Clinical Hip & Knee Fellowship Positions Available: 1
Sponsoring Society: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
Prospective Interviewee Timeline for upcoming Match Cycle:
- November 2021: Deadline for Online Application
- January – February 2022: Fellowship Candidate Interviews (Dates to be announced)
- April 2022: Fellowship Match results announced (San Francisco Match, https://sfmatch.org)
- August 1, 2023: Clinical Fellowship begins
Clinical Fellowship Summary:
1. Patient Care
- Over 2,000 joint replacement procedures per year
- High-volume, regional referral center, specialty orthopaedic hospital
- Includes simple and complex primary cases, revision cases, comprehensive infection management, conversion arthroplasty, and periprosthetic fractures
- Three fellowship-trained hip and knee arthroplasty surgeons (actively recruiting a fourth)
- Active Members of AAHKS and AAOS, including committee representation
- Mentorship-model training
- Exposure to multiple device companies
- Zimmer-Biomet, Stryker, Depuy-Synthes, Smith & Nephew, Exactech, all currently in use
- Opportunity for trauma call
- Ambulatory primary hip and knee trauma, as well as periprosthetic fractures
- Attending surgeon back-up always available for fellow cases
- High-volume, regional referral center, specialty orthopaedic hospital
- Hip Arthroplasty
- Anterior, Posterior, and Anterolateral approaches
- Revision/conversion/periprosthetic fracture surgery from all approaches
- Use of computer-navigation and intra-operative fluoroscopy
- Wide age range and interesting primary/conversion cases due to our relationship with Scottish Rite pediatric hospital (congenital hip diseases, post-Perthes, post-acetabular osteotomy, etc)
- Anterior, Posterior, and Anterolateral approaches
- Knee Arthroplasty
- Exposure to both PS and CR knee designs, fixed-bearing and Rotating platform
- Use of computer navigation and robotic-assisted surgery
- Traditional gap balancing and measured resection techniques
- Total knee arthroplasty as well as partial knee arthroplasty (medial, patellofemoral, and lateral)
2. Education
- Regular case conference for teaching purposes, pre- and post-operative discussion
- Rotating lecture series on hip and knee arthroplasty topics
- Journal club
3. Research
- Supported by the non-profit Carrell Clinic Foundation
- Active IRB-approval for retrospective review of prospective institutional database
- Active IRB for multi-center prospective randomized controlled trial for automated THA
- Support for new IRBs for additional prospective studies
- Mentoring of residents in orthopaedic research from Baylor University Medical Center and UT-Southwestern
- Institutional research grants and industry research support
- Editorial Review for multiple orthopaedic journals
- Research relationships with national colleagues (University of Utah, OrthoCarolina)
- Current Research Projects:
- Prospective multicenter RCT: Automated vs. Manual impaction for THA
- Retrospective review of anterior vs posterior conversion THA
- (collaboration with University of Utah)
- Posterior capsular reconstruction for recurrent THA instability
- Recently Published/Submitted Manuscripts:
- Wood DS, Eckel TM, Kitziger KJ, Peters Jr PC, Gladnick BP. Accelerometer-based navigation improves early patient-reported outcomes after gap-balanced total knee arthroplasty. 2020 [Submitted to Knee].
- Rizkalla JM, Gladnick BP, Bhimani AA, Wood DS, Kitziger KJ, Peters Jr PC. Triaging total hip arthroplasty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med 2020 Aug;13(4):416-424.
- Kapilow JM, Gladnick BP, Anderson LA, Peters Jr PC, Masonis JL. Acetabular exposure is enhanced with self-retaining retractors during direct anterior total hip arthroplasty. 2020 [Accepted at Orthopedics, in press].
- Rizkalla JM, Bhimani AA, Kitziger KJ, Peters Jr PC, Schubert RD, Gladnick BP. Financial Impact of Removal of Total Knee Arthroplasty from the Inpatient-Only List for a Physician-owned Bundled Payment Program. J Orthop. 2020 Jan 30;20:221-22.
- Bhimani AA, Rizkalla JM, Peters Jr PC, Kitziger KJ, Schubert RD, Gladnick BP. Surgical automation reduces operating time while maintaining accuracy for direct anterior total hip arthroplasty. J Orthop. 2020 April 1;22:68-72.
- Recent Presentations at Academic Conferences:
- Kellam PJ, Gililland JM, Wood DS, Kitziger KJ, Gladnick BP, Anderson LA. Conversion total hip arthroplasty: does approach affect outcomes? [Abstract and Poster Presentation]. In: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons; November 5-8, 2020; Dallas TX.
- Rizkalla J, Bhimani A, Kitziger KJ, Peters Jr PC, Schubert RD, Gladnick BP. Financial Impact of Removal of Total Knee Arthroplasty from the Inpatient-Only List for a Physician-owned Bundled Payment Program. [Abstract and Podium Presentation]. In: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; March 24-28, 2020; Orlando FL.
- Bhimani A, Rizkalla J, Peters Jr PC, Kitziger KJ, Schubert RD, Gladnick BP. Surgical automation reduces operating time while maintaining accuracy for direct anterior total hip arthroplasty. [Abstract and Poster Presentation]. In: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons; November 7-10, 2019; Dallas TX.
- Kapilow JM, Gladnick BP, Anderson LA, Kitziger R, Peters Jr PC. Enhanced acetabular exposure with self-retaining retractors during anterior hip arthroplasty. [Abstract and Oral Presentation]. In: Eastern Orthopaedic Association; October 16-19, 2019; Palm Beach, FL.
If you are interested in learning more about the fellowship program, please contact Kande Progue.
Phone Number: (214) 220-2468
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