Stacey Gallacher and Gregory Sawyer were chosen to attend the 21st Annual Meeting of the New England Fracture Forum May 29th – 30th, 2012 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

This year’s Orator - Marc F. Swiontkowski, M.D.
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
CEO of TRIA Orthopaedic Center Bloomington, Minnesota
Deputy Editor: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Congratulations to Matthew McDonnell and Gregory Sawyer for being chosen to receive this year’s Haffenreffer Family House Staff Excellence Award.  Matthew and Gregory were two of the five residents and/or fellows chosen to receive this year’s award.

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The Co-Principal investigators are Braden Fleming, PhD and Gregory Jay, MD, PhD. Braden Fleming, PhD, a leading orthopaedic researcher in the study of knee joint injuries and arthritis, will lead this study to develop what they hope to be a prevention for post-traumatic OA.

Fleming comments, “We anticipate that through this study, we will be able to advance clinical knowledge of the use of lubricin in treating traumatic injuries to joints, which may prevent the development of OA later. This will have major implications in how these injuries are treated and the prognoses not only for service men and service women, but the general population as well.”

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Congratulations to Ross Feller for being named Resident of the Month at Rhode Island Hospital

Shepard Hurwitz, M.D. is orating this years lecture. Following this lecture, participants should be able to discuss the meaning of board certification and the maintenance of that certifica- tion. Participants will also recognize the contributions the ABOS has made towards performance improvement in orthopaedic surgery and the value added in practice improvement.

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Dr. Christopher Born is featured in the May 18th article, Charity Funds Combat Wound Research, at Military.com.

"Born is one of two doctors partly funded by the public charity to develop new ways to treat combat troops' wounds to prevent or lessen the severity of amputations. His work involves layering pins and rods used to hold together shattered bone with an antimicrobial coating to stave off infection while limbs heal."

"Born is currently testing his treated rods on goats and should know by August when the research can move on to human testing. Funding for that phase will come not only from the foundation, but from the DoD, he said."

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Fourth year resident, Robin Kamal, MD, has recieved AFSH grant funding for his research on "Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid Arthritis and Carpal Instability". Christopher Got, MD, awarded AFSH grant funding in 2009 is quoted at the bottom of the article.

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Congratulations to Christopher Got, MD on being chosen as one of five recipients of the Haffenreffer House Staff Excellence Award for 2011.

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"Larger Than Life" is an article writen about Michael G. Ehrlich, MD in the Brown Medicine Magazine. The article details Dr. Ehrlich's medical training, patient care, resident teachings, the building of the Department of Orthopaedics at Brown and the leadership he has provided.

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Benjamin Stephens Richards, M.D. is orating this years lecture. This lecture will provide an overview of the causes for repeat surgery in Idiopathic Scoliosis providing the audience with the background and methods to decrease the need for re- operations.

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Matthew Zimmermann, Mary Mulcahey, Christopher Got, and Jason Bariteau participated in the New England Fracture Forum on September 16th and 17th, 2010.  Jason presented, “Tibial plateau fractures”, Matt’s presentation was, “Plating diaphyseal fractures”, Mary’s presentation was titled, “Staging and management of a polytrauma patient following a motorcycle accident”, and “Acetbular fracture classification”, was the title of Chris’ presentation.

This year’s Orator - Charles L. Saltzman, M.D., Professor & Chairman University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, Salt Lake City, Utah

Congratulations to Nikhil Thakur, MD on receiving the Haffenreffer House Staff Excellence Award.

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The concept of the American, British, Canadian (ABC) Exchange Fellowship was developed in 1948 by Robert I. Harris of Toronto, Canada, during his presidency of The American Orthopaedic Association. Dr. Harris believed that because of World War II and the accompanying post-war difficulties, young orthopaedic surgeons of Great Britain would find it difficult, if not impossible, to visit orthopaedic centers in the United States and Canada. Dr. Harris stated “There was a danger that they would reach senior positions in England with little knowledge of the state of orthopaedic surgery in North America.” It was for that reason Dr. Harris proposed the 1948 meeting in Quebec City be a joint British-Canadian-American Meeting. Thirteen British Orthopaedic Surgeons were brought over to attend the joint meeting and to travel throughout the United States and Canada. The thirteen original traveling fellows were: J. Crawford Adams, Esq., J. Charnley, Esq., F.C. Durbin, Esq., James S. Ellis, Esq., T. John Fairbank, Esq., C. Langton, Esq., Philip H. Newman, Esq., J. Patrick, Esq., Miss Marion A. Pearson, I.S. Smillie, Esq., Edgar Somerville, Esq., Frederick G. St. Clair Strange, Esq., and James Wishart, Esq.

Today, the ABC Fellowship remains the most prominent traveling fellowship in orthopaedics and serves to identify the future leaders of the specialty and acts as a catalyst to accelerate their careers.

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Nancy Kirsch, executive editor of the Jewish Voice & Herald, wrote this article describing the Caroll Silver Traveling Fellowship and Dr.'s Trafton and Tompkin's experience in Malawi. Dr. Peter Trafton and Dr. Marc Tompkins are the first to take advantage of the Caroll Silver Traveling Fellowship.

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Zest for teaching, traveling inspires fellowship, JV&H, Feb. 5, 2010

The Cabaud Memorial Research Award is given to the best paper submitted concerning hard or soft tissue biology, in-vitro research, laboratory or "bench-type" research, or in-vivo animal research.

At the annual AOSSM meeting in July 2009 the Brown Orthopaedic Research Department was given this award for the following project:

Fleming BC, Spindler KP, Palmer M, Magarian E, Murray MM: Collagen-platelet composites improve the biomechanical properties of healing ACL grafts in a porcine model.

In 1946 the Haffenreffer family established the Haffenreffer House Staff Excellence Award to honor outstanding members of the hospital’s house staff.  This year Alan Zonno, one of our Chief Residents, was one of the five house staff members to receive this award.  The Department congratulates Alan.

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Dr. Alan Zono
Haffenreffer Excellence Awardees
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In 1946 the Haffenreffer family established the Haffenreffer House Staff Excellence Award to honor outstanding members of the hospital’s house staff.  This year Keith Monchik and Jonathan Schiller, both Chief Residents, were two of the five house staff members to receive this award.  The Department congratulates Keith and Jonathan.

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Dr. Murray S. Danforth (1879-1943) organized the fracture service at Rhode Island Hospital in 1931.  Dr. Danforth was respected here and abroad for his leadership in the field of orthopaedic surgery.

In 1957, Mrs. Danforth established the Murray S. Danforth Orthopaedic Fund for resident training and research.  This has provided many benefits to the education of residents and is highlighted annually by the Danforth Oration presented each year by a distinguished orthopaedic surgeon.

This May, the department was honored to have Dr. Theodore Schlegel as our 46th Danforth Orator.  Dr. Schlegel is an Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine.  He is also the Fellowship Director at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Denver, Colorado, the Medical Director of the Denver Broncos Football Club and an Associate Team Physician Colorado Rockies Baseball Club.