med.wright.edu/ortho 2 JointDEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAE DICVentures SURGERY, SPORTS MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Message from the Chair The past year has Tissue Center under the direction of Shawn Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation been one of great Hunter, Ph.D., and has started a stem cell lab in change in the the plastic surgery clinical office at Miami Valley Volume 9: 2011 orthopaedic Hospital. This is a new and exciting area for us Message from the Chair 1 community at and truly represents the future of medicine. This Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Update 2 Wright State and will not only be an area to compete for funded Orthopaedic Interest Group 2 in Dayton in research, but will also provide ample opportuni- general. The ties and resources for medical students, residents, Resident Fund Contributions 2 residency now has and graduate students to pursue high quality Orthopaedic Trauma Update 3 its full complement of residents with four per research. Dr. Blackmore has shown tremendous Weddings and Births 3 year as well as two research residents. This energy in building this program and I believe New Residents and Fellows 3 increase allows the residents to rotate on the she will be a great asset to our department. Visiting Professors 4 major services both at a junior level and a Our partnership with the Wright State Sixth Annual Scientific Symposium 4 senior level. University Department of Bioengineering Seventh Annual Prosthetics Course 4 As our department has grown, the need for continues to grow as well. Tarun Goswami, Department of Community collaboration has grown as well. We see this in Ph.D., continues to grow his program in Health Expands 5 the clinical arena as hospitals align with each biomechanics and orthopaedic bioengineering. 38th Annual Graduation Ceremony 5 other as well as physicians. More and more Thomas Hangartner, Ph.D., took over as Department Awards 5 orthopaedic surgeons in our area are now chairman of the department this year. His Residency ABOS Board Results 5 employed by hospitals. This certainly changes considerable background in bone density and New Medical Office Building at the dynamics of competition, but does allow the osteoporosis has been a great asset to our Wright State University in 2012 6 hospitals more leverage as they build service lines orthopaedic research endeavors. With his Department News 6 (joint replacement, spine, sports medicine) to interests in the biomechanical fields, we will Graduation Research Symposium 7 appeal to the patient population areas. Though continue to develop our collaborative projects. Ohio Orthopaedic Research and we are not employed by a hospital system, Our collaboration continues to grow as we Innovation Day 7 Wright State Orthopaedics has benefitted from open our clinical building on the Wright State Plastic Surgery Residency Update 8-9 the service line mentality and embraced it as our University campus in the summer of 2012. Scholarly Activity 10-11 subspecialty-trained surgeons provide leadership This building is the product of eight years of in the service line development. This model Upcoming Events 12 planning and has evolved into a clinical allows our subspecialty-trained and certified building owned by Wright State Physicians. sports medicine physicians—Dr. Ellis, Dr. Orthopaedics will occupy the first floor and Herbenick, Dr. Lawless, and Dr. Rubino—to will provide comprehensive services including serve as team physicians for both Wright State Find us on Facebook: primary care sports medicine and orthopaedic University and the University of Dayton. Drs. /WrightStateOrthopaedics surgery, physical therapy, and athletic training, /WrightStateOrthoResidency Lawless and Binski participate in the joint as well as x-ray and advanced MRI imaging. replacement service line at Miami Valley Through collaborations with the Wright State Hospital and Drs. Prayson and Binski provide University Athletic Training Program, we will leadership in the trauma service line. This service develop our mutual interests in clinical care Wright State Physicians Orthopaedic line mentality will be practiced in the new and research. We will use techniques and Surgery, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Wright State Physicians building. 30 E. Apple Street, Suite 2200 research to provide the most advanced care to Dayton, OH 45409 Our research endeavors continue to expand. the athlete, the community at Wright State, Tel: 937.208.2091 This year we hired Mary Blackmore, Ph.D., to and the surrounding area as a whole. head our tissue engineering program. This was Fax: 937.208.6141 Overall the future is bright for Wright State made possible with collaboration between the E-mail: [email protected] Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, and Division of Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedic wrightstateortho.org Rehabilitation. We have many challenges in Surgery, and the Community Tissue Center. Dr. 2012 and look forward to tackling them. Blackmore has built a cell lab at the Community 2 Joint Ventures Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Update