Grant and Award Recipients 2005

Medical Student Summer Orthopaedic Research Fellowship
Career Development Awards
Research Grants
Prospective Clinical Research Grants
Resident Research Awards
OREF Clinical Research Award
OREF/AAOS Clinical Research Training Fellowship
Zimmer Orthopaedic Career Development Award
State Society Lectureships
Hark Lectureships
Educational Awards
OREF/Bayer Pharmaceuticals Resident Research Award in Blood Management Research
Miscellaneous Grants

 

Medical Student Summer Orthopaedic Research Fellowship

The goal of this program is to encourage medical students with an interest in pursuing a career in orthopaedics.

RECIPIENT

Adam A. Carver
University of Arkansas

Christina E. Clark
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia (Drexel University)

Russell D. Dedini
University of California, San Francisco

Michael L. Gray
University of California, Irvine

Lauren B. Grossman
New England Medical Center

Daniel E. Houseman
Children's Hospital of Philidelphia

Amanda R. Sandoval
Yale University

Jonathan T. Snashall
University of California, San Francisco

Arthur W. Wu
Duke University

Melissa N. Zimel
University of Washington

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Career Development Awards

Award encourages a commitment to scientific research in orthopaedic surgery. Awards of up to $75,000 per year for three years were awarded.

RECIPIENT PROJECT
Joseph Borrelli Jr., M.D.
Washington University		 In Vivo Cartilage Changes After Mechanical Injury
David C. Markel, M.D.
Wayne State University		 Inflammatory Monocytes and Aseptic Loosening

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Research Grants

Grants encourage new investigators by providing seed money and start-up funding of up to $50,000 per year for up to two years. Nine grants were funded.

RECIPIENT PROJECT
William R. Creevy, M.D.
Boston University		 An Economic Evaluation of Reamed and Nonreamed Intramedullary Nails in Patients with Tibial Shaft Fractures
C. Benjamin Ma, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco		 Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Knee - The Effect of Ligament Injury and Reconstruction
Martha M. Murray, M.D.
Children's Hospital, Boston		 Enhanced Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair Using Collagen-PRP Scaffolds
Bradley J. Nelson, M.D.
Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point		 Effect of a Military Movement Training Program on Lower Extremity Muscle Function
Kenneth J. Noonan, M.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison 		The Use of Botulinum A Toxin to Reduce Muscle Contracture and to Promote Myogenesis in a Rabbit Distraction Osteogenesis Model
Howell C. Sasser, Ph.D.
Michael J. Bosse, M.D. (Co-PI)
Carolinas Health Care System		 Clinical Efficacy and Cost Implications of Acute BMP-2 Application in Grade IIIB Tibia Fractures: A Prospective Randomized Multi-Center Study

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Prospective Clinical Research Grants

These grants provide funding for promising prospective clinical research projects. Two awards of up to $50,000 per year for up to three years were awarded.

RECIPIENT PROJECT
Kenneth J. Koval, M.D.
Dartmouth Medical
 External Fixation with Percutaneous Pinning versus Non-Spanning External Fixation versus Open Reduction with Locked Volar Plate Fixation for Unstable Distal Radius Fractures — A Prospective
Eric C. McCarty, M.D.
University of Colorado
 Immobilization in External Rotation after First Time Anterior Dislocation: A Prospective Randomized Study
David S. Ruch, M.D.
Wake Forest University		 Arthroscopic Repair versus Ulnar Shortening Osteotomy for the Management of Peripheral Avulsions of the Triangular

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Resident Research Awards

Award is to encourage development of research interests for residents and orthopaedic fellows in approved orthopaedic programs. Grants of $15,000 are offered to be used over a 12-month timeframe.

Mohana Amirtharajah, M.D.
University of Iowa 		Role of Telomerase in DNA Repair in Chondrocytes and Chondrosarcoma
Brandon E. Earp, M.D.
Children's Hospital, Boston		 The Correlation of Muscle Imbalances with Glenohumeral Deformity in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy
Michael J. Gardner, M.D.
Hospital for Special Surgery		 The Effects of Intermittent Mechanical Compression on Fracture Healing
Afshin Khalafi, M.D.
University of California, Davis		 Role of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins and Growth Factors in the Expression of Articular Cartilage Superficial Zone Protein
Paul Kraemer, M.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison		 Correlation of Microdiskectomy Outcomes with Apolipoprotein E and Carboxyl - O - MethylTransferase
Jennifer L. Kummer, M.D.
University of Chicago		 Efficacy of BMP13 Gene Therapy on Early Healing in Rabbit Flexor Tendon Lacerations
Patrick M. Morgan, M.D.
University of Minnesota		 Biomechanical Analysis of the Oblique Popliteal Ligament
Jian Shen, M.D., Ph.D.
Wake Forest University		 Molecular Cloning of Differently Expressed Genes in Skeletal Muscles Following Botulinum Toxin A Injections

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OREF Clinical Research Award

This award recognizes outstanding clinical research related to musculoskeletal disease or injury. One award of $20,000 was awarded.

