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Department of Orthopaedics

Department of Orthopaedics
 

Research Faculty

Dept. of Orthopaedics


 

Moshe Solomonow, Ph. D., M.D. (hon)
Professor and Director of Bioengineering
Director, Musculoskeletal Disorders Research Laboratory


Education:
B.Sc., M.Sc., Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles
Ph.D., Systems Engineering and Neuroscience, UCLA

Research Focus:
Musculoskeletal disorders identification, analysis, and treatment;
biomechanics; EMG; prosthetics and orthotics; work and sports related injuries.

 Solomonow

Nancy Hadley-Miller, MD
Professor and Director, Orthopaedics Genetics Laboratory
Medical Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center
The Children's Hospital

Education:
MD: University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, MD
Residency: General Surgery, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopedics and Pediatric Orthopedics Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Research Focus:
Genetics of scoliosis, limb deformity and neuromuscular disorders

Scoliosis Research Website:
Click here to visit our website dedicated to research into idiopathic scoliosis 

 Hadley-Miller

Karen B. King, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Orthopaedics Molecular Biology Laboratory

Education:
B.A., Biology, Goshen College, Goshen, IN
Ph.D., Biochemistry, Rush University, Chicago, IL

Research Focus:
Musculoskeletal disorders, cyclical articular joint loading; mechanobiology;
connective tissue biochemistry; work and sports-related injuries.

 King

Yun Lu, M.D.
Associate Research Professor

Education:
M.D., Xian Medical University, Xian, China

Orthopaedic Residency: West Capital Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, China

Post-Doctoral Fellow: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Research Focus: Development and evaluation of orthopaedic hardware, instruments and devices; prosthetics and orthotics; surgical strategies development; and experimental procedures.

 Lu

Bing He Zhou, E.E.
Associate Research Professor

Education:
E.E., University of Science and Technology, China

Research Focus: Musculoskeletal disorders analysis; biomedical data analysis; and bioinstrumentation.

 Zhou

Joel Bach, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty Appointment

Education:
B.Sc. Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis

 Bach

James Carollo, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Director,
Center for Gait & Movement Analysis (CGMA), The Children's Hospital
Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center, The Children's Hospital

Education:
BSc. and MSc. Bioengineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Joint Program between University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas and Southwestern Medical Center

Research Focus: Recognition of human movement; application of wavelets for EMG analysis; and biomechanical modeling and automatic pattern development of novel movement measurement instruments to facilitate clinical decision-making.

 Carollo

Todd Baldini, M.S.
Lab Manager, Orthopaedics Biomechanics Laboratory

Education:
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

 Baldini

Kandice Swindle
Professional Research Associate

Education:
B.S., Biology, University of Colorado Denver

 Kandice Swindle

Laura Shum
Professional Research Assistant

Education: B.S., The College at Brockport, State University of New York

 

Maureen Welch
Lab Coordinator II

 
 Welch