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Indiana University School of Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Trauma Research During Fellowship

Research During Fellowship

Each fellow is required to complete one research project from idea inception to manuscript submission. A structured research curriculum with associated timeline and dedicated meetings built into the academic calendar ensures success. Fellows work with the program director and faculty mentors to: develop a scientific question; generate a hypothesis; write a protocol to be approved by the Internal Review Board; perform data collection and analysis; submit an abstract to a national meeting; present the project at the year-end fellow/resident graduation, Orthopaedic Surgery Department Garceau-Wray Lectureship; and submit a manuscript.

Ongoing research and grant funding at IU School of Medicine has led to employment of full-time research coordinators and research assistants allocated only to the orthopaedic trauma service. This improves the efficiency of the research projects and provides the fellows with administrative support to complete projects in a timely fashion.

As the director of the research program, Dr. Todd McKinley has been successful in securing over $10 million in grant funding to support the program.

Orthopaedic Trauma Collaboration

Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital is an active member of METRC, the Major Extremity Trauma and Rehabilitation Consortium, serving as one of six "anchor" sites. A list of METRC investigations can be found at https://www.metrc.org/research/. Additionally, the department has many established national collaborations.

Fellow Publications

  • 2018

    Cavallero M, Rosales R, Caballero J, Virkus WW, Kempton LB, Gaski GE. Locking Plate Fixation in a Series of Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fractures Raises Treatment Costs Without Clinical Benefit. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Jul;32(7):333-337. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001188. PMID: 29738401. PubMed.

    Virkus WW, Wetzel RJ, McKinley TO, Sorkin AT, Cheesman JS, Hill LC, Kempton LB. Costs and Radiographic Outcomes of Rotational Ankle Fractures Treated by Orthopaedic Surgeons With or Without Trauma Fellowship Training. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2018 Jun 15;26(12):e261-e268. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-16-00687. PMID: 29787464. PubMed.

    Virkus WW, Caballero J, Kempton LB, Cavallero M, Rosales R, Gaski GE. Costs and Complications of Single-Stage Fixation Versus 2-Stage Treatment of Select Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Jul;32(7):327-332. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001167. PMID: 29920192. PubMed.

  • 2019
    Virkus WW, Wetzel RJ, McKinley TO, Sorkin AT, Cheeseman JS, Hill LC, Kempton LB. Response to Letter to the Editor: Costs and Radiographic Outcomes of Rotational Ankle Fractures Treated by Orthopaedic Surgeons With or Without Trauma Fellowship Training. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019 Feb 1;27(3):e143-e145. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-18-00509. PMID: 30320736. PubMed.

    FAITH-2 Investigators, Slobogean GP, Sprague S, Bzovsky S, Heels-Ansdell D, Thabane L, Scott T, Bhandari M. Fixation using alternative implants for the treatment of hip fractures (FAITH-2): design and rationale for a pilot multi-centre 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial in young femoral neck fracture patients. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2019 May 28;5:70. doi: 10.1186/s40814-019-0458-x. PMID: 31161044; PMCID: PMC6540373. PubMed.

    Natoli RM, Sardesai NR, Richard RD, Sorkin AT, Gaski GE, Virkus WW. Intramedullary Nailing of Lower-Extremity Periarticular Fractures. JBJS Essent Surg Tech. 2019 Nov 1;9(4):e35.1-2. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.ST.18.00112. PMID: 32051781; PMCID: PMC6974312. PubMed.

  • 2020
    Jang Y, Gaski G, Natoli R, Virkus W, Mckinley T. Tibial Fracture Healing Score: A Novel Tool to Predict Tibial Nonunion. Orthopedics. 2020 Jul 1;43(4):e323-e328. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20200521-07. Epub 2020 Jun 5. PMID: 32501520. PubMed.

    Richard RD, Natoli RM, Sorkin AT, Virkus WW, Gaski GE. Retrograde intramedullary nailing below a hip arthroplasty prosthesis: a viable fixation option for periprosthetic and interprosthetic femur fractures. Int Orthop. 2020 Nov;44(11):2283-2289. doi: 10.1007/s00264-020-04734-3. Epub 2020 Jul 21. PMID: 32696332. PubMed.

