Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Pittsburgh	UPMC	Health Sciences @ Pitt	School of Medicine

	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Chairman: Freddie H. Fu M.D., D. Sc. (Hon), D.Ps. (Hon)

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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
3471 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-605-3203
Fax: 412-687-0802

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery<br><font size=2>Chairman: Freddie H. Fu M.D., D. Sc. (Hon), D.Ps. (Hon)</font>

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February 9, 2010

James Bradley, MD was Special Guest Speaker February 3 Presenting "Platelet Rich Therapies in the Treatment of Orthopaedic Sports Injuries"

[Pictured above from left to right]:Freddie Fu, MD; Akiro Iso-Steelers Assistant Athletic Trainer; James Bradley, MD; Tanya Hagen, MD; and John Norwig-Steeler Head Athletic Trainer.

James Bradley, MD was the Grand Rounds Guest Speaker on February 3 presenting "Platelet Rich Therapies in the Treatment of Orthopaedic Sports Injuries". Dr. Bradley is Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Head Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

His lecture was attended by more than 100 people including John Norwig, Steelers Head Athletic Trainer, and Akiro Iso, Steelers Assistant Athletic Trainer. John Norwig has been with the NFL for 19 years. He received his bachelor's and master's degree from Pennsylvania State University and is a member of several Professional Football Athletic Trainer Society (PFATS) and NFL committees. In 2008, he was honored with the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Awards by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).

Akiro Iso joined John Norwig's training staff in 2003 as the first female trainer in the NFL. Born in Tokyo, Japan, she later earned her bachelor's degree from Oregon State University in 1993 and her master's degree from San Jose State in 1995.

