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It is a pleasure to announce that Louis Amorosa, M.D., PGY 3, has been awarded the Resident Trauma Research Support grant from the AO North America Foundation for his proposal The Effect of Mesenchymal & Hematopoietic Stem Cells Loaded into a Tricalcium Phosphate Scaffold in a Rat Femoral Nonunion Model.

Congratulations to Marc Dryszka on placing first place for the best orthopaedic and best overall poster at the 50th Annual National Student Research Forum sponsored by the AMA, Galveston, TX, for Predicting Outcomes of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Using 3-D Computer Simulations.

We are proud to announce that the National Institutes of Health has awarded Francis Y. Lee, M.D., Ph.D. his second R01 research grant. This is an amazing accomplishment as Dr. Lee is just one of a handful of orthopaedic surgeons to have received R01 funding. The newly awarded grant project will focus on the specific targeting of biomolecular pathways which induce inflammatory bone loss in response to biomaterials. It is hoped that this will lead to the development of clinical effective and safe treatments for inflammatory bone loss due to osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and orthopaedic and periodontal implants. Additional research projects are currently investigating the molecular mechanisms behind sarcoma bone destruction and chemoresistance.

Dr. Francis Y. Lee is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. He is the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Vice Chair for Research and the Director of the Center for Orthopaedic Research. Dr. Lee is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in bone tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, metastatic bone cancers and pediatric orthopaedic surgery. He serves as both researcher and mentor to postdoctoral fellows, residents and students. He is the author or co-author of more than forty-five peer reviewed publications.

Congratulations to Ryan Cassilly on placing first for the best overall clinical science presentation for MRI Evaluation of Teres Minor Hypertrophy and Functional Status in Patients with Massive Rotator Cuff Tears at the 35th Annual Eastern-Atlantic Student Research Forum held in Miami, Florida, February 25 -28 and sponsored by the AMA Foundation.