Research Interests
My research focuses on understanding the progression of post-traumatic ankle osteoarthritis from injury to end-stage disease and alternative pathways to improve patient outcomes. This includes stem cells and other biological treatments. I am also studying limb salvage, severe arthritis, and deformity correction options using 3-D printed titanium cages. I have also started a 3-D bioprinting lab devoted to biological printing of tissues which I think will be the future for limb salvage.
Selected Grants
Clinical Evaluation of the Integra Cadence Total Ankle System in Primary Ankle Joint Replacement
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Integra LifeSciences · 2017 - 2027Exactech Vantage Total Ankle System
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Exactech, Inc · 2016 - 20264WEB Medical Custom Talar Replacement Device Retrospective Review: A Non-Significant Risk Study
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by 4WEB Medical · 2023 - 20263D Printing Osteochondral Scaffolds for Critical Glenoid and Humeral Bone Defects
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation · 2022 - 2025Histology and biomechanical strength of osteochondral lesions of the talus following microfracture
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation · 2022 - 2025Effect of Saline Lavage on Synovial Fluid Composition after Ankle Fracture
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation · 2023 - 2024Phantom® Hindfoot TTC/TC Nail System Post-Market Clinical Follow-Up Study
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Paragon28, Inc. · 2022 - 20244WEB Medical Custom Ankle Device Retrospective Review: A Non-Significant Risk Study
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by 4WEB Medical · 2022 - 20243D Bioprinting is the Answer for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by On Foundation · 2021 - 2023Does the Synovial Fluid Fracture Hematoma after Intra-articular Ankle Fracture Cause Cartilage Damage?
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society · 2021 - 2023Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Trimed, Inc. · 2023 - 2023Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Procore Medical, LLC · 2023 - 2023Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Smith & Nephew, Inc · 2023 - 2023Fresh Tissue Lab
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by DePuy Synthes Companies · 2022 - 2023From Bedside to Bench and Back: Developing the Future of 3D Bioprinted Musculoskeletal Tissues at Duke
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation · 2021 - 2022Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Zimmer, Inc. · 2022 - 2022Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Exactech, Inc · 2022 - 2022Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Avitus Orthopaedics · 2022 - 2022Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by SouthTech Orthopedics, Inc. · 2022 - 2022Cadence Total Ankle Anthroplasty Retrospective Study
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Integra LifeSciences · 2020 - 2022Nerve Cap
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by AxoGen, Inc. · 2020 - 2022Cadence total ankle arthroplasty study
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Integra LifeSciences · 2019 - 2021Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Skeletal Dynamics · 2021 - 2021Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by In2Bones US · 2021 - 2021Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Geistlich Pharma North America · 2021 - 2021Fresh Tissue Lab Agreement
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Wright Medical Technology, Inc. · 2021 - 2021Optimizing Collagen-Alginate Bioink for Cartilage 3D Printing Applications
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation · 2019 - 2020Assessment of Physical Performance, Walking Mechanics, and the Cost-effectiveness of Revision Total Ankle Replacement
Clinical TrialCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation · 2014 - 2016External Relationships
- DJO
- Exactech
- Flower Orthopaedic Corporation
- In2bones
- OsteoCure Therapeutics
- Restor3d
- Stryker Orthopaedics
- VimaCept
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