Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

2015 News Archive

1/7/2016 Dr. James H-C Wang and Dr. MaCalus Hogan awarded Pittsburgh Pepper Center Pilot Award

1/7/2016 2015 Concussion Research Annual Report

1/6/2016 Dr. Freddie Fu named a CORR® Top Reviewer for 2015

1/5/2016 Chris Murawski selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 list in healthcare

12/23/2015 Sports Medicine Alumni Newsletter

12/23/2015 The Pittsburgh Passion team ownership and medical team receive their 2015 Championship rings

12/18/2015 Patrick Bosch, MD, receives Scoliosis Research Society grant award

12/17/2015 James H-C Wang, PhD, elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows

12/16/2015 Happy Holidays from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery!

12/15/2015 Orthopaedic Surgery Holiday Party held at Lemieux Sports Center

12/10/2015 Eric Kropf, MD, (Res '08, Sports Med '09) appointed Chair at Temple University

12/9/2015 Dr. Fu serves as 18th Robert Leach Visiting Professor at Boston University

12/8/2015 Chancellor Visits UPMC Rooney Sports Complex and UPMC Sports Medicine

12/3/2015 Verena Schreiber, MD, (PGY 6) in December 2015 Issue of AAOS Now

12/3/2015 Dr. Rocky Tuan receives the Clemson Award for Contributions to Literature from the Society for Biomaterials

11/30/2015 Dr. Micky Collins interviewed by the Toronto Sun for a concussion story

11/30/2015 The ladies of orthopaedic surgery take over the trauma service

11/24/2015 Kurt Weiss, MD, to sit on Board of Directors for the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS)

11/18/2015 Robin West, MD, appointed to Washington Nationals Medical Advisory Board

11/17/2015 Dr. Freddie Fu attends the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Percivall Pott Club

11/17/2015 Southside Sports Facility Renamed UPMC Rooney Sports Complex

11/16/2015 Kate Webster, PhD, visits the Department as the ACL Study Group Fellow

11/9/2015 Jimbo Covert honored at Pitt/Notre Dame game on November 7, 2015

11/5/2015 Roland Becker, MD, Grand Rounds Visiting Professor on November 4, 2015

11/3/2015 Dr. Freddie Fu attends the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Orthopaedic Association

11/2/2015 Orthopaedic Surgery residents participate in OCA Free Clinic on October 12, 2015

11/2/2015 Kurt Weiss, MD, selected as AAOS Leadership Fellow

10/23/2015 Praise for Kurt Weiss, MD

10/19/2015 Welcome, Noreen Corcoran, Academic Manager for the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program

10/19/2015 Passing of Loti Falk Gaffney, Founder of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

10/19/2015 Gray Patton representing Team Freddie Fu finishes in First Place at the Mason Dixon Cyclo-cross

10/15/2015 Happy Birthday, Dr. Mankin!

10/14/2015 Congratulations to Roberta Moenich on her retirement!

10/14/2015 Article in International Business Times discusses NFL/UPMC Concussion Summit to be hosted in Pittsburgh on October 15-16, 2015

10/13/2015 IADMS 25TH Annual Meeting held in Pittsburgh, October 9-11, 2015

10/12/2015 Congratulations, Mitchell Fourman!

10/8/2015 FC Ingolstadt Soccer Medical Staff Visit UPMC Center for Sports Medicine on October 7, 2015

10/7/2015 John R. Tongue, MD, Grand Rounds Visiting Professor on October 7, 2015

10/6/2015 The First ACL Meeting Brazil-Pittsburgh held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 30 – October 4, 2015

10/2/2015 Passing of John S. Gould, MD (Pitt Ortho '71)

9/30/2015 Kurt R. Weiss, MD, named a 2015 Health Care Hero by the Pittsburgh Business Times

9/29/2015 Henry J. Mankin, MD, visits the Orthopaedic Surgery Interest Group at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

9/29/2015 Dr. Fu presents Keynote Lecture at the 32nd AGA Congress in Dresden, Germany

9/23/2015 Dr. Rocky Tuan hosts visit of Department of Defense Regenerative Medicine Traveling Exchange program (TEP)

9/15/2015 Key Concussion Experts to Meet in October in Pittsburgh to Publicly Share Best Treatment Approaches

9/14/2015 Dr. Freddie Fu presents Keynote Lecture at the Inaugural Vail Scientific Summit Regenerative & Translational Medicine: A Collaborative Vision in Vail, Colorado

9/14/2015 Charles E. Johnston, MD, Grand Rounds Visiting Professor on September 9, 2015

9/9/2015 Executive Committee

9/3/2015 Congratulations to Margaret Woods, Surgical Tech at UPMC Presbyterian, on her retirement

9/3/2015 UPSoM Ortho Interest Group tours UPMC Sports Medicine

9/2/2015 Residents participate in preseason orientation for high school football coverage

9/2/2015 A new academic year begins!

