Information and forms for OREF Grant Recipients

 



 

2008 Grants and Awards Funded

 

CLINICIAN SCIENTIST AWARD

 

Jennifer M. Wolf, M.D.

University of Colorado at Denver

Does Relaxin Mediate Gender Differences in Joint Laxity and Osteoarthritis of the Thumb Carpo-Metacarpal Joint?

Funded by the Dr. Zachary and Mrs. Kathleen Friedenberg Endowment Fund

 

 

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

 

Mathias P. G. Bostrom, M.D.

Hospital for Special Surgery

Enhancing Cancellous Bone Formation via Mechanical Loading and Parathyroid Hormone

Funded by Stryker

Recipient of the Thomas M. Coffman Career Development Award

 

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

 

Joseph A. Abboud, M.D.

University of Pennsylvania

The Effect of Hypercholesterolemia on Tendons

Funded through the support of the Orthopaedic Surgeons Network of Arizona

 

Wael K. Barsoum, M.D.

Cleveland Clinic

Analysis of Dislocation Following Femoral Resurfacing and Total Hip Replacement Using a Robotics Model

 

Boris Bershadsky, Ph.D.

Cleveland Clinic

Musculoskeletal Extension of a Generic Health-related Quality of Life (QOL) Questionnaire

Funded by the Dr. Dane and Mrs. Mary Louise Miller Endowment Fund

 

Mark A. Frankle, M.D.

Florida Orthopaedic Institute Research Foundation

Range of Motion and Range-specific Strength after Shoulder Arthroplasty

Funded by the Dr. Dane and Mrs. Mary Louise Miller Endowment Fund

 

Louis G. Jenis, M.D.

New England Baptist Hospital

Modulation of the Local Gene Expression Environment within the Developing Spinal Fusion Mass with RNA Interference Delivered by Gene Therapy

Funded by the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation

  

  Joonyung Lee, M.D.

University of Pittsburgh

A Novel Genetic Model of Accelerated Aging to Study the Cellular and Molecular Processes of Intervertebral Disc Aging

 

Xuhui Liu, M.D.

University of California, San Francisco

Role of MMP-2 and its Transcriptional Regulation in Disuse-induced Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

Funded through the support of the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute

 

Arivalagan Muthusamy, Ph.D.

Pennsylvania State University

Regulation of Synovial Angiogenesis by Perlecan in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Funded by the Dr. Victor and Mrs. Harriet Goldberg Endowment Fund

 

Steven J. Svoboda, M.D.

Keller Army Community Hospital

Changes in Serum Biomarkers for Cartilage Turnover Following ACL Injury and Their Relationship to the Development of Osteoarthritis

 

Shang-You Yang, M.D.

Wayne State University

Periprosthetic Cell Trafficking in Debris-associated Osteolysis

Funded through the support of the Hospital for Special Surgery

 

 

PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL RESEARCH GRANTS

 

Laurence D. Higgins, M.D.

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Rotator Cuff Arthropathy: Role of Vitamin D Status

 

Alec C. Stall, M.D.

University of Maryland, Baltimore

A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine the Effectiveness of Perioperative Hyperoxygenation in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections of the Lower Limb

 

 

OREF CLINICAL RESEARCH AWARD

 

Hans-Christoph Pape, M.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Effects of Changing Strategies of Fracture Fixation on Immunologic Changes and System Complications After Multiple Trauma: Damage Control Orthopaedic Surgery

 


RESIDENT CLINICIAN SCIENTIST
TRAINING GRANTS

 

Emily E. Carmody, M.D.

University of Florida, Gainesville

Inducible Differentiation of Osteosarcoma: Implications for Tumorigenicity

CORR/Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant

Funded by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

 

Corey S. Gill, M.D.

Washington University

The Role of Stromal Cell-derived Factor-1 in Murine Medial Collateral Ligament Healing

Funded by Stryker

Recipient of the Katherine Wolcott Walker

Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant

 

MaCalus Hogan, M.D.

University of Virginia

A Tendon Regeneration Model Using Cell-based Augmentation and a Biodegradable Polymer Scaffold

Funded by Stryker

 

Igor Immerman, M.D.

New York University

Granulin/Epithelin Precursor: A New Growth Factor for Cartilage Repair

Funded by the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
Recipient of the MTF/Charles H. Herndon

Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant

 

Andres J. Quintero, M.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Post-traumatic Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Losartan Therapies for Skeletal Muscle in a Contusion Model: An Analysis of Muscle Healing and Functionality

Funded by Stryker

 

Vani J. Sabesan, M.D.

