PEOPLE

 

 

RESEARCH FACULTY

 

 

Name: Richard E. Hughes, Ph.D. He is the Director of LOCOS. For more information, see his Curriculum Vitae. Picture on right is spring skiing in Montana with his brother, Thom Hughes.

 

CLINICAL FACULTY

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Michelle Caird, M.D., and her husband, Andrew. Her expertise is in pediatric orthopaedics.

 

 

 

 

Name: James Carpenter, M.D. He is Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. His area of expertise is shoulder surgery.

 

 

 

 

Bruce Miller, M.D. His area of expertise is sports medicine.

 

 

 

 

Josh Miller, M.D., Ph.D. His clinical area of expertise is general orthopaedics, and his research expertise is in cell biology.

 

 

 

Karl Schultz, M.D. His area of expertise is adult arthroplasty.

 

 

 

 

Jon Sekiya, M.D. His area of expertise is sports medicine.

 

 

 

 

Andrew Urquhart, M.D. His area of expertise is adult arthroplasty.

 

CURRENT STAFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Chris Gatti

 

CURRENT STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS

 

 

 

 

Name: Adriana Blazeski

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Todd Bafus, M.D., and Otto Bafus.

 

 

FORMER STAFF

 

 

 

Name: Amy Mell

 

Activity after leaving the research group: Enrolled in the MPH program in Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan. She graduated in 2007 and accepted a job as an analyst at Thomson-Medstat in Ann Arbor. Photo on right was taken in Greece during her MPH internship.

 

 

 

Name: Lisa Case Doro

Activity after leaving research group: Moved to Baltimore, M.D., to continue her music and engineering careers.

 

FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS

 

 

Name: Suzanne LaScalza

 

Activity after leaving the research group: First job out of school was working in regulatory affairs at Davol in Rhode Island. In 2008 she moved to a small startup called i-therepeutix in Boston. She is clinical and regulatory manager. I-therepeutix products are bioresorbable gels for use in opthamology.

 

 

 

 

Name: Joe Langenderfer

 

Activity after leaving the research group: Research Assistant Professor at the University of Denver; Assistant Professor at Central Michigan University (2007-present)

 

 

 

 

Name: Linda Gallo

 

Activity after leaving the research group: First job after graduate was with W.L. Gore.  Linda is a professional triathlete.  Check out her web page.

 

 

Name: Erin McIntyre

 

Activity after leaving the research group: Last seen heading for a job with Guidant in Southern California.  Heading in the footsteps of Linda Gallo (above).

 

 

 

Name: Nicole Ritchie

 

Activity after leaving the research group: Joined the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.

 

 

 

 

Name: Mona Bhuta

 

Activity after leaving the research group: Went to work for Innovative Sports Training and is now Vice-President. At the right is a picture of her on Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2008.

 

Name: Jason Wening

Name:Activity after leaving the research group: Worked as a research engineer in Chigaco. Last rumor is that he is now doing prosthetics.

 

Name: Mark McMulkin

Activity after graduating from Virginia Tech: Was an Assistant Professor at Wichita State before moving to the Spokane Shriners Hospital. He is married to Bethany and they have a daughter Molly.  This photo is from late 2002.

 

 

Name: Jason Emeott

Activity after leaving the research group

 

 

Name: Nihar Kanodia

Activity after leaving the research group:

 

 

Name: Tiffany Viant

Activity after leaving the research group:

 

 

Name: Angena Parekh (Jackson)

Activity after leaving the research group:

 

 

Name: Craig Hadgis

Activity after leaving the research group:

 

 

Name: Noah Bartsch

Activity after leaving the research group:

 

 

Name: Joe Dougherty (on right in photo)

Activity after leaving the research group:

 

 

Name: Cari Bryant (on left in photo)

Activity after leaving the research group:

 

 

 

Name: Cameron Patthanacharoenphon

 

Activity after leaving the research group: AmeriCorps, followed by medical school at Michigan State University.

 

 

 

Name: Alexis Goolik

 

Activity after leaving the research group: Accepted a job in the biomedical device industry.

 

 

 

Name: Drew DiGiore

 

Activity after leaving the research group: Accepted a job in the biomedical device industry.

 

 

 

Name: Jason Scibek

 

Activity after leaving research group: Accepted a faculty position at Eastern Michigan University. Since then, Jason has moved on to Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

 

 

Name: Nick Flieg

 

Activity after leaving the research group in 2006: Took a job working for CarMax.

 

Email: mailto:nick_flieg@hotmail.com

 

Name: Chair Gatti

 

Activity after leaving research group: Joint LOCOS as a full-time staff member. For a picture, see Staff above.

 

 

FORMER UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

 

 

 

 

Name: Aaron Silver

 

Activity after leaving research group: Returned to Duke University to continue undergraduate studies. Last word (as of 10/2006) is that Aaron is applying to medical schools.

 

 

 

 

Name: Dave Segala

 

Activity after leaving research group: Returned to the University of Rhode Island to finish undergraduate Biomedical Engineering degree and then attend graduate school.

 

 

 

 

Name: Jane Arico

 

Activity after leaving research group: Continued to undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan.

 

 

Name: Elizabeth Kinnear

 

Activity after leaving research group: Returned to undergraduate studies at Valparaiso University.