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POSNA Research Mentor Program

POSNA Research Mentor Program

Research projects can take you into uncharted waters. Once in, you may wish you had a guide. Someone who has been through them before and who know where the rough places are. Someone who can help you see things you had not noticed.

One of the initiatives of the Research Committee is to offer mentors to those who could use one to help improve their research careers. We have some major talent in our organization so why not avail yourselves of it? The members listed below have volunteered that they would be willing to advise you on various steps of your project. Perhaps you would like some advice on how to refine your research question... where to look for funding... how to frame your grant. We hope that you will consider increasing your chances by talking to one of the experts below. If one of the experts listed below matches your area of interest, feel free to contact them and reference the POSNA Research Mentors initiative. It may be the beginning of a mutually satisfying collaboration!

  1. Name: Daniel W Green, MS, MD, FACS
    Address:
    Hospital for Special Surgery
    535 East 70th Street
    NewYork, NY 10021
    Phone: (    212)606-1631
    E-mail:     greendw@hss.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Spondylolysis
    Scoliosis
    Pediatric Sport and Knee Injuries
    Technical Expertise:
    Arthroscopy
    Growing Rods
    Current Research Projects    :
    Spondylolysis Clinical
    Radiology & Cadaver studies
    Patella Dislocation
    Discoid meniscus; OCD
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus    :
    Obesity & Orthopaedic Issues
    Genu Varum Genu Valgum
    Guided Growth: Growth Plate Manipulation
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility; Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  2. Name: Unni G. Narayanan, MD
    Address:
    Hospital for Sick Children
    555 University Ave, S-107
    Toronto, ON M5G 1X8
    Phone:     (416)813-6432
    E-mail:     unni.narayanan@sickkid.ca
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Outcomes research
    Clinical trials
    Patient Priorities/Preferences
    Quality of Life
    Clinical Areas:
    Cerebral palsy
    Trauma
    Clubfeet
    Lower Extremity Deformity
    Technical Expertise:
    Biostatistics
    Study design
    Current Research Projects:
    Development & validation of HRQL outcome measures for cerebral palsy
    Randomized trial of gait analysis
    Randomized trial: botulinum toxin during limb lengthening
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:
    Understanding what patients/parents want and expect from orthopaedic treatments especially in cerebral palsy
    Development & validation of HRQL outcome measures for cerebral palsy
    Generate evidence to support the clinical utility of gait analysis for surgical decision making
    Level of Involvement    :
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility
    Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  3. Name: Robert Tracy Ballock, MD
    Address    :
    A-41
    Cleveland Clinic
    9500 Euclid Avenue
    Cleveland, OH 44195
    Phone:     (216)444-5775
    E-mail:     ballocr@ccf.org
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Growth plate biology
    Technical Expertise: cell biology
    Current Research Projects:     N/A
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus    : N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility; Research fellowship; Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  4. Name: Jose A. Morcuende, MD
    Address:
    University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
    Dept of Ortho Surg & Rehab
    200 Hawkins Dr-01012 JPPLL
    Iowa City, IA 52242
    Phone:     (319)384-8041
    E-mail:     jose-morcuende@uiowa.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Genetics
    Cartilage
    Outcome research
    Tumors
    Technical Expertise:     N/A
    Current Research Projects:     N/A
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Grant review or assistance
    Visit facility
    Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  5. Name: James Wright, MD
    Address:
    Hospital for Sick Children
    555 University Ave
    Toronto, Ontario M56 1X8
    Phone:     (416)813-6433
    E-mail    : james.wright@sickkids.ca
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Clinical Trials
    Outcomes Research
    Clinical Measurement
    Technical Expertise:
    Foot Surgery
    Spina Bifida
    Current Research Projects:     N/A
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus    : N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Research fellowship
  6. Name: Lori A. Dolan, RN, PhD
    Address:
    University of Iowa
    Dept. of Orthopaedics and Rehab
    01079 JPP/UIHC 200 Hawkins Dr
    Iowa City, IA 52242-1008
    Phone:     (319)356-1075
    E-mail:     lori-dolan@uiowa.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Measurement (reliability and validity)
    Scoliosis
    Research design
    Technical Expertise:
    Statistics
    SAS coding
    Current Research Projects:
    Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  7. Name: Charles T Mehlman, DO, MPH
    Address:
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
    3333 Burnet Avenue
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039
    Phone:     (513) 636-4087 or (513) 636-4787
    E-mail:     charles.mehlman@cchmc.org or ctmehlman@post.harvard.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Clinical Epidemiology
    Outcomes Research
    Evidence-Based Orthopaedic Surgery
    Technical Expertise:
    Large Administrative Database Research
    Meta-Analysis / Systematic Reviews