Duke University

A Prospective Clinical Gait Comparison of Total Hip Replacements Versus Hip Resurfacing

Funded by the Ira A. Roschelle Family Foundation

 

Thorsten M. Seyler, M.D.

Wake Forest University

Tissue Engineering of Tendons and Ligaments Using Adipose-derived Stem Cells and a Novel Naturally Derived Scaffold

Funded by the Ira A. Roschelle Family Foundation

 

Kathryne J. Stabile, M.D.

Wake Forest University

The Impact of 3-Dimensional Pore Architecture on Biomechical Properties of a Tissue Engineered Meniscus Transplant: An Ovine Model

Funded by the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
Recipient of the MTF/Charles H. Herndon

Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant

 


OREF/DEPUY ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENT
EDUCATIONAL GRANTS

 

Samuel B. Adams Jr., M.D.

Duke University

Local Delivery and Sustained Release of an Anti-arthritic Agent Using a Novel Injectable Thermally Responsive Protein

 

Gregory D. Byrd, M.D.

Oregon Health and Science University

Optimizing the Safety and Efficacy of an Emerging Technology for Fracture Fixation

 

Lan Chen, M.D.

Columbia University

Antiapoptotic Gene Silencing Using Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Delivery of Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) as Adjuvant Therapy for Osteosarcomas

 

Lauren M. Fabian, M.D.

Columbia University

Radiographic Evaluation of Teres Minor Hypertrophy and Functional Status in Patients with Rotator Cuff Tears

 

Warren E. Gardner, M.D.

Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center

Exploring the Potential Treatment of Steroid-induced Femoral Osteonecrosis in a Rabbit Model with Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation

 

S. Raymond Golish, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Virginia

Optimized Polymer Microspheres for Prolonged Steroid Delivery to the Shoulder

 

Brian M. Haus, M.D.

Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program/Children's Hospital

The Effect of Skeletal Maturity on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Healing

 

Kevin J. Little, M.D.

University of Cincinnati

Is Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans a Growth Arrest of the Secondary Ossification Center? 

 
Addisu Mesfin, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University

Symptoms and Characteristics of Dural Ectasia after Ten Years in Patients with Marfan’s

 

Michael J. O'Brien, M.D.

University of Maryland, Baltimore

The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Orthopaedic Surgeons' Cognitive and Psychomotor Skills

 

Ra'Kerry K. Rahman, M.D.

Columbia University, New York Orthopaedic Hospital

The Effects of Bisphosphonates on Greater Tuberosity Bone Density and Rotator Cuff Attachment Properties in the Osteoporotic Rat Model

 

Jaime A. Rice, M.D.

University of Chicago

Effect of BMP3 and IGF-1 on Growth Plate Injuries

 

Jason A. Silva, M.D.

University of Massachusetts Medical Center

The Tetracycline Family as Disease-modifying Osteoarthritis Drugs in Surgically Induced Osteoarthritis in Mice

 

James W. Woodall Jr., M.D.

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Cellular Effects of Platelet-rich Plasma on Inflammation and Healing: Impact on Phagocyte Activity

 

Megan L. Young, M.D.

Boston University

Effects of PTH 1-34 on Spine Fusion in Ovariectomized Rats

 

 

POSNA/OREF RESEARCH GRANT


Kenneth M. Kozloff, Ph.D.

University of Michigan

Treatment of Disuse Osteopenia with Bisphosphonates in Growing Bone -- Differential Deposition and Healing in Cortical and Cancellous Bone 

 

 

OREF/AAHKS/ZIMMER RESIDENT CLINICIAN SCIENTIST TRAINING GRANT IN TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY

 

Daniel E. Martin, M.D.

University of Pittsburgh

Evaluation of In Vivo Hip Kinematics in Patients with Idiopathic Femoroacetabular Impingement 

 

 

RJOS/OREF/DEPUY CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD IN WOMEN'S MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH

 

Kelly Ann Lafaivre, M.D.

University of British Columbia

Second Hip Fractures in British Columbia, An Epidemiologic and Health Services Research Study

 

  

ZIMMER ORTHOPAEDIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

 

Kathleen S. Beebe, M.D.

UMDNJ — New Jersey Medical School

In Vivo Evaluation of Insulin as an Adjuvant to Improve Healing in Segmental Bone Defects in a Bilateral Canine Ulna Model

 

Rena L. Stewart, M.D.