  • 2021

    Lieder CM, Gaski GE, Virkus WW, Kempton LB. Is Immediate Weight-Bearing Safe After Single Implant Fixation of Elderly Distal Femur Fractures? J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Jan 1;35(1):49-55. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001882. PMID: 32639392. PubMed.

    Slobogean GP, Sprague S, Bzovsky S, Scott T, Thabane L, Heels-Ansdell D, O'Toole RV, Howe A, Gaski GE, Hill LC, Brown KM, Viskontas D, Zomar M, Della Rocca GJ, O'Hara NN, Bhandari M; FAITH-2 Investigators. Fixation using Alternative Implants for the Treatment of Hip Fractures (FAITH-2): The Exploratory Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Functional Outcomes of a Multi-Centre 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial in Young Femoral Neck Fracture Patients. Injury. 2021 Feb 14:S0020-1383(21)00133-9. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.02.030. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33618847. PubMed.

    Jang Y, Virkus W, Mckinley T. A modified Levine approach for exposure of the anterior column, anterior wall and sacroiliac joint: a surgical technique and a case series. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Mar 9. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002111. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33724966. PubMed.

    Sardesai NR, Gaski GE, Gunderson ZJ, Cunningham CM, Slaven J, Meagher AD, McKinley TO, Natoli RM. Polytraumatized patient lower extremity nonunion development: Raw data. Data Brief. 2021 Jun 25;37:107244. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107244. PMID: 34258338; PMCID: PMC8253899. PubMed.

    Sardesai NR, Gaski GE, Gunderson ZJ, Cunningham CM, Slaven J, Meagher AD, McKinley TO, Natoli RM. Polytraumatized patient lower extremity nonunion development: Raw data. Data Brief. 2021 Jun 25;37:107244. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107244. PMID: 34258338; PMCID: PMC8253899. PubMed.

  • 2022
    McKinley TO, Childress P, Jewell E, Griffin KS, Wininger AE, Tucker A, Gremah A, Savaglio MK, Warden SJ, Fuchs RK, Natoli RM, Shively KD, Anglen JO, GabrielChu TM, Kacena MA. Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Rapidly Heals Two Distinct Critical Sized Segmental Diaphyseal Bone Defects in a Porcine Model. Mil Med. 2021 Sep 24:usab360. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab360. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34557897. Chitwood JR, Chakraborty N, Hammamieh R, Moe SM, Chen NX, Kacena MA, Natoli RM. Predicting fracture healing with blood biomarkers: the potential to assesspatient risk of fracture nonunion. Biomarkers. 2021 Dec;26(8):703-717. doi: 10.1080/1354750X.2021.1985171. Epub 2021 Oct 3. PMID: 34555995. PubMed. Knox AM, McGuire AC, Natoli RM, Kacena MA, Collier CD. Methodology, selection, and integration of fracture healing assessments in mice. J Orthop Res. 2021 Nov;39(11):2295-2309. doi: 10.1002/jor.25172. Epub 2021 Sep 10. PMID: 34436797; PMCID: PMC8542592. PubMed.

    Dominguez JM 2nd, Moe SM, Chen NX, McKinley TO, Brown KM, Liu Y, Gao H, Natoli RM. Single-cell RNA sequencing of intramedullary canal tissue to improve methods for studying fracture repair biology. Biotechniques. 2021 Aug;71(2):431-438. doi: 10.2144/btn-2021-0002. Epub 2021 Aug 10. PMID: 34374302. PubMed. 

    Sardesai NR, Gaski GE, Gunderson ZJ, Cunningham CM, Slaven J, Meagher AD, McKinley TO, Natoli RM. Polytraumatized patient lower extremity nonuniondevelopment: Raw data. Data Brief. 2021 Jun 25;37:107244. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107244. PMID: 34258338; PMCID: PMC8253899. PubMed.

