Deenesh Sahajpal MD, Assistant Professor in Upper Extremity and Microsurgery, has been asked to serve as the primary technical instructor for a cadaver course on “Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty” at the Shoulder Techniques Course in San Diego, California.

Dr. Peter Indelicato was invited to speak at the Association of Surgical Technologists Annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Indelicato will be discussing “Arthroscopic Allograft ACL Reconstruction of the Knee.”

For more information, please visit the Association of Surgical Technologists website.

Dr. Heather Vincent and Dr. Kevin Vincent are slated to present their clinical research at the upcoming 2008 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Annual Meeting.

This meeting will take place in Orlando, Florida on July 10^th, 2008.

For more information, please visit the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine website.

Dr. Peter Indelicato has been invited to participate in a panel discussion during the College Athletic Trainers’ Society (CATS) 2008 Spring Sypmosium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For more information on about this meeting, please visit the CATS 2008 Spring Symposium the Symposium website.

Steven C. Ghivizzani, PhD, has accepted a position for a two-year term on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gene Therapy.

The Journal of Gene Therapy covers both the research and clinical applications of the new genetic therapy techniques currently being developed. The application of molecular biology has revolutionised our understanding of many diseases and has been readily applied for diagnostic purposes. Over the last decade, gene therapy protocols have entered clinical trials in increasing numbers. Covering a wide spectrum of diseases, these studies promise to unite the diverse organ based specialities into which modern medicine has become divided. Gene Therapy covers all aspects of gene therapy as applied to human disease, including preclinical animal experiments, novel platform technologies for gene transfer, and gene expression analysis.

For more information, please visit the Journal of Gene Therapy website.

Deenesh Sahajpal MD is slated to present at The Hawkins Society on Thursday, May 15^th, 2008 in South Carolina.

Dr. Sahajpal will be presenting on “Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty.”

Seven staff members of the Department of Orthopaedics were honored for their outstanding service at an award ceremony on Monday, May 12^th, 2008. Each member received a recognition pin for their dedicated years of service to the University of Florida.

Pictured from left to right
Kay Lopez (30 Years), Darlene Bailey (20 Years), Randy Zimmerman (15 years), Terry Rhodes (15 years), Annie Guillarmod (20 Years)

Not available for picture
Matt Holsbeke (5 Years), Miki Rafannan (20 years)

Terese Chmielewski Ph.D. P.T., an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and guest collaborator at OSMI, recently received the James A. Gould Excellence in Teaching Award. This national award recognizes excellence in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy principles and techniques. Chmielewski was honored at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Annual Conference meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Parker Gibbs will be presenting at Topics in Cancer Cell Biology Seminar Series on May 9^th, 2008.

The event will take place in the Cancer/Genetics Research Complex, Room 451A/B from 9:00 - 10:00 AM.

Dr. Gibbs' presentation is entitled, “Evidence for the Tumorigenic Cell of Osteosarcoma”.

For more information, please visit the myUFSFCC website.

For the Santa Fe Saints Fastpitch team, 2008 will be a year to remember. The team became the first in school history to win 50 games, going 51-3-1 and also set a record for most consecutive wins, winning 32 in a row from February 29 to April 10. The team is currently ranked number one in the state of Florida, and number one in the national poll as well. The Saints have been ranked number one in the state for the entire spring and number one in the nation for every week with the exception of the first week’s poll.

The Saints outscored their opponents 328-70 this season, averaging nearly six runs per game, while giving up just over one run per game.

On the year, the Saints hit .341, tied for second in the state, and racked up 502 hits, leading the state. They also hit 36 homeruns as a team.

The Saints will take to the field again on May 2 at 12:00pm for the first day of the FCCAA/NJCAA Region VIII Tournament in Auburndale, FL, when they will play conference rival Lake City College in the first round of the double elimination tournament.

Disclaimer: The Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute (OSMI) are the official healthcare providers of Sante Fe Saints Athletics.

Dr. Peter Indelicato was recently invited to speak at the Alachua County Medical Society meeting. He discussed the Pre-participation Physical Eexam – What’s Important.