News & Announcements

News & Announcement Archive

2/9/2010	Johnny Huard, PhD is Special Guest Speaker at Grand Rounds February 10 at 7am in the LHAS Auditorium at Montefiore Presenting "Regenerative Medicine Based on Muscle-Stem Cells: From the Origin of Stem Cells Toward Orthopaedic Applications"
2/9/2010	Dr. Scott Tashman's Daughter Carly in Post-Gazette February 8
2/8/2010	Congratulations Dr. Deryk Jones, Former Sports Medicine Fellow and Head Team Physician for Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints!
2/8/2010	Dr. Rocky S. Tuan and Dr. James H-C Wang Keynote Speakers at the 10th International Ligament and Tendon Symposium, Hong Kong Feb. 5-6, 2010
2/5/2010	Congratulations Barrett I. Woods MD - Recognized in "History Makers Exhibit"
2/3/2010	James Bradley, MD was Special Guest Speaker February 3 Presenting "Platelet Rich Therapies in the Treatment of Orthopaedic Sports Injuries"
2/2/2010	Anatomic Double Bundle ACL Reconstruction and The Anatomic Single- and Double-Bundle ACL Reconstruction Flowchart Only Two Videos on Vumedi With Over 10,000 Hits
2/2/2010	Anatomic Single- and Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Flowchart Published in February 2010 Issue of Arthroscopy
2/2/2010	Dane K. Wukich MD Article Published February 2010 American Issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
1/27/2010	Airlift Research Foundation Awards Inaugural Extremity Trauma Research Grants at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial January 25
1/27/2010	Dr. Constance R. Chu is Featured in January 27 New York Times Article Studies Link Rare Ailment to Pain Pumps
1/20/2010	Robert Goitz MD in the American Orthopaedic Association [AOA] Class of 2009
1/15/2010	Panthers Once Again the Talk of the Big East Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 15, 2010
1/13/2010	Dr. Freddie Fu Quoted in NY Times January 13 Popular Blood Therapy May Not Work
1/13/2010	Vonda Wright, MD on Dr. Oz TV Show January 13
1/11/2010	Yong Li, MD, PhD Invited to Editorial Board International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology
1/11/2010	Mohit Bhandari, MD Was Visiting Professor on January 20 Presenting "Evidence-Based Orthopaedics: How Far Have We Come?"
1/8/2010	Editor-in-Chief Dr. Freddie H. Fu Announces First Published Paper in Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine December 2009
1/8/2010	Ron DeAngelo, Director of Sports Performance at UPMC Center for Sports Medicine Quoted in Wall Street Journal January 8 "The NFL's Indestructible Man"
1/7/2010	Dr. Jay Irrgang Quoted in New York Times January 7 Treat Me, but No Tricks Please
1/7/2010	In Memoriam: Robert Jackson, MD 1932-2010
1/5/2010	100 Years of Orthopaedics at the University of Pittsburgh Featured in January 2010 Issue of Orthopedics Today
1/5/2010	Constance R. Chu MD is Featured in January 4 Wall Street Journal Article "The Latest Front in the War on Arthritis"
12/29/2009	ACL Double Bundle Group sets record with 5 articles being published in January 2010 issue of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA), the journal of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), including the leading article and a special Editorial
12/23/2009	Dane K. Wukich, MD Featured in Orthopaedics Today December 2009 Issue "The Diabetic foot: Diabetic Foot, Ankle Patients Have Fivefold Greater Risk for Postoperative Infection"
12/22/2009	Dane K. Wukich, MD Selected by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2010 Nominating Committee to be the National Membership Committee Representative
12/17/2009	Happy Holidays from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery!
12/17/2009	Bridget Deasy PhD in UPMC News Release December 17 "Umbilical Cord Could Be New Source of Plentiful Stem Cells, Say Pitt Researchers - Banking Cords, as well as Cord Blood, May Be Invaluable"
12/16/2009	Departmental Newsletter-Restore-Winter 2010
12/15/2009	Takeo Kanade, PhD Presented a Lecture on December 14 Titled �Tracking a Large Number of Migrating and Proliferating Cells in Time-Lapse Microscopy Imagery�
12/9/2009	Take a Look at Dr. Robert Salter's "Cycle of Surgical Research"
12/9/2009	Constance R. Chu MD Featured in New York Times Phys Ed: What Causes Early Arthritis in Knees on December 9
12/3/2009	Mark Lovell, PhD Featured in Pittsburgh Post Gazette Article on Concussion in December 3 Issue
12/3/2009	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial on December 3 Head Cases: The NFL Needs to Get Tough on Concussions
12/3/2009	Hans Christoph Pape, MD and Andrew Peitzman, MD Editors of New Book "Damage Control Management in the Polytrauma Patient"
12/2/2009	Dr. Constance R. Chu, Ferguson Chair and Vice Chair for Translational Research, has Lead Article in the December Issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM)
