UF Orthopaedics resident W. Zach Stone received the 1^st Place resident research awarded at the 2017 Florida Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting for the study entitled, "Clinical evaluation of alpha defensine in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection."

Congratulations to Zach Stone, and special thanks to department faculty Dr. Hari Parvataneni, Dr. Hernan Prieto (principle investigator for this study), Dr. Chance Gray, Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, and Dr. Richard Vlasak for their contributions.