Second-year Orthopaedic resident, John McCormick, MD, has been selected for the Florida Orthopedic Resident Leadership Scholarship to attend the AAOS National Orthopedic Leadership Conference.

The conference will take place in Washington, D.C., during April 30 - May 3, 2008.

Dr. Peter Indelicato has been selected as the 2007 Sports Medicine Person of the Year by the Athletic Trainers Association of Florida. He will be receiving this award at their annual meeting on April 26^th, 2008 in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Doug McDonald was recently featured in Tennis View Magazine as a Guest Contributor.

His article focused on ‘Shouldering the Pain – A Short Examination to Help Prevent, Recognize and Treat Shoulder Pain.’

For more information, you can read the article.

Dr. Peter Indelicato has presented several talks regarding Sports Medicine over the past month. These talks included:

February 15 - 17, 2008

• Dr. Indelicato participated in a panel discussion on Selected Issues for the Adolescent Athlete and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement during the Team Physician Consensus Conference held in San Antonio, TX.

March 8, 2008

• Dr. Indelicato was invited to participate in the AOSS Specialty Day during the AOSS annual meeting held in San Francisco, CA. He discussed Return to Play: When is the Athlete Really Ready?

March 13, 2008

• Dr. Indelicato was invited to speak at the Southern Orthopaedic Association meeting in Atlanta, GA. His topic of discussion is the Pearls of MCL treatment.

Dr. Emily E. Carmody is a recipient of the 2008-2009 Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant from Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation (OREF).

Her Study was entitled: “Inducible Differentiation of Osteosarcoma: Implications for Tumorigenicity”.

To learn more, visit the OREF Website.

The OSMI has been named as a Sponsor and Healthcare Provider for the Inaugural SEC Beach Volleyball Championships.

The Inaugural SEC Coaches Beach Volleyball Championships will take place on the University of Florida Campus during April 11 and 12, 2008.

To learn more about this event, please check out the following news releases and information:

• AVCA: Inaugural SEC Coaches Beach Volleyball Championships To Be Held On UF Campus

• SEC Sports: UF to Host SEC Coaches Beach Volleyball Championships

• The Official SEC Beach Volleyball Website

Congratulations to several of our OSMI Associates who were recently recognized for their years of service:

• Cynthia Cummings and Terry Emma (surgery coordinators) were recognized for 10 years of service.

• Margie Simons (clinic nursing) for 15 years

• Pam Henderson for 20 years

• Julia Dolhay (coding) for 25 years

• Sarah Page McNeal, our Clinic Manager, for 30 years of service.

Thanks to you all for your continued hard work and dedication!

Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, ATC, Associate Professor and Director of Research, was honored by the Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association (SEATA) and inducted to the SEATA Hall of Fame on March 1, 2008.

The SEATA Hall of Fame is designed to recognize and honor those members of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association District IX (a seven-state region) who performed extraordinary service and brought honor to the profession of athletic training.

Dr. Horodyski is currently the President of the District IX National Athletic Trainers’ Association District and gave a lecture entitled “Family, Athletic Training and the Great Juggling Act” at the SEATA meeting.

Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, ATC, Associate Professor and Director of Research, presented research data to the National Football League Physicians Society on February 22, 2008.

Dr. Horodyski presented research findings on the effects of cooling devices placed in shoulder pads. Her research was supported by a grant from the NFL Charities and included investigators Nikolaus Gravenstein, MD, and Samsun Lampotang, PhD, from the UF Department of Anesthesiology.

Dr. Deenesh T. Sahajpal, in collaboration with Dr. Joseph Zuckerman, have a publication in an upcoming issue of the Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

This publication is entitled, “Chronic Glenohumeral Dislocations”. The JAAOS has a readership of over 40,000 worldwide.

Dr. Kevin Vincent has been awarded a $63,800 grant from the Institute on Aging.

His study/project is entitled, “The Influence of Resistance Exercise on Physical Function, Depression, Quality of Life, Muscle Morphology and Bone Metabolism in Stroke Patients.”