University of Alabama

Refining of an Infected, Open Fracture Model in the Rat with Evaluation of a Load-bearing, Biodegradable Scaffold Impregnated with Local Antibiotics

 

Peter Tang, M.D.

Columbia University

Contact Biomechanics after Scaphoid Excision, Four-corner Fusion

 

Robert Z. Tashjian, M.D.

University of Utah

Determination of Optimal Tension and Proximal Humeral Version of the Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

 

Michael E. Trice, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University

Localization of Optimal Anatomic Site for Articular Cartilage Biopsy for Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation

  

 

LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM

 

Warren R. Dunn, M.D.

Vanderbilt University

 

Reuben Gobezie, M.D.

Case Western University

University Hospitals of Cleveland

 


STATE SOCIETY LECTURESHIPS

 

Arkansas Orthopaedic Society

 

California Orthopaedic Association

 

Connecticut Orthopedic Society

 

Florida Orthopaedic Society

 

Georgia Orthopaedic Society

 

Hawaii Orthopaedic Association

 

Indiana Orthopaedic Society

 

Iowa Orthopaedic Society, Inc.

 

Kansas Orthopaedic Society

 

Maryland Orthopaedic Association

 

Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

 

Missouri State Orthopaedic Association

 

New Mexico Orthopaedic Association

 

New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons

 

Ohio Orthopaedic Society

 

Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society

 

South Carolina Orthopaedic Association

 

Utah State Orthopaedic Society

 

Virginia Orthopaedic Society

 

West Virginia Orthopaedic Society

 

Western Orthopaedic Association, Oregon Chapter

 

 

HARK LECTURESHIPS

 

Clinical Orthopaedic Society

 

Eastern Orthopaedic Association

 

Georgetown University

 

International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty

 

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association

 

Mid-Central States Orthopaedic Society

 

Southern Orthopaedic Association

 
University
of Illinois at Chicago

 

University of Mississippi Medical Center

 

Western Orthopaedic Association

 

 

EDUCATIONAL AWARDS

 

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

  • 2008 Research Symposium: Molecular Biology and Therapeutics in Musculoskeletal Oncology
  • 2008 AAOS/ORS Advanced Imaging and Computer Assisted Surgery of the Knee and Hip (AICKH) Research Symposium

 

American Orthopaedic Association

Clinical Trials Research Program

 

American Association of Orthopaedic Executives

(formerly BONES Society)

Annual Meeting

 

Brigham and Women's Hospital

The 5th International Meeting on Gene and Cell Therapies for Arthritis and Related Disorders

 

Brown University

Nanotechnology and Orthopaedics: A Special Session of the 34th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference

 

Georgetown University Hospital

Orthopaedic Surgery and Success in the Twenty-first Century American Healthcare System

 

Gordon Research Conferences

2008 Gordon Research Conference on Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering

 

Indiana University

38th International Sun Valley

Skeletal Tissue Workshop

 

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Development of a Computerized Orthopaedic Pathophysiologic Teaching System for Health Care Professionals Based on the Jaffe, Erdheim and Campbell Collections (JEC Collection)

 

Orthopaedic Research Society

2008 Workshops at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society

 

Orthopaedics Overseas

OREF-OO Traveling Fellowship 

 

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Incorporating Evidence-based Medicine in Orthopaedics

 

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Musculoskeletal Pathology Course 2007

 

 

JBJS RESIDENT JOURNAL CLUB GRANTS
 

Funding for 50 programs at a minimum of $2,000 each
 

 

 

MEDICAL STUDENT SUMMER ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 

 

Suneel B. Bhat

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

 

John W. Bracey

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

 

Eric A. Breitbert

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

 

Mohamad J. Halawi

Duke University

 

Lauren K. Jorgensen

Marquette University/Medical College of Wisconsin

 

Ehsan Saadat

University of California, San Francisco

 

Christian Skjong

University of Chicago

 

Jeffrey B. Stambough

University of Pennsylvania

 

Alexander A. Theologis

University of California, San Francisco

 

Richard S. Yoon

Columbia University

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

 

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

  • AAOS/OREF/ORS Clinician Scientist Development Program
  • AAOS/OREF Traveling Fellowship Program

 

Hospital for Special Surgery

Current Concepts in Sports Medicine

 

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Web-based Educational Enhancements of

Peer-reviewed Scientific Articles

 

ORS/OREF Grant Writing Workshop

March, 2008

 

ORS/OREF/AAOS Grant Writing Workshop

May, 2008

 

United States Bone and Joint Decade

Young Investigator Initiative