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The Rover

The MARS Grant’s third and final submission was completed last week. The score should be posted in a few months.

We are currently awaiting reviews of the JBJS manu-script that has been submitted.

If completed in time, there may be an abstract from the MAYO project submitted for AOSSM.

We have now enrolled 667 subjects.

What’s New?

Volume 2 (5) November 9, 2009

Reminders

Please remember to submit your pack-ets as soon as they are complete so subjects can be paid in a timely man-ner.

Only allografts from MTF can be in-cluded in this study.

All completed packets (x-rays, surgeon form, patient questionnaire, etc.) should be sent to:

Laura Huston Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute 1215 21

st Avenue South

MCE, South Tower, Suite 4200 Nashville, TN 37232

Questions or Comments? E-mail us at haasa@wudosis.wustl.edu or call (314) 362-3768

Upcoming Events

Methodist Hospital IRB—Expires 11/13/09

UHZ Sports Medicine Institute IRB—Expires 12/15/09

Intermountain Orthopedics IRB—Expires 12/11/09

Health Partners Regions IRB—Expires 12/23/09

Slocum Center IRB—Expires 1/8/10

Univ. of Michigan IRB—Expires 1/18/10

Univ. of Missouri IRB—Expires 1/22/10

Need New IRB Renewal Approvals From:

Cleveland Case Western

COR-Arlington, VA

Knoxville Orthopedics

Upcoming IRB Renewals

Top Ten List *Based On Number Enrolled in the last Six Months*

Surgeons Number

1) Chris Kaeding

2) Dan Cooper*

3) Rick Wright*

4) Rick Parker

5) Robert Marx*

6) Robert McCormack*

7) Ned Amendola*

8) Tal David*

9) Orrin Sherman*

10) Kurt Spindler*

11)Michael Stuart*^

12) Edwin Tingstad*^

Ties are listed in alphabetical order*

Twelve listed due to ties^

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Catching the Light: The crescent Moon with Earth shine passes near open cluster M45 , The Pleiades. (Showcase of digital Astro photography by Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/017.HTM )

Martians of the Month

Dr. Steven Gecha and his coordinator, Selina Vernille, from Princeton Orthopaedics (Princeton, NJ) for enroll-ing the most patients this month (n=3). Dr. Robert McCormack and his coordinator, Mauri Zo-mar, from the Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westmin-ster, BC) for also enrolling 3 patients this month.

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Questions or Comments? E-mail us at haasa@wudosis.wustl.edu or call (314) 362-3768

Enrollers of the Month

Congratulations to the following Surgeons (highlighted in yellow on the enrollment summary) and Coordinators for submit-ting a patient this month (as of 10/31/09):

Surgeon Coordinator(s) Site Christina Allen May Shishido UCSF (San Francisco, CA)

Ned Amendola Carla Britton University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

Robert Arciero Robin Leger University of Connecticut (Farmington, CT)

Charles Bush-Joseph Mukesh Ahuja RUSH (Chicago, IL)

Dan Cooper Donna Stewart Carrell Clinic (Dallas, TX)

Diane Dahm Angela Barraza Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)

Steven Gecha Selina Vernille Princeton Orthopaedics (Princeton, NJ)

Tim Johnson Gaele Tchaffa National Sports Medicine Institute (Lansdowne, VA)

Bruce Levy Angela Barraza Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)

Ben Ma May Shishido UCSF (San Francisco, CA)

Robert Marx Kaitlyn Lillemoe HSS (New York, NY)

Robert McCormack Mauri Zomar Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster, BC)

Rick Parker Leah Schmitz Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)

Orrin Sherman Brian Pahk NYU hospital for Joint Diseases (New York, NY)

Kurt Spindler Laura Huston Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Michael Stuart Angela Barraza Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)

Steven Svoboda Jenn Chu Jones/ Ken Cameron Keller Army Hospital (West Point, NY)

Joachim Tenuta Jenn Chu Jones/ Ken Cameron Keller Army Hospital (West Point, NY)

Edwin Tingstad Amanda Lisk Inland Orthopaedics (Pullman, WA)

Brian Wolf Carla Britton University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

Rick Wright Amanda Haas/ Linda Burnworth Washington University (St. Louis, MO)

Thank you to May Shishido, research coordinator at the University of California– San Francisco, for pro-viding the comic below.

Thank You

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