Moffitt Cancer Center, Shands HealthCare and the University of Florida announced today that they will work together to develop world-class programs in cancer care, research and prevention.

The partnership, which will extend Moffitt’s innovative model of comprehensive patient care to UF and Shands cancer programs, was outlined at a joint news conference in UF's new Cancer-Genetics Research Complex.

For more information, please read the full article entitled: Moffitt Cancer Center, Shands, UF to partner to improve cancer care.

The Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute (OSMI) would like to officially welcome its new Complex Shoulder Specialist, Dr. Deenesh T. Sahajpal. Dr. Sahajpal will begin seeing patients at the OSMI starting in February 2008.

The OSMI and Biomechanics Lab are featured in a recent edition of EPSN Magazine for their role in assisting UF Quarterback Tim Tebow in readusting his throwing motion.

To read the article, just click on the image to the right.

The Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation have secured a $200,000 grant for a research study with Progenics, Inc. The study focuses on the effect of a new drug therapy that may reduce the opiod-induced gastrointestinal issues commonly associated with orthopaedic procedures.

Congratulations to the hard work of the PM&R Faculty and Team: Dr. James Atchison, Dr. Kevin Vincent, Dr. Heather Vincent.

Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski (EdD, ATC, LAT) will be visiting Antalya, Turkey, as an invited lecturer for the XI Turkish Sports Medicine Congress, held December 6-9, 2007. She will be speaking on Spine Trauma, Sports Medicine, and Heat Illness.

Dr. Parker Gibbs was recently named to the Board of Directors of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society. CTOS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary international organization dedicated to the research and treatment of sarcoma.

Les Jebson, OSMI Administrator, has been asked to lecture at the upcoming University Health Consortium Performance Excellence Forum in February in Texas. He will be focusing on device reprocessing and the ethical, financial and legal implications surrounding this growing industry movement.

The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) is an alliance of 97 academic medical centers and 153 of their affiliated hospitals representing approximately 90% of the nation’s non-profit academic medical centers. UHC offers its members specific programs and services to improve clinical, operational and patient safety performance.

The Research Division is pleased to welcome Hannes Cleppe, a new research fellow for 2007-2008. Hannes is coming from Nieuwpoort, Belgium and will be working with us and Dr. Scott Banks, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Hannes received his physical therapy degree from the Catholic College Brugge-Oostende in Brugge, Belgium and has completed post-graduate work in musculoskeletal physical therapy at Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium.

Dr. Kevin Vincent presented at the 22^nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation on October 17^th-21^st, 2007.

His presentations included:

• "Bring on the Weights: Resistance Training in Cardiac Rehabilitation"

• "Resistance Exercise for the Older Person with Cardiovascular Disease."

Les Jebson, OSMI Administrator, has been asked to serve as a presenter at the International Hospital Federation's 35^th World Hospital Congress in Seoul, South Korea.

The presentation is titled ‘International Expansion of Centers of Excellence and Specialty Institutes into Existing Health Delivery Systems’.

Dr. Jay Clugston, Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, is slated to serve as guest faculty at the upcoming American College of Sports Medicine conference in San Antonio, Texas. For more information about the conference, view its informational flyer.

Dr. Clugston was also recently published in the AAFP Journal on Metatarsal Fracture Management: Read the Article

Dr. Kevin Vincent and Dr. Heather Vincent are presenting at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation national assembly from September 26-30, 2007

Dr. Kevin Vincent will act as both a course director and moderator for two sessions:

• "Exercise and Pharmacologic Interventions for Osteoporosis: Consideration of Patient Characteristics, Hemiparesis, and Organ Transplantation"

• "Influence of Resistance Exercise on Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease"

He will also be providing two lecture presentations on September 30, 2007, entitled:

• "Exercise and Pharmacologic Management of Osteoporosis in Patients Post-CVA or Spinal Cord Injury"

• "The Influence of resistance Exercise on Dyslipidemia, Inflammation, Cardiorespiratory Endurance, Depression, and Self-Efficacy."

Dr. Heather Vincent will also be providing a lecture presentation on September 30, 2007, entitled:

• "Consideration of Patient Characteristics in Osteoporosis Pathology and Clinical Management: Not All Populations are Created Equal."

