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John M. Martell, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Orthopaedic Research Institute
    Adult Reconstruction


Medical School: University of Chicago
Internship: University of Chicago Hospitals
Residency: University of Chicago Hospitals
Fellowship: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital
Memberships:  Amer Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Amer Acad of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Academic Orthopaedic Association, Orthopaedic Research Society, and the Hip Society

 

    Dr. Martell is a graduate of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at The University of Chicago in 1987.  His fellowship training in adult hip and knee reconstruction with Dr. Jorge Galante at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s was completed in 1988.  He is board-certified in orthopaedic surgery since 1991 with recertification in 2001.

    Dr. Martell is a member of the Orthopaedic Research  Society, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Academic Orthopaedic Association, and the Hip Society.  His research interests include polyethylene wear in total hip and knee arthroplasty, as well as determination of bone strength using new radiographic techniques. He was the recipient of the Charnley Award for the Hip Society in 2002 for his contribution to the manuscript, “Wear Is a Function of Use, Not Time". 

   


Last update: 
January 11, 2008

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