8/27/2015 John Fowler, MD, receives AFSH grant award

8/27/2015 August AAOS Now article mentions PIVOT app

8/21/2015 Ivan Tarkin, MD, selected for 2015 UPMC ACES Award

8/14/2015 UPMC and NHL Pittsburgh Penguins celebrate opening of UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex

8/11/2015 Alexis Colvin, MD, (Sports Med '08) in August 2015 Issue of AAOS Now

8/11/2015 ACL Wet Lab hosted by Dr. Freddie H. Fu

8/10/2015 UPMC Medical Team at the Canton Hall of Fame Game

8/10/2015 2015 Pit Med White Coat Ceremony held on Sunday, August 9, 2015

8/7/2015 Orthopaedic Robotics Laboratory hosts Summer Research Symposium on August 5, 2015

8/7/2015 Christopher D. Harner, MD accepts position at the University of Texas at Houston

8/6/2015 Survival in the Evolving Health Care Market, by Dr. Freddie Fu and Dr. MaCalus Hogan posted on Becker's Healthcare: ASC Review

8/6/2015 Dr. Vonda Wright's book "Fitness after 40: Your strong body at 40, 50, 60 and beyond" (2nd edition) launches as #1 on Amazon

8/4/2015 Orthopaedic Robotics Laboratory hosts Summer Research Symposium on August 5, 2015

8/4/2015 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Summer Picnic held on Sunday, August 2, 2015

7/30/2015 Sports Medicine Fellows Graduation Dinner held at Tambellini Restaurant

7/29/2015 Passing of Ted K. Encke, MD (Pitt Ortho '71)

7/28/2015 Kurt R. Weiss, MD, finalist for 2015 Health Care Heroes

7/28/2015 Darren Johnson, MD, (Sports Med '93) begins term as President of Southern Orthopaedic Association

7/24/2015 Greetings from Dr. Carl Stanitski (Ortho '74)

7/23/2015 Ben Ma, MD (Ortho Alum '01) sends greetings from Maldives

7/23/2015 Dr. Freddie Fu invited to the Governor's Advisory Board on Health

7/21/2015 UPMC ranked #13 in U.S. News & World Report's Annual 2015 Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals

7/17/2015 Dr. Vonda Wright and Dr. Volker Musahl accepted for membership in The American Orthopaedic Association

7/15/2015 Dr. Charles "Chip" Burke (Pitt Ortho '86) honored with USA Hockey Award

7/8/2015 MaCalus Hogan, MD, selected as for 2015 Inaugural Edition as Who's Who in Black Pittsburgh

7/6/2015 Swanson School of Engineering grad receives 2015 Whitaker International Fellowship

7/2/2015 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Hosted the 2015 Combined ESSKA and SLARD Traveling Fellows on June 28 – July 2, 2015

6/26/2015 Condolences to the family of Donald C. Wukich

6/25/2015 Dr. Vonda J. Wright accepted into the American Orthopaedic Association

6/25/2015 2015 Resident Graduation held on June 24, 2015, at the Duquesne Club

6/25/2015 2015 Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal

6/24/2015 Inaugural Sports Medicine Fellow Research Day held on June 24, 2015

6/22/2015 UPMC Center for Sports Medicine is an "Official Sponsor" of the WPIAL

6/18/2015 AOA Top Poster awarded podium presentation at Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors (CORD) meeting during AOA Annual Meeting

6/18/2015 Dr. Volker Musahl receives UPP Foundation Award

6/17/2015 James D. Kang, MD, accepts position at Brigham and Women's Hospital

6/17/2015 JOA-AOA Traveling Fellows visit June 14 – June 17, 2015

6/15/2015 Pittsburgh Passion honors Dr. Tanya Hagen at game on Sat, June 13

6/12/2015 Pittsburgh Passion plans tribute to Dr. Tanya Hagen at game on Sat, June 13

6/12/2015 In Memoriam: Tanya J. Hagen, MD

6/11/2015 Unexpected loss of Dr. Tanya Hagan

6/10/2015 Eric Thorhauer, BS, wins ISAKOS Scientific Award

6/8/2015 Dr. Freddie Fu presented honorary membership to ISAKOS

6/4/2015 Riley J. Williams, III, MD, Grand Rounds Visiting Professor on June 3, 2015

6/4/2015 Dr. Brian Cole to be Visiting Professor and Research Day Moderator on June 24, 2015

6/4/2015 Bing Wang, MD, PhD, to serve as Deputy Editor for Molecular Therapy – Methods & Clinical Development

5/29/2015 UPMC Orthopaedics listed as No. 2 of Best Hospitals for Orthopaedics

5/27/2015 Albert B. Ferguson Jr., MD, Visiting Professor Dinner held at the Inn on Negley on May 26, 2015

5/27/2015 2015 Albert B. Ferguson Jr MD Resident Research Day Award Winners

5/26/2015 Albert B. Ferguson Jr., MD Resident Research Day 2015 held on May 27, 2015

5/22/2015 Center for Military Medicine Research (CMMR) hosts visit for the Commanding General of the US Army Medical Research & Materiel Command on May 19, 2015

