Current studies
Active, pending, and recently completed work — grouped by program.
Pelvis & Acetabular Surgery
A shift towards earlier weight bearing after pelvic ring fractures
Temporal trend toward earlier postoperative weight bearing after pelvic ring fractures; accepted at WOA (poster COS), manuscript submitted for open-access publication.
Femoral Head Fractures
Pelvic Ring Injuries: Stable or Not?
Quantification of Sacroiliac and Sacral Exposure via the Lateral Window Approach: Impact of Anterior Superior Iliac Spine Osteotomy
Trauma Outcomes & Recovery
30-Year-Old Male with Delayed Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Post-Traumatic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Subluxation
A shift towards earlier weight bearing after pelvic ring fractures
Temporal trend toward earlier postoperative weight bearing after pelvic ring fractures; accepted at WOA (poster COS), manuscript submitted for open-access publication.
AI and clavicle
Compared readability and quality of six AI chatbots answering patient questions about clavicle fracture treatment; published in Cureus (2025).
AI and Rib fractures review
Systematic review of AI diagnostic accuracy for rib fracture detection on X-ray and CT versus physicians; published in J Imaging Informatics in Medicine (2025).
Bone Tunnel Repair of Traumatic Lumbar Hernias Without Mesh: A Multidisciplinary Case Series and Literature Review
Calcaneus fractures review
Review of calcaneus fracture management, surgical approaches, and recent advances; published in JAAOS (2025).
Can Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Angiography Be Used to Quantify Perfusion Changes During Staged Fixation of Pilon Fractures? A Pilot Study
COVID Hip Fractures
Retrospective review of hip fracture care across pre-, early-, and late-COVID periods at a Level 1 trauma center; published in JAAOS Global (2024).
Delayed Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Subluxation
Femoral Head Fractures
Homelessness
Orthopedic trauma presentation and outcomes among patients experiencing homelessness; abstract accepted at WOA, manuscript submitted to JAAOS.
Language and hip fractures
Chart-review study of primary language (and race/ethnicity) and hip fracture care/outcomes, using propensity-score matching; manuscript submitted.
Machine Learning on Adult Wrist Radiographs
Meta-analysis of machine-learning diagnostic performance for scaphoid, distal radius, and other wrist fractures versus experts; published in HAND (2026).
Meth and lower extremity trauma
Retrospective chart review of methamphetamine use in lower-extremity trauma (>1,100 patients); abstracts accepted (COS/AAOS), manuscripts on disposition and outcomes submitted.
Modified subvastus approach — medial distal femur (cadaveric)
OTA Survey Approach
Survey of OTA surgeons on preferred surgical approach; manuscript submitted to the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
Pelvic Ring Injuries: Stable or Not?
Percutaneous medial distal femur plating (cadaveric)
Proximal humeral fractures
Proximal humeral fractures analyzed in the NIH All of Us database; abstracts submitted (OTA/WOA/CUSM), manuscript submitted to Orthopedics.
Quantification of Sacroiliac and Sacral Exposure via the Lateral Window Approach: Impact of Anterior Superior Iliac Spine Osteotomy
Removal of bent/broken tibial IM nails (systematic review)
Tibial Shaft Fractures
Surgical Innovation & Biomechanics
ASIS osteotomy/SI joint
Cadaveric ASIS osteotomy / SI joint study (CUSM surgery course; 12 cadavers, 24 hemipelvises); protocol finalized, paper ~90% written. FOT grant application planned.
Bone Tunnel Repair of Traumatic Lumbar Hernias Without Mesh: A Multidisciplinary Case Series and Literature Review
Calcaneus fractures review
Review of calcaneus fracture management, surgical approaches, and recent advances; published in JAAOS (2025).
Can Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Angiography Be Used to Quantify Perfusion Changes During Staged Fixation of Pilon Fractures? A Pilot Study
Modified subvastus approach — medial distal femur (cadaveric)
OTA Survey Approach
Survey of OTA surgeons on preferred surgical approach; manuscript submitted to the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
Percutaneous medial distal femur plating (cadaveric)
Quantification of Sacroiliac and Sacral Exposure via the Lateral Window Approach: Impact of Anterior Superior Iliac Spine Osteotomy
The Significance of Adverse 3rd-Body Wear Damage in the Failure of Metal-on-Metal Bearing Used in Resurfacing and Total Hip Arthroplasty
Population Health & Access
Homelessness
Orthopedic trauma presentation and outcomes among patients experiencing homelessness; abstract accepted at WOA, manuscript submitted to JAAOS.
Language and hip fractures
Chart-review study of primary language (and race/ethnicity) and hip fracture care/outcomes, using propensity-score matching; manuscript submitted.
Meth and lower extremity trauma
Retrospective chart review of methamphetamine use in lower-extremity trauma (>1,100 patients); abstracts accepted (COS/AAOS), manuscripts on disposition and outcomes submitted.
Proximal humeral fractures
Proximal humeral fractures analyzed in the NIH All of Us database; abstracts submitted (OTA/WOA/CUSM), manuscript submitted to Orthopedics.
Infection, Perfusion & Complications
Bacterial Septic Arthritis of the Adult Native Knee Joint: A Review
Can Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Angiography Be Used to Quantify Perfusion Changes During Staged Fixation of Pilon Fractures? A Pilot Study
AI in Medicine
AI and clavicle
Compared readability and quality of six AI chatbots answering patient questions about clavicle fracture treatment; published in Cureus (2025).
Generative AI and Achilles Tendon Questions
Assessed readability and quality of six generative AI chatbots answering patient questions on Achilles tendon rupture; published in Cureus (2025).
Machine Learning on Adult Wrist Radiographs
Meta-analysis of machine-learning diagnostic performance for scaphoid, distal radius, and other wrist fractures versus experts; published in HAND (2026).
Neural networks to predict osteoarthritis
Deep-learning networks assign a continuous regression score of knee osteoarthritis severity from radiographs; published in Orthopedics (2024).
Other research
A2 pulley strains
Ultrasound study of sex differences in finger flexor pulley morphology and grip strength in recreational rock climbers; published in Cureus (2025).
AI and meniscus tears review
Systematic review of AI diagnostic accuracy for detecting meniscus tears on MRI versus physicians; published in Cureus (2025).