    Health Related Quality of Life Research, Randomized Clinical Trials
    Current Research Projects:
    BrAIST study site (NIH# 5RO1 AR052113-03)
    Spondylolysis HCUP analysis (SRS grant)
    Meta-Analysis of Triplane Fractures
    Meta-Analysis of Operative Treatment Spondylolysis
    Brachial Plexus Surgical Outcomes
    Legg-Calve-Perthes Surgical Outcomes
    Meta-Analysis of Pulseless Supracondylar Humeral Fractures
    Costs of Idiopathic Scoliosis Care in the Untied States = HCUP Analysis
    HCUP Analysis of ATV-related Pediatric Injuries in the United States
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:
    Clinical epidemiology and outcomes research with particular focus on issues related to health-related quality of life as it relates to a variety of traumatic and reconstructive pediatric orthopaedic conditions.
    Technology assessment and cost analyses are additional interests.
    Level of Involvement:
    Be available for advice
    Visit facility
    Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  8. Name: Norman Y Otsuka, MD
    Address:
    Shriners Hospitals for Children
    3160 Geneva Street
    Los Angeles, CA 90020
    Phone:     (213)368-3321
    E-mail:     notsuka@ucla.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Outcomes Research
    Lower Extremity
    Cerebral Palsy
    Technical Expertise:     N/A
    Current Research Projects:     N/A
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility
    Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  9. Name: Harry Kim, MD
    Address:
    Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
    2222 Welborn St
    Dallas, TX 75219
    Phone:     (214)559-7871
    E-mail:     harry.kim@tsrh.org
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Femoral head osteonecrosis
    Growth plate biology
    Pediatric use of bisphosphonate
    Technical Expertise:
    Animal studies
    Histology
    Immunohistochemistry
    Molecular biology
    Current Research Projects:
    Understanding revascularization of the infarcted femoral head
    Development of new treatments to stimulate bone formation in infarcted femoral head
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility
    Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  10. Name: Matthew Dobbs, MD
    Address:
    1 Children’s Place, Suite 4S-60
    Saint Louis, MO 63110
    Phone:     (314)454-4814
    E-mail:     dobbsm@wudosis.wustl.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Genetics
    Clinical Trials
    Technical Expertise:     Foot Deformities
    Scoliosis
    Trauma
    Limb Deficiencies
    Current Research Projects:     N/A
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:
    Gene Identification for a variety of orthopaedic disorders
    MRA imaging of limb deficiencies
    Level of Involvement Desired:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Visit facility
    Research fellowship
  11. Name: Carol Wise, PhD
    Address:     Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Seay Research Center, 2222 Welborn St, Dallas, TX 75219
    Phone:     (214)559-7861
    E-mail:     carol.wise@tsrh.org
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Human molecular genetics
    genetics of musculoskeletal and inflammatory disease
    Technical Expertise:
    Human gene mapping and identification
    Functional studies of identified genes (RNA/protein expression, cell culture)
    Current Research Projects:
    Genome-wide association studies of idiopathic scoliosis (funded by NIH/NICHD)
    Genotype/phenotype studies of primordial dwarfism (funded by Potentials Foundation)
    DNA repository for ITEV (NIH funded)
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     see above
    Level of Involvement    :
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Research fellowship
  12. Name: Cathleen Raggio, MD
    Address:
    Hospital for Special Surgery
    535 East 70 Street
    New York ,NY 10021
    Phone:     (212)606-1339
    E-mail:     raggioc@hss.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Osteogenesis imperfecta and its treatments- Mice models and Clinical Treatments in Humans.
    Skeletal Dysplasias Osteoporosis-Diagnosis and new techniques
    Etiology of AIS and Congenital Scoliosis.
    Technical Expertise:
    Small animal techniques: surgery
    Faxitron
    Micro-CT, FTIR
    Current Research Projects:     N/A
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility; Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  13. Name: Brian Snyder MD, PhD
    Address:
    Boston Children’s Hospital
    Hunnewell Bldg, 2nd Fl
    300 Longwood Ave
    Boston, MA 02115
    Phone:     (617)355-7409
    E-mail:     Brian.Snyder@childrens.harvard.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Orthopaedic Biomechanics – analytic modeling
    Development of animal models
    Development of advance imaging methods of bone and cartilage
    Technical Expertise:
    Mechanical testing of bone, instrumentation systems
    Current Research Projects:
    Refer to Lab website on request
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:
    CT prediction of fracture risk from benign and malignant bone tumors Rabbit model for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome and treatment using VEPTR Contrast enhanced CT imaging of cartilage to measure GAG, compressive modulus
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  14. Name: Michael Vitale, MD, MPH
    Address:
    3959 Broadway 8 North
    New York City, NY 10032
    Phone    : (212)305-5475
    E-mail:     mgv1@columbia.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Outcomes, Quality of life
    Administrative data
    Technical Expertise:
    Spine Surgery
    Early Onset Scoliosis