    Pechero G Jr, Pfaff B, Rao M, Pogorzelski D, McKay P, Spicer E, Howe A, Demyanovich HK, Sietsema DL, McTague MF, Ramsey L, Holden M, Rudnicki J, Wells J, Medeiros M, Slobogean GP, Sprague S; PREP-IT Investigators including Natoli RM, Virkus WW, Sorkin AT, Szatkowski JP, McKinley TO, Slobogean GP, Sprague S, Wells J, Bhandari M; Steering Committee; Adjudication Committee; Dataand Safety Monitoring Committee; Research Methodology Core; Patient Centred Outcomes Core; Orthopaedic Surgery Core; Operating Room Core; Infectious Disease Core; Military Core; PREP-IT Clinical Sites, O'Toole RV, D'Alleyrand JC, Eglseder A, Johnson A, Langhammer C, Lebrun C, Manson T, Nascone J, Paryavi E, Pensy R, Pollak A, Sciadini M, Slobogean GP, Degani Y, Demyanovich HK, Howe A, O'Hara NN, Joseph K, Rudnicki J, Camara M; Aqueous-PREP and PREPARE; Aqueous-PREP; PREPARE. Implementing stakeholder engagement to explore alternative models of consent: An example from the PREP-IT trials. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Jun 14;22:100787. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100787. PMID: 34195467; PMCID: PMC8239736. PubMed.

    Sardesai NR, Gaski GE, Gunderson ZJ, Cunningham CM, Slaven J, Meagher AD, McKinley TO, Natoli RM. Base Deficit ≥ 6 within 24 h of Injury is a risk factor for fracture nonunion in the polytraumatized patient. Injury. 2021 Nov;52(11):3271-3276. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.05.024. Epub 2021 May 18. PMID: 34053772. PubMed.

    Slobogean GP, Gaski GE, Nascone J, Sciadini MF, Natoli RM, Manson TT, Lebrun C, McKinley TO, Virkus WW, Sorkin AT, Brown K, Howe A, Rudnicki J, Enobun B, O'Hara NN, Gill J, O'Toole RV. A Prospective Clinical Trial Comparing Surgical Fixation Versus Nonoperative Management of Minimally Displaced Complete Lateral Compression Pelvis Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Nov 1;35(11):592-598. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002088. PMID: 33993178. PubMed.

    Padubidri A, Sorkin AT, Gudeman A, Natoli RM, Gaski GE. Intramedullary Nail Fixation of Intra-articular and Extra-articular Proximal Tibia Fractures. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2021 Spring;30(1):55-60. PMID: 33851915. PubMed.

    O'Toole RV, Stein DM, Frey KP, O'Hara NN, Scharfstein DO, Slobogean GP, Taylor TJ, Haac BE, Carlini AR, Manson TT, Sudini K, Mullins CD, Wegener ST, Firoozabadi R, Haut ER, Bosse MJ, Seymour RB, Holden MB, Gitajn IL, Goldhaber SZ, Eastman AL, Jurkovich GJ, Vallier HA, Gary JL, Kleweno CP, Cuschieri J, Marvel D, Castillo RC; METRC including Natoli RM. PREVENTion of CLots in Orthopaedic Trauma (PREVENT CLOT): a randomised pragmatic trial protocol comparing aspirin versus low-molecular-weight heparin for blood clot prevention in orthopaedic trauma patients. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 24;11(3):e041845. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041845. PMID: 33762229; PMCID: PMC7993181. PubMed.

    Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC), O'Toole RV, Joshi M, Carlini AR, Murray CK, including Natoli RM, Sorkin AT, Virkus WW, McKinley TO, Hill LC. Effect of Intrawound Vancomycin Powder in Operatively Treated High-risk Tibia Fractures: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2021 May 1;156(5):e207259. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.7259. Epub 2021 May 12. PMID: 33760010. PubMed.

    Medeiros M, Love TR, Slobogean GP, Sprague S, Perfetto EM, O'Hara NN, Mullins CD; PREP-IT Investigators including Natoli RM, Virkus WW, Sorkin AT, Szatkowski JP, McKinley TO. Patient and stakeholder engagement learnings: PREP-IT as a case study. J Comp Eff Res. 2021 Apr;10(6):439-442. doi: 10.2217/cer-2020-0266. Epub 2021 Mar 24. PMID: 33759556. PubMed.

