Expert Details
Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Implants and Biomaterials
ID: 738233
California, USA
Biomechanical design, development, and evaluation of implants, including joint replacement prostheses, fracture fixation devices, and related instrumentation. Implant performance evaluation and implant failure analysis using benchtop models (cadaver or artificial composite models), retrieved implants, computational models, and patient outcome data. Design, development, and validation of biomechanical models and apparatuses for musculoskeletal loads and kinematics simulation.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1995 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Biomaterials and Handicap Research | Institution: Gothenburg University |
| Year: 1981 | Degree: MS | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: University of Southern California |
| Year: 1980 | Degree: BS | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: University of Southern California |
Work History
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| Years: 2020 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Adjunct Professor, Step IV | Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
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| Years: 2017 to 2020 | Employer: University of California, Los Angeles | Title: Adjunct Professor, Step III | Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
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| Years: 2014 to 2017 | Employer: University of California, Los Angeles | Title: Adjunct Professor, Step II | Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
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| Years: 2014 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: |
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| Years: 2013 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant | Department: Orthopaedic ad Rehabilitation Devices Panel Medical Devices Advisory Committee |
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| Years: 2011 to 2014 | Employer: University of California, Los Angeles | Title: Adjunct Professor, Step I | Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
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| Years: 2007 to 2011 | Employer: University of California, Los Angeles | Title: Adjunct Associate Professor, Step III | Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
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| Years: 1998 to 2006 | Employer: University of California, Los Angeles | Title: Adjunct Associate Professor, Step I, II | Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
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| Years: 1997 to 1998 | Employer: University of Southern California | Title: Assistant Professor of Research Orthopaedics | Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1995 to 2013 | Employer: The J. Vernon Luck, Sr, MD Orthopaedic Research Center Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital and University of California | Title: Director | Department: |
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| Years: 1986 to 1996 | Employer: University of Southern California | Title: Instructor of Research Orthopaedics | Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
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| Years: 1986 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Manager | Department: Research Computing Facility |
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| Years: 1985 to 1997 | Employer: Orthopaedic Trauma Registry Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center | Title: Manager | Department: |
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Career Accomplishments
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| American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1980-1985 Society for Biomaterials, Active American Society for Testing and Materials, 1983-1988 Orthopaedic Research Society, Active Hip Society, Active International Society of Technology in Arthroplasty, Active |
| Professional Appointments |
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| - Institutional Review Board, Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, 1989 to 2013 - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, 1989 to 2013 - Editorial Board, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 1999 to Present - Scientific Committee, International Society of Technology in Arthroplasty, 2003 - Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Biomaterials, (Formerly, Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics), 2003 to present - Board of Consulting Editors for Research, Journal of Bone and Joint Research, American, 2013 to Present - Grant Reviewer, Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITSP), The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2016 - Grant Reviewer and Panelist, National Science Foundation, 2012 - Grant Reviewer, Industrial Research Fund of the Ghent University Association in Belgium, 2015 - Editorial Board, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2016 to present |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| - Editor’s Choice Award Article: Cross-Sectional Areas and Volumes Occupied by Implants in Simulated Scaphoid Fractures. J Hand Surg Am - Invited Commentator, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, CORR Insights®: A Modeling Study of a Patient-Specific Safe Zone for THA: Calculation, Validation, and Key Factors Based on Standing and Sitting Sagittal Pelvic Tilt - Invited Commentator, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, CORR Insights®: Spinal Fusion is Associated with Changes in Acetabular Orientation and Reductions in Pelvic Mobility - AAOS Best Poster in the Pediatrics classification, selected by AAOS Central Committee: “Generalized Joint Hypermobility Does Not Affect Idiopathic Clubfeet Treated with the Ponseti Method,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Invited Commentator, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, CORR Insights®: Current Total Knee Designs: Does Baseplate Roughness or Locking Mechanism Design Affect Polyethylene Backside Wear? - Invited Commentator, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, CORR Insights®: Biomechanics of Knuckle Cracking - Invited Commentator, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, CORR Insights®: Tribology of PEEK-on-Ceramic Total Disc Replacements - E-Poster Award, International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty How well do radiographs predict bone fixation in revised monoblock CoCr Cups? - AAOS Best Poster, Pediatrics Classification - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Central Committee: “Challenging the Standard for Pre-Clinical Testing of Deformity Correction Surgeries” - Editors' Choice: Top Nine publications - ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering: “Site-Specific Quantification of Bone Quality Using Highly Nonlinear Solitary Waves” - Adjunct Member, The Hip Society, Induction - John Charnley Award, The Hip Society; Title: “An Accurate and Extremely Sensitive Method to Separate, Display and Characterize Wear Debris: Polyethylene, Metal and Ceramic Particles.” - John Charnley Award, The Hip Society, Title: “A Study of Implant Failure in Metal-on-Metal Surface Arthroplasties.” - Special Speaker Award, MTS Systems Corporation, Technical Seminars in the Field of Biomechanical Testing - Graduate Orthopaedic Society Faculty Recognition Award, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Southern California - Sumner L. Koch Award, American Society for Surgery of the Hand “Biomechanical Analysis of Radio-Ulnar Joint Pressures as a Function of Radial Malunion.” |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Journal Reviewer, Numerous Journals and Societies, Including: - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS-Am) - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Biomaterials - Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma - Journal of Biomechanics - Journal of Biomaterials and Functional Materials - Journal of Biomechanical Engineering - Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting - National Science Foundation Thesis or Dissertation Committees: 22 Graduate Fellows, Residents, and Formal Projects Supervised: 56 |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Peer-Reviewed Published Articles: 150 Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts, Accepted or In-Press: 1 Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts, Under Review: 2 Invited Commentaries and Editorials: 14 Books: 1 Book Chapters: 16 Abstracts; 213 Invited Lectures: 33 |
Additional Experience
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| Teaching Assignments: - Instructor, BME graduate/upper division undergraduate Biomechanics Responsible for the development of the curriculum and teaching of a combined graduate/undergraduate course in Orthopaedic Biomechanics Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California - Laboratory Instruction in Orthopaedic Biomechanics Instruction in research methods in the implant biomechanics and computer laboratories. Instruction and training includes research project planning, experimental methods, data reduction, statistical analysis, and preparation of publications. For graduate students, teaching includes mentoring and serving as chair of advisory committee. Students include: Clinical faculty: orthopaedic research fellows, residents in orthopaedic surgery, and medical students Master’s and Ph.D. Graduate students in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Computer Science Post-baccalaureate and Pre-medical students Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biological Science students conducting directed research in the Biomechanics Laboratory - Invited Lecturer, Bioengineering, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Annual invited lectures orthopaedic implant design and performance for an upper division undergraduate biomechanical engineering course, topics frequently include fracture fixation, intramedullary nail design, and in vitro evaluation Department of Bioengineering, UCLA - Invited Lecturer, Bioengineering Course Title: Truth and Questions in Orthopaedics Lectures on biomechanical engineering for undergraduate students Department of Bioengineering, UCLA - Invited Lecturer, Bioengineering Course Title: Bioengineering Ethics Lectures on bioethics for undergraduate students Department of Bioengineering, UCLA - Co-Instructor, BME graduate/upper division undergraduate Biomechanics Participated in the development of the curriculum and teaching responsibilities for a combined graduate/undergraduate course in Orthopaedic Biomechanics Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California - Lecturer in Physics, Mathematics and English at Senior High School Level |