11/30/2009	Rocky S. Tuan PhD Presented The Mark W. Allam Lecture at the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Annual Meeting in Washington DC
11/30/2009	Dr. James H-C Wang was Invited Speaker at International Symposium of Bone and Joint in Taiwan November 14-16, 2009
11/30/2009	Volker Musahl MD Made a Presentation at the Symposium Sport Trauma of the Knee in Aachen Germany on November 20
11/30/2009	Dr. Freddie H. Fu's AOSSM Presidential Address Credibility, Integrity and the Terrible Towel was Delivered at the 35th Annual AOSSM Meeting on July 10, 2009 in Keystone Colorado and is Featured in the December Issue of American Journal of Sports Medicine
11/27/2009	Scott E. Powell MD Founding Member of the Rock Group Sha Na Na is Visiting Professor on December 9 at 7am in the LHAS Auditorium at Montefiore Presenting A Rock and Roll Odyssey: Why the Music - Why the Medicine
11/27/2009	Dr. Victor Prisk Top Ranked US Amateur Welterweight Bodybuilder
11/27/2009	Dr. Eric Anish Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor
11/23/2009	C. Owen Lovejoy PhD, Famous Anthropologist, Presenting Special Grand Rounds on Nov. 30 "What a Medical Professional Can Learn from Lucy and Ardi"
11/23/2009	Department Featured in Winter Pitt Med Magazine "What Fossils and Friends from the Zoo Tell Us About Fixing Hurt Knees"
11/20/2009	Dr. Freddie H. Fu Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Life Long Dedication in Advancing the Art and Science of Knee Surgery by the Bay Area Knee Society on November 18 in San Francisco
11/19/2009	Brian Westbrook, Running Back for Philadelphia Eagles, Evaluated by Dr. Micky Collins of the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program
11/18/2009	Rocky S. Tuan, PhD and Freddie H. Fu, MD are Presenting Grand Rounds on December 2 at 7am in the LHAS Auditorium at Montefiore
11/18/2009	Robert A. Stanton, MD was Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania Visiting Professor on November 18
11/12/2009	Freddie H. Fu MD Honored as Philip D. Wilson Lecturer and Surgeon-In-Chief-Pro-Tempore at 91st Alumni Association Annual Meeting Hospital for Special Surgery New York on November 13
11/12/2009	Wen Xu, Pitt Undergraduate Student Received Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Dr. Yong Li's Molecular Pathology Lab
11/11/2009	Rocky S. Tuan, PhD Participating in Veteran's Day Support Our Troop Multi-Media Marathon
11/11/2009	Orthopaedic Surgery Department Research Facility Opens in New Bridgeside Point II Building
11/11/2009	Thomas K. Fehring, MD Presents "Orthopedic Innovation: Opportunities, Challenges and Responsibilities" and "The Fate of Two-Stage Reimplantation after Failed Irrigation and Debridement" at November 11 Grand Rounds
11/10/2009	Shanghai Xinhua Hospital Delegation Visit Led by Dr. Yong Li, Director - Laboratory of Molecular Pathology at the Stem Cell Research Center
11/10/2009	Arthritis Foundation Bone Bash Gala a Huge Success
11/9/2009	Dr. Christopher Harner, Keynote Speaker at the 2009 Sports Knee Surgery Conference at the University of Warwick
11/5/2009	Rocky S. Tuan, PhD Executive Vice Chairman for Research and Director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering has Whirlwind Speaking Tour
11/5/2009	Dr. Freddie Fu Keynote Lecturer at the XXIX Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
11/4/2009	James H-C. Wang, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of MechanoBiology Laboratory, Invited Speaker at the Joint International Chinese Hard Tissue Society and Chinese Speaking Orthopaedic Society Meeting on November 16 in Taipei Taiwan
11/3/2009	Dean Arthur S. Levine, MD Visits Biodynamics and Neuromuscular Labs
11/3/2009	Vonda Wright, MD Director of the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine's PRIMA Programs for Masters Athletes Elected to Visioning board of International Council on Active Aging [ICAA]
11/2/2009	Michael Collins, PhD Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Assistant Director UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program Featured on National TV
10/30/2009	The FFF Club-ISAKOS Editorial about Dr. Freddie Fu
10/29/2009	Freddie H. Fu, MD Gave Richard B. Caspari MD lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University
10/26/2009	Barrett Woods, MD Named Pittsburgh Magazine 40 People Under 40 Honoree
10/23/2009	Robin West MD Promoted to Associate Professor Effective November 1
10/23/2009	Ivan S. Tarkin MD Awarded $25,000 Grant from Orthopaedic Trauma Association
10/23/2009	In Memoriam: Ignacio Ponseti, MD 1914-2009
10/21/2009	Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, Presented at Grand Rounds October 21- The Obama Administration, the 111th Congress, and Health Care Reform
