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rom its birth early in the 20th century, our academic medical center
has earned a reputation for innovative education—from helping to
pioneer the Flexner framework, to the biopsychosocial model which
remains our hallmark, through the 1990s when we introduced the
“double helix” curriculum that integrates science education and clinical
medicine throughout the learning process.

These approaches have produced generations musculoskeletal research centers for more
of clinicians and researchers who are not just than a decade. That vision and leadership
experts in their chosen fields, but innovative provided momentum for Orthopaedics’
thinkers eager to find new solutions to growth, allowing us to care for today’s
longstanding problems. We recruit faculty patients while helping future generations
members who also think outside the box, to live longer, healthier, more active and
finding new ways to improve health by fulfilling lives.
understanding and treating the whole patient, No conversation about the future of
not just their symptoms. medicine is complete without acknowl-
Our Department of Orthopaedics is a edging our increased reliance on information
prime example, as you’ll learn in our cover technology to document, analyze, diagnose,
story. URMC is preparing to build a new discover, and even project health outcomes.
orthopaedic campus—a place that will In this issue, we introduce you to our Chief
ultimately combine clinical care, research, Information Officer, Tom Barnett. Building on
education, and community wellness under a career of IT innovation at other institutions,
one roof. As we look to the future, our story Tom has mapped out a bold strategic vision
explores how innovation has been part of that will leverage data to improve patient
our department’s DNA since its start, helping care, while making interactions with the EHR
to drive improvements in the field that as seamless as possible for clinicians.
benefit patients everywhere. From a handful Along with news of faculty achievements
of physicians focused on mending broken and recent highlights from across our
bones and exhausted joints, orthopaedics at enterprise, we hope this issue reconnects you
Mark B. Taubman, MD URMC has become a thriving, multi-faceted with colleagues, fellow alumni, and a school
specialty. Our clinicians, educators and that appreciates the part you’ve played in
CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers collaborate to apply the latest bringing us where we are today.
Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry technologies—and to invent new ones— As I begin my second five-year term
Senior Vice President for Health Sciences that keep people healthy and on the move. as dean and CEO, I extend my sincerest
Significant in the department’s history are appreciation for your support of our Medical
renowned scientists and clinicians who have Center and University. To be entrusted
emerged from our medical school, residency with advancing the mission of our great
and fellowship programs to prominence for organization is by far the pinnacle of my
their countless contributions to orthopaedic four-decade career, and serving as dean of
On the cover discoveries and innovations. Among them are the School of Medicine and Dentistry with
Good things come in small packages, like this leaders like inaugural chair C. McCollister the support of administration, faculty, and
gumdrop-like implant that could be a game-changer “Mac” Evarts, who helped introduce total alumni is an honor and responsibility that
for arthritis treatment. hip replacement surgery to the U.S., and I treasure.
Ed Puzas, first director of Orthopaedics I look forward to all that we can achieve in
Photo by J. Adam Fenster, University of Rochester research, who laid the groundwork for us the next five years.
to remain among the top five NIH-funded

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