5/21/2015 Department hosts Visiting Surgeons from China, May 17-20, 2015

5/15/2015 Dr. Freddie Fu presents the 2015 Sir Robert Jones Lecture at NYU School of Medicine on May 15, 2015

5/14/2015 UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program selected as a Phase II site for the GE/NFL Head Health Initiative Clinical Studies

5/14/2015 First Annual Western PA Hand Society Spring Meeting - Imbriglia Lectureship Series held on Wednesday, May 13, 2015

5/13/2015 2015 Pittsburgh Marathon: Tragedy to Triumph

5/12/2015 First Annual Western PA Hand Society Spring Meeting - Imbriglia Lectureship Series to be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2015

5/12/2015 Michael McClincy, MD, named 2016 Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal (POJ) Editor

5/4/2015 TK Miller, MD (Pitt Ortho '85) Inaugurated as President of the Virginia Orthopaedic Society

5/4/2015 Dr. Kelley Anderson interviewed on WESA's Essential Pittsburgh regarding the Pittsburgh Marathon

5/4/2015 2015 Dr. Freddie H. Fu Undergraduate Athletic Training Scholarship Recipients

5/4/2015 DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon held on Sunday, May 3, 2015

4/30/2015 Pitt Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship Approved by OTA for 2015 Renewal

4/30/2015 Freddie Fu Cycling Team to assist wheelchair athletes in Pittsburgh Marathon

4/24/2015 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds announce partnership with UPMC Sports Medicine

4/24/2015 Volker Musahl, MD, and Aaron Mares, MD, featured in Medical Monday video spot

4/23/2015 Dr. Freddie Fu awarded honorary membership to ISAKOS

4/22/2015 Michael Vitale, MD, MPH -- the William F. & Jean W. Donaldson Endowed Chair Visiting Professor on April 22, 2015

4/21/2015 Farewell Reception held for Johnny Huard, PhD

4/20/2015 AOSSM Past Presidents Retreat, April 17-19, 2015

4/16/2015 Dr. Johnny Huard accepts position with the University of Texas/Steadman Philippon Research Institute

4/15/2015 Dr. Rocky Tuan co-authors a paper recently published Nature Reviews Rheumatology

4/15/2015 Dr. Johnny Huard co-authors a paper recently published Nature Reviews Rheumatology

4/13/2015 Condolences to the family of Gino A. DeIuliis, Oakland Tailor

4/10/2015 Ivan Tarkin, MD, featured in Medical Mondays video spot

4/9/2015 Sports Medicine Fellowship Match Results

4/6/2015 Condolences to Dr. John Perri

4/6/2015 German Speaking Arthroscopy Society [AGA] Fellows Visit Department of Orthopaedic Surgery April 6-8, 2015

4/3/2015 Dr. Mark Goodman honored with the ACMS Foundation Richard E. Deitrick Humanity in Medicine Award

3/31/2015 2015 AAOS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 24-28, 2015

3/29/2015 Freddie H. Fu, MD, DSc (Hon), DPs (Hon) presents Kennedy Lecture at AOSSM 2015 Specialty Day

3/27/2015 Verena Schreiber, MD (PGY 5) elected to AAOS Resident Assembly

3/23/2015 Welcome to the 2015 Intern Class!

3/19/2015 Scott Tashman, PhD, receives notice of NIH SBIR grant funding

3/19/2015 Justin Arner, MD (PGY2) to receive 2015 AANA Research Grant

3/12/2015 Gary Roberts, former Penguins winger, to join the staff at the Sports Performance Center at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, PA

3/9/2015 Dr. James D. Kang receives William S. McEllroy Award from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Medical Alumni Association

3/4/2015 Story on Pittsburgh's Freedom House Ambulance Service featured on NPR on March 1, 2015

3/3/2015 2015 "Best Doctors" as published by Pittsburgh Magazine

3/2/2015 Adam Olsen, MD (PGY2) receives 2015 OREF Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant

3/2/2015 John Fowler, MD, participated in a JBJS webinar: "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: What's New in Diagnosis and Treatment"

2/25/2015 Ronald A. Navarro, MD -- Grand Rounds Visiting Professor on February 25, 2015

2/23/2015 Dr. Fu attends Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Building Orthopaedics

2/20/2015 Dr. James J. Irrgang receives the Paris Distinguished Service Award

2/19/2015 Dr. Rocky Tuan to receive the 2015 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award

2/18/2015 Dr. Mark Miller (Sports Medicine Fellow '93) to receive George D. Rovere Award for Education at the AOSSM Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida

2/16/2015 Orthopaedics residency program recognized at UPMC GME Leadership Conference

2/6/2015 The Department hosts visit of physicians from The Third Hospital of Heibei Medical University, January 22-25, 2015

2/5/2015 Pittsburgh-based sports medicine startup launched by former Pittsburgh Steeler Charlie Batch and partners

8/8/2014 Article co-authored by Dr. Freddie Fu, Dr. Robin West, and Dr. Constance Chu featured as a podcast in AJSM