10/16/2009	In Memoriam Dr. Vert Mooney 1931-2009
10/12/2009	Successful Recruitment Process Underway for Selection of Orthopaedic Residents for the 2010-2011 Academic Year
10/5/2009	Congratulations Dr. Constance R. Chu for Receiving National Institutes of Health Grand Opportunities Grant [GO] in the Amount of $1.7 Million for her Project Titled Multicenter Cartilage Repair Preclinical Trial in Horses
10/2/2009	Freddie H. Fu, MD Gives 19th Annual Fischer Owen Lecture at University of Louisville Kentucky October 2
9/30/2009	Martha Murray, MD and Braden Fleming, PhD Present ACL Reconstruction: Can We Improve on a Great Operation? for Grand Rounds September 30
9/29/2009	Former Visiting Research Fellow Kenji Uehara, MD, PhD Awarded Basic Science Award
9/21/2009	Freddie H. Fu, MD is Michael Bonfiglio MD Visiting Professor at University of Iowa & Iowa Orthopaedic Alumni Association
9/16/2009	Andrew Lee, MD Named Vice-President of American Society for Surgery of the Hand [ASSH]
9/14/2009	Rocky S. Tuan, PhD Speaks at Dean Levine's Meeting of Clinical and Basic Science Chairs Sept. 14
9/10/2009	Khaled J. Saleh, MD Kicks Off 2009-10 Grand Rounds
9/9/2009	Constance R. Chu, MD Interviewed for Arthritis Radio by David Martin, President and CEO of the Arthritis Foundation
9/4/2009	Freddie H. Fu, MD and Dave Shribman, Editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Host Dartmouth Alumni Meeting
9/3/2009	Tamara Pylawka, MD Visited Department for International Cartilage Research Society (ICRS) Traveling Fellowship
8/31/2009	Frank W. Jobe, MD Visits Sports Medicine Center
8/26/2009	Freddie H. Fu, MD Interviewed for Arthritis Radio with David Martin, President & CEO of the Arthritis Foundation
8/25/2009	Ivan Tarkin, MD Appointed Division Chief Orthopaedic Traumatology
8/21/2009	Dr. Brian Klatt Presented Lab Coats from the Alumni Association to First Year Pitt Med Students During White Coat Ceremony on August 9
8/18/2009	Freddie H. Fu, MD Demonstrates Virtual Reality Knee Arthroscopy Surgery July 2 at UPMC Center for Sports Medicine for Foreign Fellows
8/14/2009	Anatomic double bundle ACL reconstruction patient handout: updated on 2009_7_27.
8/13/2009	Departmental Newsletter - Restore - Summer 2009
8/10/2009	Robin V. West, MD Named a Winner of UPMC's Award for Commitment and Excellence in Service [ACES] for 2009!
8/6/2009	Bill Strickland Served as Presidential Guest Speaker at the 2009 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Keystone, Colorado on July 11
7/31/2009	Japanese Orthopaedic Association [JOA] Visiting Fellows in Pittsburgh June 27-30, 2009
7/31/2009	European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery [SLARD] and Latin American Society of Knee Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine [ESSKA] Visiting Fellows in Pittsburgh June 20-23, 2009
7/28/2009	Wen Xu, First Year Pitt Student Summer Intern in Dr. Yong Li's Lab, Won First Place in Children's Hospital Summer Student Poster Day
7/17/2009	UPMC's Orthopaedic Surgery Retains TOP 10 Rank in U.S. News & World Report's Ranked Specialties
7/9/2009	Dr. Freddie Fu Will Give Presidential Address at AOSSM Meeting in Keystone Colorado July 10
7/9/2009	Dr. Freddie Fu Will Introduce Presidential Guest Speaker William Strickland, Jr. Founder of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and Bidwell Training Center at AOSSM Annual Meeting
7/8/2009	Leslie Bonci Authors a New Book "Sport Nutrition For Coaches"
6/26/2009	Dane Wukich, MD Named Assistant Residency Director
6/24/2009	Robert Goitz, MD Received Ken Yaw Golden Apple Award
6/23/2009	Dr. Freddie Fu Receives Honorary Professorships During China Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Conference
6/17/2009	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Celebrates 100th Anniversary!
6/16/2009	Congratulations to Dr. Constance R. Chu on Her Election to AOA Executive Committee
6/9/2009	Dr. James J. Irrgang Elected Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association
6/2/2009	Dr. Freddie Fu Gave Keynote Address at 11th Campinas Knee Surgery Congress in Brazil
6/2/2009	Dr. Freddie H. Fu Co-Chairs IRCCS International Forum: Update on Double Bundle ACL Reconstruction in Milan, Italy
5/29/2009	Hannah H. Lee, MD-PhD Graduate Student and Karin A. Payne, PhD Postdoctoral Associate from Dr. Constance Chu�s Cartilage Restoration Lab Won ICRS Awards
5/27/2009	Robin V. West, MD to Serve on AOSSM Education Committee and AAOS Sports Medicine/Arthroscopy Program Subcommittee
5/26/2009	David Bear, MD 2nd Year Orthopaedic Surgical Resident Wins Award at OREF Rochester Resident Research Competition
5/21/2009	Dr. Joeph E. Imbriglia Had A Successful Match For the Hand Fellowship Program
5/21/2009	Dr. Regis O'Keefe is Ferguson Visiting Professor for Annual Residents Research Day
