UW Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Department welcomes two new faculty physicians |
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Lindsey Boyke, MD joins our faculty as a Non-operative Pediatric Physician. A Verona, Wisconsin native, she completed her pediatric residency at Michigan State University and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Spectrum Health. Dr. Boyke went on to do her non-operative pediatric orthopedic fellowship here at UW and we were thrilled to have her return on August 14, 2023. |
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James Bernatz, MD joined our Spine Surgery team on September 1, 2023. Originally from Delafield, Wisconsin, Dr. Bernatz completed medical school and his orthopedic surgery residency at UW-Madison – going on to do a fellowship in spine surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. We are excited to welcome him back to Wisconsin. |
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Awards and Accomplishments |
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Andrea Spiker, MD, receives Dean's Award for excellence in mentorship, graduates from physician leadership program |
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Earlier this summer, Dr. Andrea Spiker, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, received the UW SMPH Dean’s Award for Excellence in Medical Student Research Mentorship. This award is a well-deserved honor for a remarkable physician, researcher, educator, and mentor who inspires her students and colleagues every day.
Dr. Spiker was also among the 27 recent graduates of the 2022-2023 UW Health Physician Leadership Development Program (PLDP)—a prestigious UW Health educational opportunity that prepares clinical faculty for system leadership. This successful program allows PLDP participants to further hone the leadership skills required to lead teams within an academic medical center.
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Ashley Mohan, DO, appointed Director of Rehabilitation Medicine Consult Service |
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Ashley Mohan, DO, the newest member of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation faculty at UW, was recently appointed Director of the Rehabilitation Medicine Consult Service. The Rehab Medicine Consult team helps manage complications associated with traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, strokes, and amputations with the goal of collaborating with primary teams on improving patient outcomes, reducing hospital length of stay, and facilitating discharge disposition. |
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Brian Grogan, MD, awarded NIH SBIR grant |
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Brian Grogan, MD, in collaboration with Springbok Analytics, was awarded an NIH SBIR phase II grant to investigate the clinical evaluation of a commercially-viable machine learning algorithm to automatically detect shoulder muscle pathology.
Dr. Grogan's project will significantly improve the accuracy of shoulder pathology assessments – advancing the diagnosis and treatment of shoulder pathologies, improving the outcomes of costly orthopedic procedures, and potentially even eliminating unnecessary procedures, all of which will improve patient care and lower the associated costs.
Dr. Grogan will serve as the site principal investigator on this three-year project that also involves Drs. Molly Day, Geoffrey Baer and Tamara Scerpella.
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NFL and Biocore renew partnership with UW researchers to reduce head injuries in athletes |
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Badger Athletic Performance’s partnership with the NFL and Biocore has been renewed for a third year to continue research into sport-related head impacts using mouth guards with embedded sensors. The findings of this study will help us better understand the frequency and severity of head impacts sustained by University of Wisconsin football players during practices and games, and the circumstances such as equipment, training, or individual actions surrounding these impacts.
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Recent publications by members of our team |
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Shields RK, Suneja M, Shields BE, Tofte JN, Dudley-Javoroski S | BMC Med Educ. 2023 Sep 14
Knurr KA, Cobian DG, Kliethermes SA, Stiffler-Joachim MR, Heiderscheit BC | Am J Sports Med. 2023 Sep 8
Gui M, Sehgal N | Neuromodulation. 2023 Aug
Liu D, Kadri A, Hernando D, Binkley N, Anderson PA | Osteoporos Int. 2023 Aug 29
Martin JA, Thelen DG| J Biomech. 2023 Aug
Crawford SK, Kliethermes SA, Heiderscheit BC, Bashford GR | BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2023 Aug 22
Devoto C, Vorn R, Mithani S, Meier TB, Lai C, Broglio SP, McAllister T, Giza CC, Huber D, Harezlak J, Cameron KL, McGinty G, Jackson J, Guskiewicz K, Mihalik JP, Brooks A, Duma S, Rowson S, Nelson LD, Pasquina P, Turtzo C, Latour L, McCrea MA, Gill JM | Front Neurol. 2023 Aug 17
Memmini AK, Popovich MJ, Schuyten KH, Herring SA, Scott KL, Clugston JR, Choe MC, Bailey CM, Brooks MA, Anderson SA, McCrea MA, Kontos AP, Wallace JS, Mihalik JKR, Kasamatsu TM, McLeod TV, Rawlins MLW, Snedden TR, Kaplan M, Akani B, Orr LCL, Hasson RE, Rifat SF, Broglio SP.
