inserting the new one during the same operation, is gaining favor outside of North America.
Five groups of HSS physicians received ARJR Marmor Research Grants totaling $50,000.
Edwin Su, MD, received the Young Investigator Award from The Knee Society for his paper “Thrombogenic Risk of Unicompartmental Knee Versus Total Knee Replacement.”
Education Updates
Resident William Schairer, MD; Dr. McLawhorn and Dr. Padgett were given the Frank Stinchfield Award for the study “Total Hip Arthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture is Not a Typical DRG 470: A Propensity- Matched Cohort Study.” In February 2015, the Service held its annual multi-disciplinary research retreat with 47 HSS attendees. They represented ARJR, as well as Administration, Anesthesia, Biomechanics, Infectious Disease, Radiology and the Osteolysis Research Laboratory. The Service established an Arthroplasty Clinical Review Panel chaired by Service Research Director Geoffrey Westrich, MD, in April 2016 to expedite the research review process, in which a study’s protocol and scientific quality are evaluated.
The ARJR Fellowship program continues to be strengthened under the leadership of Mathias Bostrom, MD. It was established more than 40 years ago to train future thought leaders in total joint replacement surgery. There were 150 applicants for eight Fellow positions for the 2017–2018 academic year. In 2015, HSS hosted the 27th Annual Holiday Knee and Hip Course at New York City’s Grand Hyatt. It attracted 154 attendees, including 37 U.S. and international faculty members.
9,911 SURGERIES
45,899 PATIENT VISITS
8 FELLOWS
84 STUDIES PUBLISHED
In the fall of 2015, HSS hosted the John N. Insall Traveling Fellows, sponsored by The Knee Society.
All data is from 2015 unless otherwise specified.
In 2015, the Service hosted Wayne Paprosky, MD, as the Wilson Visiting Professor. The topic of his lecture was “A Systematic Approach to Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.” In 2016, the Service was honored to host Thomas Fehring, MD, as the John Insall Visiting Professor. His lecture was entitled “Infection in Knee Arthroplasty.”
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: David J. Mayman, MD; Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD, MBA; Michael L. Parks, MD; Paul M. Pellicci, MD; Amar S. Ranawat, MD; Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD; Eduardo A. Salvati, MD; Peter K. Sculco, MD; Thomas P. Sculco, MD; Edwin P. Su, MD; Geoffrey H. Westrich, MD; Russell E. Windsor, MD (NOT PICTURED: Bryan J. Nestor, MD)
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