5/20/2009	Dr. Robert Goitz Helps Perform First Double Hand Transplant in the U. S. at UPMC
5/19/2009	Deborah Kowalchuk and Drs. Christopher Harner, Freddie Fu and James Irrgang have Lead Article in Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
5/15/2009	William Wang, Pitt Medical Student is Recipient of Bert and Sally O�Malley Award for Outstanding Medical Research
5/14/2009	James P. Bradley, MD Named President of Herodicus Society
5/13/2009	Drs. Coyle, Izzo and Chu Publish Lead Article in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research June 2009
5/13/2009	Vonda J. Wright, MD Interviewed by Orthopaedics Today, Chief Medical Editor, Douglas W. Jackson: �The Elite Senior Athlete: Staying fit After Age 50�
5/13/2009	Dr. Constance R. Chu Received Prestigious Herodicus Society Membership
5/13/2009	Mike Pagnotto, MD Named Editor of 2010 POJ
5/12/2009	Dr. Ben Ma Received Golden Apple Award from University of California San Francisco
5/11/2009	Freddie H. Fu, MD 54th Annual LeRoy C. Abbott Visiting Professor at University of California San Francisco
5/1/2009	Dr. Alexis Colvin Recent Sports Medicine Fellow Completed 2009 AANA Traveling Fellow Program
4/27/2009	Congratulations Pittsburgh Magazine Top Docs-Dr. Freddie H. Fu, Dr. Lawrence Crossett, Dr. Christopher Harner, Dr. Mark Rodosky, Dr. James Bradley, Dr. Charles Burke and Dr. Joseph Imbriglia!
4/24/2009	Dr. Tanya Hagen Featured Speaker at American Heart Association Conference March 31
4/24/2009	Former Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow Masahiro Nozaki, MD, PhD from Japan will be JOSSM Traveling Fellow May-June 2009
4/20/2009	Drs. Musahl, Tarkin, Kobbe, Tzioupis, Siska and Pape Lead Review Article in The Bristish Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
4/16/2009	Vice-Chairman Appointments � Announcement from Dr. Freddie Fu, Chairman
4/16/2009	Dr. Christopher Harner has Successful Fellowship Match For Sports Medicine Program
4/16/2009	Drs. Seshadri, Coyle and Chu Lead Article in The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery April 2009
4/16/2009	Drs. Kopf, Musahl, Tashman, Szczodry, Shen and Fu Lead Article in Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
4/14/2009	Dr. Robin West Featured on NBC New April 14 Discussing Sport Injury in Young People
4/13/2009	Dr. Aimee Kimball Quoted in Tribune Review �Pirates� Home Opener May Lift Spirits of Somber City�
4/13/2009	Robert Goitz, M.D. Helps Perform the First Hand Transplant at UPMC
4/9/2009	Freddie H. Fu, MD Named President of International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
4/8/2009	Dr. Fu Announces Appointment of Rocky S. Tuan, Phd.
3/31/2009	Dr. Freddie Fu Invited Guest of Honor for 50th Anniversary at Institute of Sports Medicine of Beijing University
3/30/2009	Successful Recruiting of Excellent Class of Interns for 2009-10
3/27/2009	Pitt Men's Basketball in Elite Eight
3/26/2009	Dr. Mollie O. Manley Awarded AO Pre-Op Planning Award at AO Fracture Course
3/26/2009	Dr. Freddie Fu Lead Article and Guest Editor of �Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine�
3/26/2009	Look at the Vumedi Website to See Video Presentation By Dr. Freddie H. Fu of Anatomic Double Bundle ACL Reconstruction
3/25/2009	Dr. James D. Kang Endowed Chairholder of the UPMC Chair in Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery Presented his Inaugural Lecture
3/23/2009	Dr. Constance R. Chu Appointed Vice-Chair Translational Research
3/20/2009	Dr. Aimee Kimball Receives �Honorary Membership Award� from PA Athletic Directors Association
3/13/2009	Dr. Bing Wang and Dr. Freddie Fu Published the Lead Article in Journal of Orthopaedic Research on the use of Gene Therapy in Muscle Dystrophy
3/9/2009	Over 150 Attend Pitt Alumni Reunion in Las Vegas� Hofbrauhaus Restaurant During Annual AAOS Meeting
2/19/2009	David Bear, MD Awarded OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Grant

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2/10/2010 7:00 AM	Orthopaedic Surgery - Special Presentation, ''Johnny Huard PhD, Henry J. Mankin Professor and Vice Chair for Musculoskeletal Cellular Therapeutics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Bioengineering, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Pathology'''''' [ Montefiore University Hospital - LHAS Auditorium 7 Main ]
2/17/2010 7:00 AM	Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds, ''TBA'', Steven Thorpe MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident [ Montefiore University Hospital - LHAS Auditorium 7 Main ]
2/24/2010 7:00 AM	Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds, ''TBA'', Venkat Seshadri MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident [ Montefiore University Hospital - LHAS Auditorium 7 Main ]