    Sprague S, Guyatt P, Bzovsky S, Nguyen U, Bhandari M, Thabane L, Petrisor B, Johal HS, Leonard J, Dodds S, Mossuto F, O'Toole RV, Howe A, Demyanovich HK, Camara M, O'Hara NN, Slobogean GP; PREP-IT Investigators including Natoli RM, Virkus WW, Sorkin AT, Szatkowski JP, McKinley TO. Pragmatic randomized trial evaluating pre-operative aqueous antiseptic skin solution in open fractures (Aqueous-PREP): the feasibility of a cluster randomized crossover study. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2021 Mar 1;7(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00800-8. PMID: 33648577; PMCID: PMC7919062. PubMed.

    Pogorzelski D, Nguyen U, McKay P, Thabane L, Camara M, Ramsey L, Seymour R, Goodman JB, McGee S, Fraifogl J, Hudgins A, Tanner SL, Bhandari M, Slobogean GP, Sprague S; PREP-IT Investigators Executive Committee including Natoli RM,; Steering Committee; Adjudication Committee; Data and Safety Monitoring Committee; Research Methodology Core; Patient Centred Outcomes Core; Orthopaedic Surgery Core; Operating Room Core; Infectious Disease Core; Military Core; McMaster University Methods Center; University of Maryland School of Medicine Administrative Center; University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, The PATIENTS Program; PREP-IT Clinical Sites: Lead Clinical Site (Aqueous-PREP and PREPARE); Aqueous-PREP and PREPARE; Aqueous-PREP; PREPARE; PREP-IT Investigators Executive Committee. Investigators include Virkus WW, Sorkin AT, Szatkowski JP, McKinley TO. Managing work flow in high enrolling trials: The development and implementation of a sampling strategy in the PREPARE trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Jan 23;21:100730. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100730. PMID: 33605946; PMCID: PMC7873628. PubMed.

    Lin CA, O'Hara NN, Sprague S, O'Toole RV, Joshi M, Harris AD, Warner SJ, Johal H, Natoli RM, Hagen JE, Jeray KJ, Fowler JT, Phelps KD, Pilson HT, Gitajn IL, Bhandari M, Slobogean GP; PREP-IT Investigators including Virkus WW, Sorkin AT, Szatkowski JP, McKinley TO. Low Adherence to Recommended Guidelines for Open Fracture Antibiotic Prophylaxis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2021 Apr 7;103(7):609-617. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.20.01229. PMID: 33411466. PubMed.

    McKinley TO, Natoli RM, Fischer JP, Rytlewski JD, Scofield DC, Usmani R, Kuzma A, Griffin KS, Jewell E, Childress P, Shively KD, Chu TG, Anglen JO, Kacena MA. Internal Fixation Construct and Defect Size Affect Healing of a Translational Porcine Diaphyseal Tibial Segmental Bone Defect. Mil Med. 2021 Nov 2;186(11-12):e1115-e1123. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaa516. Erratum in: Mil Med. 2021 May 3;186(5-6):e645. PMID: 33242094; PMCID: PMC8592719. PubMed.

    Roberts HJ, Albright PD, Shearer DW, Won N, MacKechnie MC, Richard Coughlin R, Miclau T 3rd, Morshed S, Sabharwal S; COACT Resident Rotation Study Group including Natoli RM. Motivations and impact of international rotations in low- and middle-income countries for orthopaedic surgery residents: Are we on the same page? Am J Surg. 2021 Feb;221(2):245-253. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.046. Epub 2020 Sep 12. PMID: 33092782. PubMed.

    Zhang JY, Tornetta P 3rd, Dale KM, Jones CB, Mullis BH, Egol KA, Robinson E, Bosse MJ, Schmidt AH, Hymes RA The Fate of Patients After a Staged Nonunion Procedure for Known Infection. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Apr 1;35(4):211-216. PubMed.

