Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Developing 3-dimensional scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications
- Growth factor loaded microspheres to improve she shelf life and availability of growth factors during differentiation.
- Use of natural polymers in bone tissue engineering applications
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Orthopaedic Traumatology
- Elderly bone care
- Socioeconomic and demographic on organ donation
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Minimally invasive spine stabilization (MISt) techniques
- Spinal Deformities
- Pedicle screw safety
- Lumbar Degenerative Disease (Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc, Sciatica, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis)
- Spinal Trauma / Fracture
- Spinal Tumor / Metastases
- Osteroporosis Vertebral Compression Fracture (OVCF)
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Functional properties to distinguish perivascular stem cells from other mesenchymal stromal cells in cartilage tissue engineering
- The role of multi-modal cellular therapeutic approaches in treating cartilage injury
- Predicting the involvement of subchondral bone degenerative process in cartilage disease progression using advanced conversion pre-clinical imaging modality approaches such as high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Minimally invasive spine stabilization (MISt) techniques
- Spinal Deformities
- Pedicle screw safety
- Lumbar Degenerative Disease (Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc, Sciatica, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis)
- Spinal Trauma / Fracture
- Spinal Tumor / Metastases
- Osteroporosis Vertebral Compression Fracture (OVCF)
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Minimally invasive spine stabilization (MISt) techniques
- Spinal Deformities
- Pedicle screw safety
- Lumbar Degenerative Disease (Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc, Sciatica, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis)
- Spinal Trauma / Fracture
- Spinal Tumor / Metastases
- Osteroporosis Vertebral Compression Fracture (OVCF)
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Tendon degeneration and its association with clinical presentation and surgical outcome.
- Microsurgery surgical technique and training in laboratory with various models.
- Management of brachial plexus injuries in adults and pediatrics (including brachial plexus birth palsy).
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Optimizing outcomes of hip and knee surgeries
- Improving survivorship of joint arthroplasties
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Using muscle biopsy to determine prognosis of nerve reconstructive surgery in brachial plexus injury
- Distal nerve stump morphology and motor endplate distribution pattern in denervated muscle
Department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Differential protein identification in synovial fluid and membrane of osteoarthritis joints
- The role of monocyte as an immune cell in OA synovial membrane
- Role of monocyte in wear debris induced inflammation in arthroplasty patients
- Bone tissue regeneration using mesenchymal stromal cells and biomaterial scaffolds