Research Day 2009

Stanford / VA Palo Alto Orthopedic Surgery Research Day

Saturday, March 28, 2009

VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Main Auditorium, Building 101

Visiting Professor: Joshua J. Jacobs, MD
The Crown Family Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Rush University Medical Center

SESSION ONE: PGY 2 and PGY 3 residents

Dr. David McCall
Intralesional excision vs. wide resection in the treatment of low grade chondrosarcomas
Dr. Geoff Abrams
Kinematic and kinetic comparison of tennis serve types using a markerless motion capture system
Dr. Stephanie Pun
Biomechanical evaluation of trans-sacral screw fixation of
transforaminal sacral fractures
Dr. Kristen Fleager
Kinematic analysis of the upper limb in children with hemiplegia following upper limb botulinum toxin A injection
Dr. Christopher Cox
Fluoroscopic usage patterns and incidence of cancer in practicing orthopedic surgeons
Dr. Noah Epstein
3D imaging of the patellofemoral joint during weightbearing
Dr. Donald Park
The influence of stretch-shorten cycle loading and stretching on muscle-tendon biomechanics
Dr. Beatrice Shu
Gait motion analysis in femoroacetabular impingement: are gait changes related to the genesis of osteoarthritis?
Dr. Shaun Chandran
10-12 year incidence of kidney disease in patients who have had total hip arthroplasty
Dr. Chirag Patel
Distal radius locking plate fixation: Locked screws vs. locked pegs

SESSION TWO: Visiting Professor Keynote Address

Dr. Joshua J. Jacobs
Metal-on-Metal THR: Biological Implications

SESSION THREE: Graduate Students and Fellows

Dr. Russell M. Nord
Arthroscopic lavage of the knee: The efficacy of different portal configurations as evaluated by 4-D MRI
Dr. James Rosneck
Avascular necrosis after arthroscopic ACL reconstruction: an under recognized problem
Dr. Chris Dolan
An analysis of the quality of acromioplasty studies

SESSION FOUR: PGY 4 and PGY 5 residents

Dr. Nathan Hart
Pectoralis major tendon injuries: A biomechanical analysis of repair techniques
Dr. David Hay
Biomechanical analysis of derotation of the thoracic spine using linked pedicle screws
Dr. Briana Calore
Prevalence of hepatitis C among veteran total knee and hip arthroplasty patients
Dr. Robert Mayle
Stem cells and spinal cord injury
Dr. Michael Trindade
Shear stress increases osteoarthritic chondrocyte VEGF production
Dr. Arthur Lee
Investigation of Trabecular Bone Using Micro-CT in Base of Thumb Arthritis
Dr. Matthew Miller
The effect of selective arthroscopic releases on knee joint volume
Dr. Daniel Hamman
Locked vs non-locked plating of mid-clavicular fractures: A biomechanical analysis
Dr. Zachary Vaughn
Biomechanical evaluation of a one-stage ACL revision technique using a structural bone-void filler
Dr. Alex Iezza
Does acute placement of instrumentation in the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis predispose to recurrent infection: Long term follow-up in immune-suppressed patients
Dr. Albi Qeli
Change of intervertebral angles and distances with different sitting positions