    Shahien AA, Sullivan M, Firoozabadi R, Lu K, Cannada L, Timmel M, Ali A, Bramlett K, Marcantonio A, Flynn M, Vallier H, Nicolay R, Mullis B, Goodwin A, Miller A, Krause P, Mir HR, Tornetta P 3rd. Combined Orthopaedic and Vascular Injuries with Ischemia: A Multicenter Analysis. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Oct 1;35(10):512-516 PubMed.

    Veltre DR, Tornetta P 3rd, Krause P, George MP, Vallier H, Nguyen MP, Reich MS, Cannada L, Eng M, Miller AN, Goodwin A, Mir HR, Clark C, Sandberg B, Westberg JR, Mullis BH, Behrens JP, Firoozabadi R. Gunshot Fractures of the Forearm: A Multicenter Evaluation. J Orthop Trauma 2021 Oct 1;35(10):e364-e370. PubMed.

    Major Extremity Research Consortium (METRC) including Mullis BH, Virkus WW, Sorkin AT, Szatkowski JP, McKinley TO. “Outcomes Following Severe Distal Tibial, Ankle, and/or Mid/Hindfoot Trauma: Comparison of Limb Salvage and Transtibial Amputation (OUTLET)” J Bone Joint Surg Am 2021 Sep 1;103(17):1588-1597 PubMed.

    Friedman LGM, Sanchez D, Zachos TA, Marcantonio A, Audet M, Vallier H, Mullis B, Myers-White A, Kempton L, Watts J, Horwitz DS. Potential Benefits of Limited Clinical and Radiographic Follow-up After Surgical Treatment of Ankle Fractures. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev 2021 May 11;5(5): e21.00074 PubMed.

    Perskin C, Seetharam A, Mullis BH, Marcantonio A, Garfi J, Ment A, Egol K. Peri-implant fractures of the upper and lower extremities a case series of 61 fractures” Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 May 20. doi: 10.1007/s00590-021-03005-0. Online ahead of print. PubMed.

    Hill BW, Cannada LK, Nelson L, Tornetta P, Hymes R, Jones CB, Obremskey W, Carroll E, Mullis B, Tucker M, Teague D, Marcantonio A, Ostrum R, Core MD, Israel H. Is There a Critical Radiographic Angle That Portends Poor Functional Outcome Scores in Nonoperative Treatment of Isolated Humeral Shaft Fractures? J Surg Orthop Adv. 2021 Summer;30(2):73-77. PubMed.

    Cannada LK, Nelson L, Tornetta P, Hymes R, Jones CB, Obremskey W, Carroll E, Mullis B, Tucker M, Teague D, Marcantonio A, Ostrum R, Core MD, Israel H. Operative vs. Nonoperative Treatment of Isolated Humeral Shaft Fractures: A Prospective Cohort Study . J Surg Orthop Adv. 2021 Summer;30(2):67-72. PubMed.

    Kuripla C, Tornetta P 3rd, Foote CJ, Koh J, Sems A, Shamaa T, Vallier H, Sorg D, Mir HR, Streufert B, Spitler C, Mullis B,McGowan B, Weinlein J, Cannada L, Charlu J, Wagstrom E, Westberg J, Morshed S, Cortez A, Krause P, Marcantonio A, Soles G, Lipof J. Timing of Flap Coverage With Respect to Definitive Fixation in Open Tibia Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Aug 1;35(8):430-436. PubMed.

    Mullis BH, Agel J, Jones C, Lowe J, Vallier H, Teague D, Kempton L, Schmidt A, Friess D, Morshed S, Miller A, Leighton R, Tornetta P 3rd. Unilateral Sacral Fractures Demonstrate Slow Recovery of Patient Reported Outcomes Irrespective of Treatment. J Orthop Trauma 2021 Aug 31. Online ahead of print. PubMed.

    Patterson JT, Ishii K, Tornetta P 3rd, Leighton RK, Friess DM, Jones CB, Levine A, Maclean JJ, Miclau T 3rd, Mullis BH, Obremskey WT, Ostrum RF, Reid JS, Ruder JA, Saleh A, Schmidt AH, Teague DC, Tsismenakis A, Westberg JR, Morshed S. Smith-Petersen Versus Watson-Jones Approach Does Not Affect Quality of Open Reduction of Femoral Neck Fracture. J Orthop Trauma 2021 Oct 1;35(10):517-522. PubMed.

