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Interim Section Chief Terrance Peabody, MD
hosted the Section-wide holiday party in Ida Noyes Hall of
Hyde Park on December 9. Over one hundred faculty
members, their families, friends, and invited guests
attended the gathering. At the party, the Section paid
an emotional tribute to the long-term Section Chief Dr.
Michael A. Simon for his leadership in Orthopaedic
education at both University and national levels. Dr.
Simon is also credited for his visionary leadership in
Orthopaedic research by establishing the
Orthopaedic Research
Laboratories.
Dr. Simon recently resigned from the Section Chief post to
serve as the Department's Vice Chair for Education and
Associate Dean of GME.
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Dr. Sean Scully, a Professor at the
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cell Biology, and
Cellular Molecular Pharmacology of the University of Miami,
Miami, FL, delivered the 2006
Suzanne Berman
Memorial Lecture on December 8, 2006. The
title of his talk was "A Novel Mechanism of Tissue Specific
Signaling in Tumor Metastasis".
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Interim Section Chief Terrance Peabody, MD,
has been named as the Simon and Kalt Families Professor in
Orthopaedic Surgery. This is the first Chair
endowed professorship for the Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
and Rehabilitation Medicine at The University of Chicago.
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Faculty Hue H. Luu, MD was
a recipient of the highly competitive American Cancer
Society-Institutional Research Grant by The University of
Chicago Cancer Research Center. Dr. Luu proposed to
study metastasis-associated genes of human osteosarcoma.
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Faculty members David Manning, MD and
Michael Terry, MD were selected as recipients of the
first
Geraldine Mary Maley Research Award. Dr.
Manning's project was entitled "Peri-Implant Metaphyseal
Osteolysis in a Rat Femur Model Treated With BMPs".
Dr. Terry's project was entitled "Management of Early Hip
Osteoarthritis With Mechanical Symptoms. The Efficacy of
Treatment With Arthroscopic Intervention".
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Interim Section Chief Terrance Peabody, MD
became Chairman of the Academic Leadership Committee of The
American Orthopaedic Association. He also became a member of
the Orthopaedic Surgery RRC and is Secretary of the
Musculoskeletal Tumor Society. He is a representative of
Orthopaedic Surgery in the Organization of Program
Director’s Association and he organized and moderated a
module for Program Directors at The American Orthopaedic
Association’s Annual Meeting. He is also on the
Competency-Based Portfolio Advisory Committee for the ACGME.
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The Section was saddened by the passing of
long-time faculty member Lawrence Pottenger, MD, PhD.
Hundreds of family friends, faculty colleagues, and former
trainees attended the memorial service held at Rockefeller
Chapel on October 21.
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The Orthopaedic Biomedical Imaging Institute
under the direction of John Martell, MD at The
University of Chicago has established the
Geraldine Mary Maley Research Award. This research
award has been established to promote Orthopaedic Research
at the University of Chicago. Candidates for the Award will
include Junior Faculty (Associate and Assistant Professors)
and Orthopaedic Residents at The University of Chicago
Hospitals.
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The Section welcomed new faculty member
Hue H. Luu, M.D. Dr. Luu completed his medical
school and resident training at The University of Chicago.
Dr. Luu will join David Manning, M.D. to establish a
robust adult reconstruction program at The University of
Chicago. In addition, Dr. Luu will participate in
orthopaedic oncology services and conduct orthopaedic
research. Dr. Luu is also Associate Director of
Molecular Oncology
Laboratory.
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Under the direction of Daniel Mass, MD
and T.-C. He, MD, PhD, Pritzker's second year medical
student Christian Skjong won the Basic Science Prize
of 2006 Summer Research Forum. His research on
analyzing expression patterns of growth factors in injured
tendons was accepted for podium presentation at the 2007
ORS Annual Meeting.
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Faculty Terrance Peabody, MD, was
promoted to Interim Chief, as Dr. Michael A. Simon
resigned from the post to serve as the Interim Chair of
the Department of Surgery.
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Section Chief Michael A. Simon, MD,
served as Interim Chair of the Department of Surgery before
Dr. Jeffrey Matthews was selected as the new Chairman of the
Department. Dr. Simon continues to be the Associate
Dean for Graduate Medical Education and the Designated
Institutional Official, the overarching oversight of all of
the residency programs at the University of Chicago Medical
Center. Dr. Simon continues as Vice-Chair of the Board of
Trustees of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Dr. Simon
was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Combined Programs in
Orthopaedic Surgery and the University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee.
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Under the sponsorship of T.-C. He, MD, PhD,
Pritzker's third year medical student Katie Sharff
was selected as a recipient of 2006 AOA Carolyn L. Kuchein
Medical Student Research Fellowship. Katie proposed to study
the role of Hey-1 in BMP9 mediated osteogenic signaling in
mesenchymal stem cells.
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Resident Avnish Clerk, MD, was
selected to participate in 2006 Smith & Nephew Resident
Research Competition in Memphis, TN on August 25-26.
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Faculty T.-C. He, MD, PhD was one of
the two recipients of the 2006 Stephen F. Sener MD
Research Scholar Award, given by the American Cancer
Society on behalf of its Illinois Division. This
$500,000 research award will support Dr. He to study the
role of CTGF in bone tumor metastasis.
