and elbow problems; peripheral nerve injuries; congenital hand deformities and reconstruction; hand, wrist, and elbow arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis reconstruction; trigger-finger release; carpal tunnel release; scaphoid repair
Vignery, Agnès
Research Interests:Differentiation mechanism of osteoblasts; Fusion mechanism of macrophages
Weis, Lawrence
Clinical Interests:Adult reconstruction, trauma, and musculoskeletal oncology.
Whang, Peter
Research Interests:Biology of spinal fusion; bone graft substitutes; Emerging technologies for spinal surgery; Motion-sparing/nonfusion techniques for spinal fusion; Evidence-based medicine
Clinical Interests:Specialties Anatomical: Neck, Spine, Low Back; Treatment:Arthritis, Deformity, Disability, Joint Replacement, Metabolic Bone Disease, Osteoporosis, Pain, Rehabilitation, Trauma/Fractures, Tumor/Oncology, Motion sparing and minimally invasive surgery; Spinal conditions treated include neck and arm pain/numbness/weakness; lower back and leg pain (sciatica); degenerative arthritis of cervical/thoracic/lumbar spines; degenerative disc disease; disk herniations (C/T/L spines); spinal stenosis; spinal trauma (C/T/L spines) including cervical whiplash and osteoporosis compression fractures; scoliosis (adult and adolescent); spondylolysis (pars defects)/ spondylolisthesis; spinal tumors; spinal infections; Spinal surgeries performed include spinal fusions (C/T/L spines); spinal decompressions (C/T/L spines); microscopic discectomies; motion-preserving surgeries including artificial disc replacements and X-Stop; minimally invasive spine surgery; kyphoplasty (for compression fractures).
Yue, James
Research Interests:Non fusion spine care; motion sparing spine surgery; spinal stenosis; disc replacement surgery; minimally invasive endoscopic spine surgery
Clinical Interests:Spine disorders including discs, arthritis, scoliosis, deformities and tumors; neck and back injuries; lumbar and cervical disc replacement surgery; spinal fusion and deformity correction; discectomy; Prodisc disc replacement; X-Stop treatment for spinal stenosis; fracture management; motion-preserving spine surgery such as artificial disc replacement; endoscopic minimally invasive spine surgery