    Keil LG, Mullis BH, Iii PT, Alley MC, Olszewski NP, Wheeler JA, von Kaeppler EP, Morshed S, Matar RN, Archdeacon MT, Smith TW, Miller AN, Horwitz DS, Baig MS, Telgheder ZL, Azer E, Manzano GW, Vallier HA, Barnett SA, Krause PC, Bornes TD, Ricci WM, Dunne PJ, Yarboro SR, Ment AJ, Marcantonio AJ, Alqudhaya RS, Leighton RK, Ostrum RF. Proximal tibia fracture dislocations: Management and outcomes of a severe and under-recognized injury. Injury 2021 Sep 23;S0020-1383(21) PubMed.

    Mullis BH, Figueras J, Trotter M, Ertl J. Arthroscopy Should be used with Caution for Gunshot Wounds to the Hip. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2021 Aug 19;3(5):e1395-e1400. 2021 Oct. PubMed.

    Cooke ME, Tornetta P 3rd, Firoozabadi R, Vallier H, Weinberg DS,Alton TB, Dillman MR, Westberg JR, Schmidt A, Bosse M, Leas DP, Archdeacon M, Kakazu R, Nzegwu I, OToole RV, Costales TG, Coale M, Mullis B, Usmani RH, Egol K, Kottmeier S, Sanders D, Jones C, Miller AN, Horwitz DS, Kempegowda H, Morshed S, Belaye T, Teague D. Open Ankle Fractures: What Predicts Infection? A multi-center study. J Orthop Trauma. 2022 Jan 1;36(1):43-48. PubMed.

    Klott J, Loder R, Mullis BH. Overlapping Surgery for Distal Radius Fractures: Is It Safe? accepted for publication J Surg Ortho Advances July 2021 PubMed.

    Kandemir U, Lee J, Morshed S, Virkus WW How to Avoid Failures in Tibial Plafond Fractures. Instr Course Lect. 2021;70:121-138. PMID: 33438908 PubMed

    Kempton LB, Gaski GE, Brown K, McKinley TO, Virkus WW. Predictors of Improved Early Clinical Outcomes After Elective Implant Removal. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Mar 1;35(3):e103-e107 .PMID: 33079840 PubMed.

    Lieder CM, Gaski GE, Virkus WW, Kempton LB. Is Immediate Weight-Bearing Safe After Single Implant Fixation of Elderly Distal Femur Fractures? J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Jan 1;35(1):49-55. PMID: 32639392 PubMed.

    Jang Y, Virkus WW, Mckinley TO. A Modified Levine Approach for Exposure of the Anterior Column, Anterior Wall, and Sacroiliac Joint: A Surgical Technique and a Case Series. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Dec 1;35(12):e517-e520. PMID: 33724966 PubMed.

    Slobogean GP, Sprague S, Bzovsky S, Scott T, Thabane L, Heels-Ansdell D, O'Toole RV, Howe A, Gaski GE, Hill LC, Brown KM, Viskontas D, Zomar M, Della Rocca GJ, O'Hara NN, Bhandari M; FAITH-2 Investigators including Virkus WW, Sorkin AT Fixation using Alternative Implants for the Treatment of Hip Fractures (FAITH-2): The Exploratory Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient-Reported Functional Outcomes of a Multi-Centre 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial in Young Femoral Neck Fracture Patients. Injury. 2021 Oct;52(10):3051-3059. PMID: 33618847 PubMed.

    Roberts HJ, Albright PD, Shearer DW, Won N, MacKechnie MC, Richard Coughlin R, Miclau T 3rd, Morshed S, Sabharwal S; COACT Resident Rotation Study Group including Lopas LA. Motivations and impact of international rotations in low- and middle-income countries for orthopaedic surgery residents: Are we on the same page? Am J Surg. 2021 Feb;221(2):245-253. PMID: 33092782 PubMed.

