Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

2025 Albert B. Ferguson, Jr. MD Resident Research Day

May 14, 2025 - 7:00am to 10:00am

ANNUAL ALBERT B. FERGUSON JR, MD, RESIDENT RESEARCH DAY
7:00 am - 10:05 am

MOON Shoulder: How it all started and where are we now?


C. Benjamin Ma, MD
Professor & Chair
Dr. Peter and Sophie Pappas Endowed Chair
V-Nee Yeh Endowed Professorship
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

 

 

Click here for resident abstracts.

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS

 

7:00 am              Welcome / Opening Remarks:  MaCalus Hogan, MD, MBA  

 

JUNIOR RESIDENTS    Moderator:  John Fowler, MD

7:05 am Intraoperative Evaluation of Sarcoma Surgical Margins with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging: Results of an Observational Study
Xander Hoffman, MD   
Faculty Advisor:  Kurt Weiss, MD

7:15 am Characterizing Healthy Sacroiliac Joint Kinematics During Gait Using Biplane Radiography    
M. Zino Kuhn, MD   
Faculty Advisors:  George V. Russell, MD, MBA; William Anderst, PhD

7:25 am Development of a Reproducible in Vivo Rat Model for Investigating Ligamentum Flavum Hypertrophy and Pain-Related Behaviors
Rahul Ramanathan, MD   
Faculty Advisors: Joon Lee, MD; Gwendolyn Sowa, MD, PhD; Nam Vo, PhD

 

7:35 am           2025 FERGUSON VISITING PROFESSOR PRESENTATION:

8:35 am              BREAK

 

CHIEF RESIDENTS          Moderator:  Albert Lin, MD

8:45 am Rating the Efficacy of Diagnostic Imaging Studies Conducted for the Workup of Musculoskeletal Tumors 
Sumail Bhogal, MD  
Faculty Advisor:  Kurt Weiss, MD

8:55 am    Varus Malunion of Proximal Humerus Fractures Alters Glenohumeral Joint Kinematics 
Stephen R. Chen, MD    
Faculty Advisors:  Gele Moloney, MD; William Anderst, PhD

9:05 am Characterization and Comparison of Dynamic Subsidence and Strength Following Trapeziectomy with Ligament Reconstruction and Tendon Interposition vs. Suture Suspensionplasty
Maria A. Munsch, MD  
Faculty Advisors:  John Fowler, MD; William Anderst, PhD

9:15 am Association Between Meniscal Allograft Tears and Early Surgical Meniscal Allograft Failure
Nyaluma N. Wagala, MD    
Faculty Advisors:  Volker Musahl, MD; Jonathan Hughes, MD; Freddie Fu, MD 

9:25 am Ultrasound Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome- How Patient Factors Relate to Diagnosis and Prognosis
Colin H. Beckwitt, MD, PhD  
Faculty Advisor: John Fowler, MD 

9:35 am Identifying Challenges and Barriers to Improving Diversity in Orthopaedic Surgery - A Multi-Site Survey Assessing 4th Year Medical Student Perspectives 
Susanne H. Boden, MD  
Faculty Advisor: Mark Baratz, MD   

9:45 am Defining Critical Humeral Bone Loss: Inferior Craniocaudal Hill-Sachs Extension as Predictor of Recurrent Instability After Primary Arthroscopic Bankart Repair
Gabrielle C. Fatora, MD  
Faculty Advisors:  Albert Lin, MD; Ting Cong, MD

9:55 am Computed Tomography- Based Humeral Templating for Uncemented Elbow Arthroplasty
Morgan R. Kohls, MD
Faculty Advisor:  Robert Kaufmann, MD

 

10:05 am               Closing Remarks:  MaCalus Hogan, MD, MBA 

 

 

Location and Address

Pitt School of Medicine

Scaife Hall, Room 3785