RECIPIENT PROJECT
Mininder S. Kocher, M.D., M.P.H.
David Zurakowski, Ph.D.
James R. Kasser, M.D.
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School		 Septic Arthritis of the Hip in Children: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Clinical Effectiveness

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OREF/AAOS CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING FELLOWSHIP  

RECIPIENT
Saam Morshed, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco and Berkley
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ZIMMER ORTHOPAEDIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

This award promotes the advancement of scientific and/or clinical training of new orthopaedic surgeons who have a clinical or scientific interest in total joint surgery and/or trauma treatment. The qualified candidate must be an orthopaedic surgeon who is currently completing or has completed formal training within the past four years. The amount of the award is up to $50,000 for up to one year.

RECIPIENT
Carl Deirmengian, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania		 WBC Gene Expression: A Novel Method to Diagnose Infection in the Total Joint Arthroplasty
Reuben Gobezie, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital		 Determining Biomarkers for Osteoarthritis using Proteomics Technology / Visiting Shoulder Fellowship
R. Michael Meneghini, M.D.
St. Vincent Center for Joint Replacement Indianapolis, IN		 Two-Incision Minimally Invasive Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial versus Anterolateral and Posterior Single Incision Surgical Approaches
Carol D. Morris, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center		 Improving Structural Allograft Durability with Bisphosphonate Augmentation
Andrew D. Pearle, M.D.
Hospital for Special Surgery		 Advanced Surgical Training: Computer Assisted Navigation in Trauma and Arthroplasty
Heather A. Vallier, M.D.
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH		 Surgical Treatment of Distal Tibia Fractures

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STATE SOCIETY LECTURESHIPS  
Arkansas Orthopaedic Society
California Orthopaedic Association
Clinical Orthopaedic Society
Georgia Orthopaedic Society
Hawaii Orthopaedic Association
Indiana Orthopaedic Society
Iowa Orthopaedic Society
Kansas Orthopaedic Society
Louisiana Orthopaedic Society
Michigan Orthopaedic Society
Mid-America Orthopaedic Association
Mid-Central States Orthopaedic Society
Minnesota Orthopaedic Society
Mississippi Orthopaedic Society
Missouri State Orthopaedic Association
New Jersey Orthopaedic Society
New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Ohio Orthopaedic Society
Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
South Carolina Orthopaedic Association
Tennessee Orthopaedic Society
Washington, D.C. Orthopaedic Society
West Virginia Orthopaedic Society
Wisconsin Orthopaedic Society		  

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HARK LECTURESHIPS
Atlanta Medical Center
Dartmouth College
Duke University Medical Center
Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Inc.
Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine
Rush University
Southern Orthopaedic Association
University of Vermont
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Western Orthopaedic Association

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Educational Awards

Awards provide one time of funding of up to $25,000 for educational programs developed in conjunction with a recognized, national organization: to evaluate the effectiveness of orthopaedic education at all levels; clinical consensus conferences, workshops and symposia; research and development of educational electronic media; and innovative approaches to education. Nine programs were funded.

RECIPIENT PROJECT
American Orthopaedic Association Assessing Burnout Syndrome Impact on Orthopaedic Chairs
Case Western Reserve University Orthopaedic Education On-line: An Innovative Approach to Resident Education
Gordon Research Conferences Gordon Conference: Cartilage Biology and Pathology
Indiana University 36th International Sun Valley Skeletal Tissue Workshop
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Web-Based Enhancements of Peer-Reviewed Articles
Orthopaedics Overseas OREF-Orthopaedics Overseas Traveling Fellowship
Pennsylvania State University Baccalaureate Credit Certificate in Academic Medicine — An Innovative Approach to Orthopaedic Resident Education
Washington University Stress and Coping Among Orthopaedic Residents and Faculty: The ARCOS National Study

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OREF/BAYER PHARMACEUTICALS RESIDENT RESEARCH AWARD IN BLOOD MANAGEMENT RESEARCH 

RECIPIENTS (2003)
Joshua D. Auerbach, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania		 Two-Incision MIS THA versus Small-Incision Mini-Posterolateral THA: A Comparison of Surgical Stress and Thrombotic Potential

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MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

RECIPIENT
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons The Clinician Scientist Development Program
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons The Clinician Scientist Traveling Fellowship
Scott C. Miller, Ph.D.
Becky Setterberg
University of Utah		 Festschrift in honor of Web Jee, M.D.
ORS/OREF Grant Writing Workshop @ ORS Meeting,
February 2005		  
ORS/OREF/ORS/AAOS Grant Writing Workshop
April 2 & 3, 2005		  

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