UConn Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Incredible interview with Dr. Robert Arciero and University of Connecticut Football's Alex Honig about his inspiring return to play after last year's season-ending injury. . #uconn #football #cfb #returntoplay #teamphysician

Caring for Concussions: Dr. Anthony Alessi, MD, MMM, FAAN, renowned UConn Health Sports Neurologist, and University of Connecticut Women's Soccer Coach Margaret Rodriguez take us through the newest rule changes, equipment improvements, and diagnostic protocols put in place to protect our UConn Huskies. Check it out! #uconn #soccer #collegesports #concussion #neurology

Dr. Kathy Coyner and Resident Dr. Martinus Megalla, MD made a splash at the Eastern Orthopaedic Association Inc 55th Annual Meeting in Palm Beach! 🌊 Dr. Coyner presented on anterior shoulder instability at the Pearls and Pitfalls Symposium and participated in the subsequent panel. 🎤 🏆 Dr. Megalla won an award for his research presentation on malpractice in hip fractures! 🏆 #easternorthopaedicassociation #palmbeach #annualmeeting #shoulderinstability #hipfractures

Several UConn Musculoskeletal Institute (MSI) research faculty and graduate assistants attended the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting in Toronto last month. Faculty and MD/PhD candidates presented their research and made meaningful connections in the field. . #ASBMR #Toronto #boneandmineralresearch #breakthrough #science

UConn Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellows had a great weekend at the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) Conference in Springfield, MA. Dr. Tim Oyeniran and Dr. Christina Mallery both had podium case presentations, and Dr. Mallery won the Jeff Anderson Memorial Award for the best overall case presentation! . Olutimilehin (Tim) Oyeniran MD, MS, Christina Mallery . #uconn #sportsmedicine #primarycare #newengland #college

💉 Dr. Kathy Coyner and Dr. Robert Arciero were key players in the AOSSM Surgical Skills Course on complex shoulder surgery. Dr. Arciero was the Honorary AOSSM Chair, a presenter, and a lab instructor, and Dr. Coyner was a panelist, presenter, and lab instructor. We are so proud of our physicians' dedication to moving the needle (😉) on complex surgeries and improved patient outcomes. Thank you American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for putting on a spectacular event! 🙏 . #aossm #surgicalskills #shouldersurgery #movetheneedle #patientoutcomes

A couple years after a failed spinal fusion done elsewhere, this patient came to Dr. Hardeep Singh with persistent back pain and shooting pain down their right leg. Because new bone had failed to grow around the cage and bone graft that had been put in, the L5/S segment (see diagram) was moving abnormally and irritating the nerve. This added stress to the screws and rods as well, leading to one of the screws eventually breaking. To be minimally invasive, Dr. Singh performed ALIF (Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion) surgery with the help of the vascular surgery team. Entering through the stomach and carefully moving the belly contents aside, Dr. Singh pulled out the old cage and put in a new one that fits the disc space better and allows the bone to heal more reliably. After putting the new cage in, Dr. Singh and Dr. Bryan Heard, MD PhD FRCSC used augmented reality technology from Augmedics to make small incisions in the back, remove the old screws, and insert new ones far more efficiently. Follow along chronologically through the pictures!

See what in day in the life of an orthopedic resident is like! 🎥: Marissa Gedman, MD (PGY2, UConn Orthopedic Residency Program) #dayinthelife #dayinmylife #ortho #residentlife #grwm

"Our study in Division I elite basketball athletes found that more moderate to high-intensity impacts early in the season were associated with subsequent injury and increased cartilage synthesis at various timepoints was correlated with increased cumulative bone stimulus metrics and season-long injury incidence." - Julie Burland, PhD, ATC, CSCS (Senior Author) Interested in learning more? Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ey-BwE3w

What an incredible experience showcasing the Prone Transpsoas Approach and the PTP platform at the NASS 2024 surgical theater in Chicago. It was such an honor to share the stage with Drs. Primenta (Yes, the one that started the lateral revolution) and Dr. Moss. Let’s spread the word about PTP! Barrow Neurological Institute Barrow Neurological Foundation American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Alphatec Spine North American Spine Society Isaac Moss Luiz Pimenta MD, PhD