A total of 18 orthopaedics & rehabilitation faculty members were named 2025 Health Care Research All-Stars by Avant-garde Health in a report that recognizes the outstanding physicians and hospitals whose contributions to health care research significantly enhance the quality of patient care.
Avant-garde Health evaluated published research from more than 424,000 physicians and 4,700 hospitals to determine the most influential and elite researchers and hospitals in the U.S. The report recognizes 489 hospitals and more than 21,000 physician researchers across 22 medical and surgical specialties as the top health care researchers in 2025.
The Research All-Stars is the most comprehensive report to highlight the hospitals and physicians that are continuing to drive this progress in their respective fields and across the health care system each year. To be included as an “All-Star,” surgeons and hospitals must be among the top 5% of those publishing leading-edge health care research.
Top 1%
Jonathan Grauer, MD; Andrew Jimenez, MD; Francis Lee, MD, PhD, and Michael Medvecky, MD
To 2-3%
Gary Friedlaender, MD; John Fulkerson, MD; Arianna Gianakos, DO; Lisa Lattanza, MD; Rey Ramirez, MD; Lee Rubin, MD; and Daniel Wiznia, MD
Top 4-5%
David Frumberg, MD; Elizabeth Gardner, MD; Andrea Halim, MD; Irvin Oh, MD; Daniel Rubio, MD; Arya Varthi, MD; and Peter Whang, MD
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Featured in this article
- Jonathan N Grauer, MD
- Andrew Jimenez, MD, FAAOS
- Francis Lee, MD, PhD, FAAOS, MBA
- Michael Medvecky, MD
- Gary Friedlaender, MD, BS
- John Fulkerson, MD
- Arianna L. Gianakos, DO
- Lisa Lattanza, MD, FAOA, FAAOS
- Rey Ramirez, MD
- Lee Eric Rubin, MD, FAAOS, FAOA
- Daniel Wiznia, MD
- David Frumberg, MD, FAAOS
- Elizabeth Gardner, MD
- Andrea Halim, MD, BA
- Irvin Oh, MD, FAOA, FAAOS
- Daniel Robert Rubio, MD, FACS, FAAOS
- Arya Varthi, MD, FAAOS
- Peter G. Whang, MD, FACS, FAAOS