    Current Research Projects:     N/A
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  15. Name: Randall Loder, MD
    Address:
    Riley Children’s Hospital
    702 Barnhill Drive
    ROC 4250
    Indianapolis, IN 46202
    Phone: (    317)278-0961
    E-mail:     rloder@iupui.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:     SCFE, pediatric trauma, measurement variability
    Technical Expertise:     No lab technical expertise
    Current Research Projects:     N/A
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     N/A
    Level of Involvement Desired (check all that applies):     Available for advice; Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  16. Name: Ernie Sink, MD
    Address:
    Hospital for Special Surgery
    535 E 70th St
    New York, NY 10021
    Phone:     (212)606-1268
    E-mail:     SinkE@HSS.EDU
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:     Femur Fractures, Hip
    Technical Expertise:
    Hip Surgery
    Surgical disclocation
    Osteotomies
    Current Research Projects:
    I am focusing on treatment of femur fractures and adolescents with hip pain. Also setting up disease registries.
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     N/A
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility; Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  17. Name: Morey S Moreland, MD
    Address:
    Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
    3705 Fifth Ave
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
    Phone:     (412)360-1373
    E-mail:     morems@chp.eu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Previous ROI funded research in bone growth and development, and spinal deformity
    Technical Expertise:
    Currently have administratively developed 18 separate orthopaedic research laboratories as part of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Current Research Projects:
    Role at this time is directing the development of new laboratories, and mentoring research faculty in funding, lab administration, and career development
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     See above
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Visit facility
  18. Name: Michelle A. James, MD
    Address:
    Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California
    2425 Stockton Blvd
    Sacramento CA 95817
    Phone: (    916)453-2049
    E-mail:     mjames@shrinenet.org
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Pediatric upper extremity: congenital and neuromuscular problems (brachial plexus birth palsy, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury)
    Evaluation of pediatric upper extremity function, Ethics/ethical analysis
    Technical Expertise:
    Pediatric upper extremity surgeon (hand trained)
    Current Research Projects:
    Randomized trial of surgery vs. botulinum toxin vs. therapy for UECP
    Long term followup of shoulder external rotation tendon transfers for BPBP
    Motion analysis of the upper extremity
    Role of neuropilins in peripheral nerve injury
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:
    I’m especially interested in evaluation of function in children, focusing on activity and participation measures.
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice; Grant review or assistance
  19. Name: James McCarthy, MD
    Address:
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
    Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics Medical Center
    Surgery -Mlc #2017
    3333 Burnet Ave
    Cincinnati, OH 45229
    Phone:     (513)636-4787
    E-mail:     james.mccarthy@cchmc.org
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Pediatric hip disorders
    Limb deformity
    Cerebral Palsy and Gait Analysis
    Technical Expertise:
    Biomechanical analysis
    Hip scopes
    External fixation
    Current Research Projects:
    Proximal femoral growth arrest
    Scoliosis in children with SMA, FAI, growth plate injuries
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:
    Pediatric hip disorders and limb deformity
    Cerebral palsy and gait analysis
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for Advice
  20. Name: Shawn Gilbert, MD
    Address:
    1600 7th Ave South
    ACC Suite 316
    Birmingham, AL 35233
    Phone:     205-939-5385
    E-mail:     shawng@uab.edu
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Vascularity and bone healing (basic science)
    Elbow injuries
    Growth harnessing, clubfeet – clinical studies
    Technical Expertise:
    Molecular biology, genetic mouse models, small animal imaging
    Current Research Projects:
    Drug screening for HIF activators
    Increasing angiogenesis to improve bone healing
    Prospective randomized trial comparing clubfoot orthoses
    Brief Description of Current Research Focus:     As above
    Level of Involvement:
    Available for advice
    Grant review or assistance
    Provide technical assistance
    Visit facility
    Research fellowship
    Active collaboration on a project or a grant (co-investigator)
  21. Name: William G. Cole MSc, PhD, FRCSC
    Address:
    University of Alberta Hospital,
    2C3.65 Walter McKenzie Health Sciences Centre,
    8440-112 St.
    Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7
    Canada
    Phone:     780-407-1847
    Fax:     780-407-7005
    E-mail:     wcole@ualberta.ca
    Research Area(s) of Expertise:
    Biological research of bones and joints; osteoporosis; osteoarthritis; skeletal dysplasias
    Level of Involvement:
    Be available for advice
    Grant review or assistance (not for grants to be submitted to the Skeletal Biology Developmental Disorders (SBDD) Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, USA.)

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