J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2023 Jul-Aug 01
Thomas NP, Pierce TT, Ozturk A, Lee SJ, Crawford B, Hennessy DW, Park A, Sagar P, Heng M, Lozano Calderón S | J Surg Oncol. 2023 Jul 31
Heintzman SE, Lund EA, Bubla JW, Whiting PS | Foot Ankle Orthop. 2023 Jul 23
Lins LAB, Birch CM, Berde C, Emans J, Hedequist D, Hresko MT, Karlin L, Glotzbecker MP | 2023 Jul 24
Hernandez MI, Miller EC, Biese KM, Columna L, Andreae S, McGuine TA, Snedden TR, Eberman LE, Bell DR | J Athl Train. 2023 Jul 18
Klein CF, Petek BJ, Moulson N, Baggish AL, Churchill TW, Harmon KG, Kliethermes SA, Patel MR, Drezner JA | Heart. 2023 Jul 17
Kallie J Chen, Eric J Lee, Stephanie A Kliethermes, Tamara A Scerpella | Orthop J Sports Med. 2023 Jun 30
Hall MM, Kliethermes SA, Henning PT, Hoffman DF, Mautner K, Obunadike E, Onishi K, Pourcho AM, Sellon JL, Chimenti R | J Ultrasound Med. 2023 Jun 27
Crawford SK, Hickey J, Vlisides J, Chambers JS, Mosiman SJ, Heiderscheit BC | BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2023 Jun 26
de Ridder VA, Whiting PS, Balogh ZJ, Mir HR, Schultz BJ, Routt MC | OTA Int. 2023 Jun 16
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UW OrthoRehab Research Exchange |
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L to R: Erin Hammer, MD, Tamara Scerpella, MD (Department Chair), and Tim McGuine, PhD, LAT |
The UW Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation held a Research Exchange event on September 12 from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison, WI. Researchers presenting their work at the event were Pilot Grant recipients – Josh Roth, PhD, Tim McGuine, PhD, LAT, and Erin Hammer, MD.
The Pilot Award Program supports novel and developing research of department faculty who are early in their professional careers. Targeted research areas that advance the fields of orthopedics and rehabilitation include basic discovery research, patient-based clinical research, patient-centered outcomes research, dissemination and implementation research, and community engagement research.
Department Vice Chair for Research, Bryan Heiderscheit, PhD, PT, described the Research Exchange as "an opportunity for faculty, staff, and key stakeholders to learn about the latest innovative and impactful research happening in our department," stating that it was "particularly rewarding to see the many new ideas and collaborations resulting from conversations that began here.”
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Wan-Ju Li, PhD, invited to speak at Vail Scientific Summit |
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Wan-Ju Li, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation / Biomedical Engineering, was invited to give a talk and participate in a panel discussion on August 20-23 in Colorado at the Eighth Annual Vail Scientific Summit.
This year's Summit was themed "Clinical Translation: The Intersection of Science and Medicine." It brought together experts from various fields, including basic science, clinical applications, and global healthcare, to explore the impact of their work on patient care and scientific advancements. The event attracted leading scientists, physicians, veterinarians, bioengineers, and other professionals from across the country.
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Drs. Scerpella and Spiker attend AOSSM annual conference, serve as co-presidents of the Big10 Sports Medicine Fellowship annual meeting |
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L to R: Andrea Spiker, MD, Jace Heiden, MD, (2022-23 UW sports medicine fellow), Tamara Scerpella, MD |
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Tamara Scerpella, MD, Andrea Spiker, MD, and UW sports medicine fellow, Jace Heiden, MD, attended the annual meeting of the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) on July 13-16 in Washington, DC. Dr. Spiker gave two talks at the event and served as moderator for the “Frontiers in Hip Arthroscopy” general session.
Drs. Scerpella and Spiker also served as co-presidents of AOSSM's Big10 Sports Medicine Fellowship Annual Meeting, organizing the meeting and the didactic agenda.
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UW Badger Athletic Performance presents at ACSM and ASB annual meetings |
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The Badger Athletic Performance program was well represented at the annual meetings of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and American Society for Biomechanics (ASB) this year, presenting 13 abstracts between the two national conferences. |
Mikel Joachim, PhD, Research Program Manager in the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and a researcher with the Badger Athletic Performance program, was elected co-chair for the Biomechanics Interest Group of ACSM at this year’s annual meeting. |
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The NFL is making data-driven progress on leg muscle injury prediction and prevention |
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In 2021, the National Football League (NFL) scientific advisory board awarded a $4 million grant for a four-year study of hamstring prevention and treatment that was launched by a team led by UW Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Vice Chair for Research Bryan Heiderscheit, PhD, PT.
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The Associated Press reports on how using the team's data-driven approach to prevent and treat leg muscle injuries suffered by football players has yielded powerful results.
This news story was picked up in more than 100 media outlets.
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Pediatrician shares advice for parents and student athletes as fall sports begin |
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David Bernhardt, MD, of our pediatric sports medicine team, appeared live earlier this month on NBC Channel 26 in Green Bay to discuss a recent study showing chronic traumatic encephalopathy in young athletes and how head injuries are treated.
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Susan comes full-circle for her knee replacement at UW Health |
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Since she was a little girl, Susan Cowles had good reason to suspect that her knees may one day need medical attention. She was grateful for seven pain-free decades, but by her early 70s, a knee replacement became imminent.
As a child, Susan and her parents frequently traveled to Madison so she could receive care from UW specialists for a rare skeletal abnormality. While she built a life and career in medical social work in Milwaukee, Susan returned to Madison for care once again as an adult more than six decades later.
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“This was the most challenging surgery I have done on a first-time knee replacement patient."
– Dr. Brian Nickel, Susan’s UW Health orthopedic surgeon.
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Faculty physician openings at UW Orthopedics and Rehabilitation |
We have a number of exciting opportunities for orthopedic and rehabilitation medicine faculty physicians to join our incredible, dedicated team! Learn more about these positions, and working at UW Hospitals and Clinics and the University of Wisconsin-Madison by clicking the links listed in this section. |
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Interested in supporting our research? |
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If you would like to make a gift to the Freedom of Movement Fund to advance innovative research in orthopedic and rehabilitation medicine, please click the button below.
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To learn more about your options for giving, contact: |
Brandi Funk
Advancement Manager
(608) 381-4641
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