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In June of 2006 the Section co-hosted The
American Orthopaedic Association ABC Traveling Fellowship
Tour. Dr. Robert I. Harris of Toronto, Canada, developed
the concept of the American, British and Canadian Traveling
Fellowship in 1948 during his year as president of the
American Orthopaedic Association. The original goal of the
tour was to allow British orthopaedic surgeons to visit
centers in North America in a time of post-World War II
difficulties. The initial group from Great Britain consisted
of 13 orthopaedic surgeons. The following year, 15
orthopaedic surgeons from the US and Canada visited Great
Britain, and the tradition has continued in the same
alternating fashion – inviting South Africa to the tour in
1983 and Australia and New Zealand in 1985. The 2003 tour
was the 52nd exchange with seven orthopaedic surgeons from
North America traveling to Great Britain and South Africa.
The Tour extends five weeks and travels in odd years. For
this year, the University of Chicago and Loyola University
co-hosted the traveling fellows, under the direction of Drs.
Terry Light and Terrance Peabody. Talks were given by
faculty from both the University of Chicago and Loyola along
with the Traveling Fellows.
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Robert J. Hawkins, M.D.
was the 2006 Gerald S. Laros
Memorial Visiting Professor and
delivered the
Gerald S.
Laros Memorial Lecture. His lecture was entitled
"Rotator Cuff Update".
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Resident Samer Attar, MD was awarded a
Current Concepts Foundation Scholarship to attend the
Current Concepts in Joint Replacement meeting held in Las
Vegas, NV, May 21-24.
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Faculty John Martell, MD is continuing
to develop new collaborative projects using the Martell Hip
Analysis Suite and the Biomedical Imaging Institute. The
Biomedical Imaging Institute has ongoing studies and
relationships with four different implant makers. He has
also taken on the leadership role for all of Surgery as the
Director of the In-Patient Flow.
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Faculty Daniel Mass, MD represented
the American Society for Surgery of the Hand at the NIH for
support in research in conjunction with the Bone and Joint
Decade. Dr. Mass was also awarded the Laros Teaching Award
as the best resident teacher.
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Faculty Brian Toolan, M.D. was awarded
the Dallas B. Phemister Award by the Mid-American
Orthopaedic Association for the highest quality
investigation presented at their annual meeting. He became a
reviewer for the American Journal of Sports Medicine. He
gave numerous presentation at the American Foot and Ankle
Society, American Academy of orthopaedic Surgeons, and
Mid-American Orthopaedic Association.
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Faculty Michael Terry, MD, along with
Drs. Ho and Reider, completed their first successful season
with the Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team. He continues to
also provide care with the Windy City Thunderbolts, the
United States Ski team, and USA Volleyball. He is
developing a dry arthroscopy laboratory and presented
preliminary results at the University of Chicago Education
Day.
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Faculty Purnendu Gupta, M.D. began his
third term on the Program Committee of the Scoliosis
Research Society. He was appointed to the editorial board of
Clinical Biomechanics. He instituted a multidisciplinary
spine conference with Neurosurgery. Dr. Gupta presented
papers at the North American Spine Society, Scoliosis
Research Society and Mid-American Society.
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The Section welcomed new faculty member
Robert Bielski, M.D. Dr. Bielski, a member of the
Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty at Loyola University Medical
Center was recruited to join Christopher Sullivan, M.D.
to help establish a robust pediatric orthopaedic presence at
the new Comer Children’s Hospital as of July 1, 2006. Dr.
Bielski was the Director of Resident Education at Loyola as
a reward for his robust teaching ability.
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Faculty Christopher Sullivan, M.D.
continues to have a robust pediatric practice at the
University of Chicago and many offsite clinics. He is on the
Planning Committee for the new University of Chicago Comer
Children’s Hospital Emergency Room. Dr. Sullivan reviews
clinical articles for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related
Research.
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Faculty Roderick Birnie, M.D. has
continued to serve as Secretary of the Chicago Society for
Surgery of the Hand. He is faculty advisor to the University
of Chicago Rugby Football Club and is a certified rugby
coach.
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A Hari Reddi, PhD, Lawrence Ellison
Chair Professor in Musculoskeletal Molecular Biology and
Director of Center for Tissue Regeneration and Repair at the
University of California Medical Center in Davis, delivered
the inaugural center seminar of the
Center
for Molecular and Regenerative Medicine. The title of
his talk is "Regeneration of Bone and Cartilage: Role of
Morphogenetic Proteins".
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Section Chief Michael A. Simon, MD,
and his wife Barbara Simon, along with their daughter
Susan Simon Kalt, MD, and her husband David Kalt,
have established The Simon and Kalt Families Professorship in
Orthopaedic Surgery. This is the first Chair
endowed professorship for the Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
and Rehabilitation Medicine at The University of Chicago.
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The Section faculty approved the plan to
establish the
Center
for Molecular and Regenerative Medicine in order to best
coordinate the basic and translational research in
musculoskeletal diseases within the Department and The
University of Chicago. The Center is currently co-directed
by Rex C. Haydon, MD, PhD, T.-C. He, MD, PhD,
and John Martell, MD.
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Faculty member Terrance D. Peabody, MD,
was the AAOS nominee to the Residency Review
Committee.
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Faculty members T.-C. He, MD, PhD, and
Rex C. Haydon, MD, PhD, were the recipients of the 2006 Kappa Delta/OREF Ann Doner Vaughan Award
for their
work on "The distinct roles of bone morphogenetic
proteins in mesenchymal stem cell differentiation".
Detailed information about this Award can be found at the
Kappa Delta Award website.
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Faculty members Rex C. Haydon, MD, PhD and
T.-C. He, MD, PhD, and Clinical Fellow Hue H.
Luu, MD, were the recipients of the 2006 Marshall
Urist Young Investigator Award given by the Association
of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS). Detailed information
about the Award can be found at the
ABJS website.