The doctors are also contributing a combined total of 10 poster presentations during the AAPMR's national assembly.

The UF Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute and the Biomechanics Laboratory are slated to be featured on this weekend’s edition of ESPN College Game Day for the organization’s efforts in injury prevention and scientifically based athletic training.

Be sure to checkout the upcoming footage at the EPSN College Gameday site.

Les Jebson, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Administrator, has received the 2007 "Early Careerist" Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. The award recognizes promising healthcare executives who are making ‘above and beyond’ contributions to their organizations, and community. The award will be given to Jebson in October at the Florida Hospital Association’s Annual Meeting in Orlando.

The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthsystems and other healthcare organizations.

The UF Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory is featured for its efforts to improve athletic performance by analyzing Quarterback Motion Studies. For more information, please check out the following article and movies:

Palm Beach Post: "Transformation in motion"

Palm Beach Post, Video Content: "UF fine-tunes Tim Tebow"

CSTV Going South, Video Content: "Quarterback Motion Analysis"

Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, Associate Professor and Director of Research, has been awarded a grant of $21,430.00 from the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS). Dr. Horodyski’s study will be a comparison of strapping techniques for spinal immobilization. The grant is part of the sports science research initiative of the NCAA.

Dr. Parker Gibbs is slated to speak at the Jennifer Sorrells Foundation Golf for a Cure Event on October 22^nd, 2007, at the Orange Park Country Club in Jacksonville.

The foundation was created as a philanthropic entity designed to provide funding support for the research and cure of Osteosarcoma and the UF Shands Cancer Center. The foundation is named after Jennifer Sorrells, who tragically lost her battle a year ago to cancer. If you're interested in participating, please call 904.361.8433, and view the event flyer for more details.

View the Golf for a Cure event flyer

The UF Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory is featured in the Tampa Tribune for its focus on helping athletes improve their performance.

To learn more about how the Motion Lab enhances athletic performance, please read the article, "Backfield In Motion."

Tampa Tribune Sports Blogger Andy Staples discusses his unique learning experience at the UF Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory.

To learn more about his experience, and the beneficial work the Motion Lab performs, please read the article, "More Fun In The Motion Lab."

The UF Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory was able to assist UF Quarterback Tim Tebow by revamping his throwing motion and cure his shoulder pain.

For more information, please read the full Orlando Sentinel article.

Dr. Michael Mac Millan was recently featured in the Orlando Sentinel for his unique research and work on the development of the Max Out System.

To learn more about Dr. Mac Millan and the MaxOut System, read the full article: "Orthopedic surgeon says his once-a-week workout machine helps build strong muscles, bones."

Dr. Peter Indelicato was asked to speak at the 3^rd Annual Sports Medicine Conference with Shands Jacksonville Orthopaedic Group. He will be speaking on the Assessment of on the Field Injuries to the Lower Extremity.

The conference will take place on Tuesday, July 24, 2007.

The U.S. Olympic Committee named Dr. Doug McDonald to be the physician for Team USA for the U19 Women’s Basketball World Championships.  The championships take place in Bratislava, Slovakia after an exhibition tournament in the Canary Islands.

Sixteen countries will compete in the U19 World Championship for Women that will be held July 26 - August 5 in Bratislava, Slovakia. FIBA announced on March 6 the draw for the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship For Women, and the USA has been placed in Group B, along with China, Ivory Coast and Lithuania.

For more information about the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women, visit the USA Basketball website.

Be sure to visit the U.S. Olympic Team website for all Olympic Team related news and events.

Dr. Peter Indelicato was appointed as a TASK force member by the AOSSM to participate in an allograft workshop during their Annual Meeting on Wednesday, July 11, 2007, in Calagary.

For more information about the AOSSM and their Annual meeting, please visit the AOSSM website.

The UF Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation now provides RSS-feeds for both its News and Events sections.

You can either click on the orange and white RSS-feed icon next to the News or Event title heading, or you can also use the direct links provided to add these feeds directly to your Google or My Yahoo homepages.