2024 Resident Research Day

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery will host the 10th Annual Young & Carol Shen Resident Research Day on Friday, June 21st. Please browse below to see what our residents have planned for this year.

Abstracts for each research project are linked below:

Chief Residents:

• Alyssa Althoff
  • Retirement Trends and Plans for Practicing Orthopedic Surgeons in Virginia
• Neil Blanchard
  • On Field Management of Athletic Cervical Spine Injuries; Equipment Removal and Spine Boarding
• Pearson Gean
  • Arthroscopy After Shoulder Arthroplasty Results in Identification of Complications
• Thomas Moran
  • Sulcus-Deepening Trochleoplasty and Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Provide Good Clinical Outcomes in Addressing Patellar Instability at Mid-Term Follow-Up

PGY4:

• Monica Arney
  • Correlation between Child Opportunity Index (COI) and Outcomes After Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
• Richard Campbell
  • Animal Assisted Intervention during Pediatric Outpatient Orthopedic Procedures: A pilot Study.
• Lawal Labaran
  • Comparison of the Novel Coin Test and the Modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (mJOA) Score in Assessing Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Preliminary Results.
• Liza Pelrine
  • Carpal Tunnel Release in the Dialysis-Dependent Population: Incidence and Outcomes
• Jeff Ruland
  • Clinical and radiographic outcomes after hindfoot and ankle arthrodesis using cellular bone allograft augmentation

PGY3:

• Katie Schultz
  • Long, single screw fixation of the medial malleolus: A novel and successful technique
• Josh Schwartz
  • Does timing of total elbow arthroplasty after distal humerus fracture affect 2-year complication rates?
• Vaib Tadepalli
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging versus Diagnostic Arthroscopy to Identify Intra-articular Pathology Associated with Patellar Instability: A High Rate of Discordant Findings Altering Surgical Treatment.
• Jesse Wang
  • Sarcopenia and Cage Subsidence after Single Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

PGY2:

• John Burke
  • Arthroscopy Within 3 Months Prior to Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty is Associated with Increased Rate of Prosthetic Joint Infection
• Charlie Engh
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Serum D-Dimer in Evaluating Periprosthetic Joint Infections (PJI)
• Pradip Ramamurti
  • Timing of Hindfoot Arthrodesis and Early Reoperation Rates for Total Ankle Arthroplasty
• Corinne Vennitti
  • Total Hip Arthroplasty for Osteonecrosis in Patients Under 50 years old is Associated with an Increased risk of post-surgical Complications
• Keith Wells
  • A Matched Cohort Study of Posterior Tibial Slope in Primary Pediatric ACL Reconstruction Compared to Unaffected Peers