    Beleckas CM, Szatkowski JP. Nontraditional Methods of Fibula Fixation. Orthop Clin North Am. 2021 Apr;52(2):123-131..PMID: 33752833

    McKinley TO, Gaski GE, Zamora R, Shen L, Sun Q, Namas RA, Billiar TR, Vodovotz Y.J Early Dynamic Orchestration of Immunologic Mediators Identifies Multiply Injured Patients who are Tolerant or Sensitive to Hemorrhage. . J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Mar 1;90(3):441-45 PubMed.

    Weger K, Hammer P, McKinley TO, Steenburg S. Incidence and clinical impact of lower extremity vascular injuries in the setting of whole body computed tomography for trauma..Emerg Radiol. 2021 Apr;28(2):265-272. PubMed.

    Nauth A, Hildebrand F, Vallier H, Moore T, Leenen L, McKinley TO, Pape HC. Polytrauma: update on basic science and clinical evidence. OTA Int. 2021 Feb 23;4(1):e116 PubMed.

    Bonaroti J, Abdelhamid S, Kar U, Sperry J, Zamora R, Namas RA, McKinley TO, Vodovotz Y, Billiar T The Use of Multiplexing to Identify Cytokine and Chemokine Networks in the Immune-Inflammatory Response to Trauma. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2021 Dec;35(16):1393-1406. PubMed.

    Cai J, McKinley TO, Billiar I, Zenati MS, Gaski G, Vodovotz Y, Gruen DS, Billiar TR, Namas RA. Protective/reparative cytokines are suppressed at high injury severity in human trauma. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2021 Mar 2;6(1):e000619. PubMed.

    Baer D, Donaldson R, McKinley T, Guldberg R. Divergence of military and civilian trauma research priorities. Journal Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2021 Jun 15;6(1):e000765. PMID: 34212117 PubMed.

    Lopas LA, Albertson S, Solomon E, Watson DT, Shah A, Maxson B, Infante A, Donohue D, Downes K, Sanders R, Mir HR. Outcomes of Various Antibiotic Cement Coated Intramedullary Implants on the Treatment of Long Bone Septic Nonunion. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Aug 18 (e-pub ahead of print). PubMed.

    Lieder, C, Jang, Y, Rea, P, Gaski, G, Virkus, W. Results of low distal femur periprosthetic fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2022 (Accepted) PubMed

Faculty Publications

  • Roman M. Natoli, MD, PhD

    Dr. Natoli focuses on translational research to lessen the burden of post-traumatic problems.

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  • Jan Szatkowski, MD, MBA

    Dr. Szatkowski has co-authored multiple articles in scientific journals. His efforts to improve care for patients include his work helping develop new medical technologies and is actively involved in multiple research projects targeted at improving orthopaedic care.

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  • Yohan Jang, DO

    Dr. Jang is an alum of the department's trauma fellowship program. As a faculty member, he is heavily involved in research. 

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  • Luke Lopas, MD

    Dr. Lopas believes orthopaedic trauma affords him the incredible privilege to meet patients in a true moment of need and help them navigate their path to recovery. Traumatic injuries are never planned for and the healing process can seem complicated and even daunting. He embraces the opportunity to help patients overcome these injuries and truly enjoys working with them to regain function and return to the activities that are most meaningful to them.

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  • Todd O. McKinley, MD
    Dr. McKinley has been the principal investigator on multiple peer-reviewed grants, including several major grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. He served as the chairman of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Research Committee and is a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society.
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  • Brian H. Mullis, MD
    Dr. Mullis has a history of collaborative, multi-center retrospective and prospective studies as the principal investigator and co-investigator. He has served on the AOTNA research committee. He continues to be actively involved in OTRC and METRC projects.

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  • Anthony T. Sorkin, MD
    Dr. Sorkin’s practice is focused on orthopaedic trauma, with special emphasis on ankle and hind foot limb salvage and reconstruction. He is active in continuing medical education and has spoken at numerous national and international meetings.
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  • Walter W. Virkus, MD
    Dr. Virkus's practice has included orthopedic trauma, orthopedic oncology and hip reconstruction. He also specializes in using oncological techniques for trauma reconstructions and using trauma techniques for oncologic reconstructions.
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