Orthopaedic Interest Happy 2012 to shift. This change has been Peggy Baldwin continues to serve all of you in the adopted and actually seems to as the educational coordinator for Group Wright State be working well with our both the orthopaedic surgery family! My hope orthopaedic interns. They still residency and orthopaedic trauma The Wright State University is that your 2011 work 70-80 hours per week and fellowship. Her job continues to Boonshoft School of Medicine’s was as good as have a higher level of supervision. grow and she has handled the Orthopaedic Interest Group the one we The upper level residents are able added responsibilities and continues to meet four times enjoyed in the to work 24-hour shifts, but have a requirements with grace. She has during the academic year with the Wright State shortened period for transition of served on numerous committees purpose of sharing valuable Residency duty. Our department has and has been a leader in the information with those medical Program. Our program had implemented these changes and Association of Residency students interested in orthopaedics another excellent class of the challenges they bring. Coordinators in Orthopaedic as a career choice. It provides the graduating chief residents to send Surgery (ARCOS). She brings We were very fortunate in the students access to orthopaedic off to the world to take care of national recognition to our NRMP match this past year and faculty and residents on an people. We graduated three program and always comes back are proud to have matched with informal basis and covers a wide residents this past June, two who from her meetings with new ideas. Matt Cavo, M.D., Joe Cox, variety of topics, including are subspecializing in spine and M.D., Jake Deister, M.D., and While we feel fortunate to have information on how to be a one who took a position as a Jed May, M.D. We welcome our so much to be thankful for as a successful orthopaedic residency general orthopaedic surgeon. new residents to the Wright State program, I believe there are even candidate, casting and splinting, Both Kenny Edwards, M.D., and University Orthopaedic Surgery greater things to come in the and orthopaedic subspecialties. Brad Picha, M.D., ventured off to family. The residency continues to future. As health care policy This year’s group was led by post-graduate fellowships in spine grow and flourish with quality changes, resident demands fourth-year medical student, surgery. Kenny has accepted a graduates and an impressive increase, and work hours become Andrew Burleson. fellowship position at Texas Back complement of new residents. more restricted, we are constantly Institute and Brad a fellowship at looking for ways to optimize the OrthoIndy. Although we are As residency program rules educational process. We thank always proud of our residents continue to change, the our dedicated alumni and clinical getting great fellowship positions department has been busy making faculty for their support and hope such as these, it is equally adjustments to the educational Resident that your contributions to the satisfying to see graduates enter process. We have responded to program continue to improve clinical practice after residency resident hour restrictions by Fund resident education and make this without one. Adam Hamilton, enhancing our bio-skills and a special place to train. Contributions M.D., has taken a private practice simulation surgery programs. We position as a general orthopaedist are dedicated to staying ahead of —Michael A. Herbenick, M.D. in Minnesota and has hit the the educational curve by creating Dr. Marcos E. and Mrs. Martha D. ground running in his practice. It unique learning environments Amongero gives us great satisfaction to hear that improve the procedural skills Dr. Christopher Anderson and Ms. back from Adam about how well and knowledge of our residents. Johanna Moore prepared he feels in clinical We have partnered with the Dr. Gerard A. and Mrs. Marilyn J. practice without having done a Wright State University College Dehner fellowship. of Engineering to explore John W. Hamilton, D.D.S., PC educational and research Dr. Brian K. and Mrs. Sandra C. Our expansion of the residency to opportunities for the residency Hutchinson four per year is complete and we using simulation and learning Innovative Medical Group LLC/ are maintaining the two research models. This past year the Tom Conroy residents. Our new challenge this residency program has produced Janssen Pharmaceuticals year has been the implementation 22 published works, presented Ohio State University of the new ACGME work hour 58 research projects at meetings, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharma, Inc. restrictions, which have had the and are involved with numerous Joan L. Picha biggest effects on the intern year. research projects. Teresa J. Purses First-year residents no longer Benjamin C. Roelle work any more than a 16-hour Smith & Nephew Synthes med.wright.edu/ortho 3 Orthopaedic Trauma Update Weddings New Residents The orthopaedic three-year term in Landstuhl Matthew Ross and trauma service at Regional Medical Center in Germa- Mardi Mae Lu Joaquin and Fellows Miami Valley ny.