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Research Collaborations - 2006

The productivity of the Rehab R&D Center is enhanced through cooperation with individuals at the Palo Alto VA Health Care System and other affiliated institutions.


VA Palo Alto / Stanford Clinicians

V. Rodney Hentz, MD Staff Surgeon, Surgery Service PAVAHCS
Projects: Functional Restoration of Grasp, Biomechanical Modeling of Tendon Transfer in Tetraplegia, and Muscle-Tendon Adaptation following Tendon Transfer Surgery
Collaborators: Wendy M. Murray, PhD; Kevin C. McGill, PhD; Kate Holzbaur, PhD; and Niels Smaby, PhD

B. Jenny Kiratli, PhD Health Research Scientist, PAVAHCS
Project: Influence of Post-stroke Gait on Bone Density
Collaborator: Gary S. Beaupré, PhD

Henry L. Lew, MD, PhD Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, VAPAHCS
Project: Influence of Post-stroke Gait on Bone Density
Collaborator: Gary S. Beaupré, PhD

Faisal M. Mirza, MD, Staff Orthopedic Surgeon, PAVAHCS
Project: Suture Anchor Fixation
Collaborators: Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD


Stanford Clinicians

Michael Bellino, MD Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
Project: Pelvic Plate Fixation
Collaborator: Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD

Loretta Chou, MD, Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
Project: Osteoarthritis
Collaborator: Thomas P. Andriacchi, PhD

Michael Frederiscon, MD Department of Orthopedic Surgery Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,
Project: Patellofemoral Joint Biomechanics and Rehabilitation.
Collaborator: Gary S. Beaupré, PhD

Garry E. Gold, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology
Projects: Patellofemoral Joint Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Biomechanical Modeling of Tendon Transfer in Tetraplegia, Muscle-Tendon Adaptation Following Tendon Transfer Surgery, Meniscectomy in Osteoarthritis, Prepolarized MRI to Image Around Orthopedic Implants
Collaborators: Gary S. Beaupré, PhD; Dennis R. Carter, PhD; Wendy M. Murray, PhD; and Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD

Stuart B. Goodman, MD Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Projects: Repair and Rehabilitation of Skeletal Tissues by Mechanical Loading, Meniscectomy in Osteoarthritis, KneeNav
Collaborators: Gary S. Beaupré, PhD and Dennis R. Carter, PhD; Thomas P. Andriacchi, PhD; and Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD

Amy Ladd, MD Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Projects: Co-author on two abstracts accepted for presentation: one presented at the Adrian Flatt Resident and Fellows Conference at the 60th Annual Meeting of ASSH (September 2005), another scheduled to be presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of AAOS.
Collaborators: Wendy M. Murray, PhD

William Maloney, MD Professor and Chair, Orthopedic Surgery
Project: Osteoarthritis
Collaborators: Thomas P. Andriacchi, PhD

Timothy McAdams, MD Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
Project: Elbow Ligament Reconstruction
Collaborators: Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD

Jeffrey Meter, MD Clinical Educator, Orthopedic Surgery
Project: Trochanteric Entry Nail
Collaborators: Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD


Other Stanford Faculty

Scott L. Delp, PhD Professor in Bioengineering, Biomechanical Engineering Division, Deparment of Mechanical Engineering
Projects: Patellofemoral Joint Biomechanics and Rehabilitation and Functional Restoration of Grasp
Collaborator: Gary S. Beaupré, PhD and Wendy M. Murray, PhD

Jill Helms, DDS, PhD, Department of Surgery
Project: Mechanobiology in Early Long Bone Development
Collaborator: Dennis R. Carter, PhD and Christopher R. Jacobs, PhD

Mike Longaker, MD, DDS Department of Surgery
Project: Growth-induced Stresses in Bone Morphogenesis and Mechanical Influences in the Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Collaborator: Dennis R. Carter, PhD

Fritz Prinz, PhD Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering
Project: Microfluidic Flow Chambers for the Study of Bone Cells
Collaborator: Christopher R. Jacobs, PhD

Tim Sterns, PhD Professor of Biological Sciences
Project: Mechanotransduction in Bone Cells
Collaborator: Christopher R. Jacobs, PhD


Other Non-VA Collaborations

Jan Fridén, MD, PhD, Prof.essor of Hand Surgery, Goteberg University, Swedene
Title: Co-author on published paper and abstract presented at the XXth Congress of ISB & 29th Annual Meeting of ASB (runner-up for the Clinical Biomechanics Award for both societies).
Collaborator: Wendy M. Murray, PhD

Richard L. Lieber, PhD Departments of Orthopaedics and Bioengineering, University of California, and Veterans Administration Medical Centers, San Diego, CA
Project: Functional Restoration of Grasp in Quadriplegia
Collaborator: Wendy M. Murray, PhD

Joseph D. Towles, PhD Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Project: Co-author on one published paper, co-author on one abstract presented at the combined XXth Congress of ISB and 29th Annual Meeting of ASB
Collaborator: Wendy M. Murray, PhD

Richard F. Weir, PhD, RA Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; RA, Jesse Brown VAMC, Chicago, IL
Project: A Model-based Approach to Multifunction Artificial Hand Control
Collaborator: Wendy M. Murray, PhD

Scott A. Yerby, PhD St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc.
Project: Evaluation of Spinal Decompression Implants
Collaborator: Gary S. Beaupré, PhD


2003 Collaborators


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