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18 replacements and revision surgery. In 2012, he co-founded orthopedic soware company JointPoint, where he serves as CMO. Michael Dayton, MD. UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.). Serving as vice chair of education as well as program director for the University of Colo- rado's orthopedic residency program, Dr. Day- ton is heavily involved in the education of future clinicians. He is also immersed in conducting research for his specialty, holding memberships in societies such as the Orthopaedic Research Society and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. Craig Della Valle, MD. Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (Chicago). Dr. Della Valle is the chief of adult reconstructive surgery at Rush Univer- sity Medical Center in Chicago. He focuses his clinical practice on total knee replacement and has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications on knee replacement topics. He is a past president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and has performed around 9,000 joint replacements during his career. Aditya Derasari, MD. NewYork-Presbyterian Queens (New York City). Specializing in total hip and knee replacements — including com- plex revisions of failed joint replacements — Dr. Derasari practices at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where he created a rapid recovery program for joint replacement patients. Dr. Derasari is also an assistant professor of clinical orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, with work published in medical journals includ- ing e Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. Keith Fehring, MD. OrthoCarolina (Char- lotte, N.C.). Dr. Fehring is a celebrated ortho- pedic surgeon who specializes in knee and hip replacement surgeries, including anterior hip replacements. He earned the Mark B. Coventry Adult Reconstructive Fellowship Award from the Mayo Clinic in 2014 and has published several articles in professional journals on joint replacements. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. David Fox, MD. Northeast Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine (San Antonio). Dr. Fox has been performing partial and total joint replace- ments, hip and knee reconstructions, and arthroscopy procedures for more than 24 years. An avid researcher, Dr. Fox has conducted various studies with Northeast Orthopaedics' in-office research team, including trials on deep vein thrombosis in hip and knee replacement surgeries and on osteoarthritis pain. Kenneth Gustke, MD. Florida Orthopaedic Institute (Tampa). Dr. Gustke is Florida Ortho- paedic Institute's past president and one of the group's founding members. Trained in robotic- arm assisted knee replacement, Dr. Gustke holds three patents related to hip replacement design. He serves as a consultant to a computer navigation company and has co-designed eight total hip replacement implants and a total knee replacement system with four implant options — innovations that have been used in treating hundreds of thousands of patients around the world. Steven Haas, MD. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City). Dr. Haas is the chief of knee service at Hospital for Special Surgery. He has devoted his career to developing new surgical techniques for less invasive knee procedures and has received multiple patents for innovative high-performance knee replacement designs. Dr. Haas has also built a reputation as a knee expert, appearing on CBS News and other media outlets to discuss knee surgery and author- ing more than 100 publications in orthopedic literature. Michael Hajek, MD. Melissa Memorial Hospi- tal (Holyoke, Colo.). Dr. Hajek has more than 38 years of experience as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in knee and hip replacements. He is passionate about rural healthcare and serves a population of 2,200 at Melissa Memorial, a 15-bed critical access hospital in northeastern Colorado. William Hamilton, MD. Anderson Orthopae- dic Clinic (Fairfax, Va.). Dr. Hamilton is a joint replacement specialist, focusing on complex procedures. He was the first surgeon in the Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System to perform anterior total hip replacement in 2009 and he continues to stay on the forefront of technology, including computer-assisted surgery and tissue-sparing techniques. He was awarded the Insall Knee Society traveling fellowship and is a member of Operation Walk USA. Ben Hansen, MD. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Hansen specializes in primary and revision hip and knee replacements. In 2019, he le the University of Missouri-Columbia to join the orthopedic surgery department of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is a mem- ber of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. Gregory Hicken, MD. St. George (Utah) Surgical Center. Dr. Hicken is an accomplished total joint replacement specialist who has been practicing with Logan, Utah-based Alpine Orthopedic Specialists since 1999. A past chair- man of the Logan Regional Hospital orthopedic department, Dr. Hicken has also served as assistant director of the Austin (Texas) Health & Rehabilitation Center. Now, at St. George Surgi- cal Center — southern Utah's longest-running ASC — Dr. Hicken has played a major role in developing the center's robotic-assisted surgery program. Howard Hirsch, MD. Ochsner Health Center- Kenner (La.). A member of the International Congress for Joint Reconstruction, Dr. Hirsch specializes in hip and knee replacements. He is a former faculty member of Brown University in Providence, R.I., a city where he practiced for 25 years before returning to his home state of Louisiana in 2018. Richard Iorio, MD. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston). At Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Iorio is chief of adult reconstruc- tion and total joint arthroplasty, as well as vice chair of clinical effectiveness. Dr. Iorio's clinical practice centers on knee and hip replacements, and he is the first vice president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. Joshua Jacobs, MD. Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (Chicago). Dr. Jacobs is the chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. His practice focuses on total knee and hip replace- ments, and he works with orthopedic implant companies to develop and test new devices. Dr. Jacobs has published prolifically on materials used for prosthetic devices, earning awards from national societies for his research. In 2016, Dr. Jacobs was elected to the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Robert Benjamin Jones, MD. Mercy Clinic (Ozark, Mo.). Dr. Jones is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in complex primary and revision total joint replacements. He also performs partial joint replacements and the anterior total hip replacement approach. He completed his fellowship in adult reconstruc- tion and orthopedic surgery at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Bertrand Kaper, MD. Orthopaedic Special- ists of Scottsdale (Ariz.). Dr. Kaper is chief of orthopedic surgery at HonorHealth Scottsdale ompson Peak Medical Center. He specializes in knee, hip and shoulder surgery, with particu- lar expertise in robotic-assisted knee surgery. Dr. Kaper started his own practice in 1999 and has performed more than 10,000 surgeries throughout his career. Jim Keeney, MD. MU Health Care (Columbia, Mo.). A fellow of both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Association, Dr. Keeney serves as president of the University of Missouri Orthopaedic Association and chair of the Mid- America Orthopaedic Association. He is also associate editor of the Journal of Knee Surgery. Dr. Keeney was recognized as an exemplary reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Sur- gery in 2017 and as a top reviewer for Clinical Orthopaedics in 2018. Claudette Lajam, MD. NYU Langone Health (New York City). Dr. Lajam is an associate professor in the department of orthopedic surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine with a vested interest in quality improvement, health disparities and total joint replacement. She serves as secretary of the board of council- ors for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Robert Li, MD. NewYork-Presbyterian Queens (New York City). Dr. Li joined

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