Press Release...

Resident Michael Lin, MD
Dr. Lin has been selected for the 2010 AAOS/OREF/ORS Clinician Scientist Development Program.

April 25, 2010
UC Irvine Orthopaedic Oncologist Invited to Present at an International Symposium on Osteosarcoma. Read full release

June 4, 2010
Dr. Rafijah was awarded the Kevin Armstrong Clinical Faculty Teaching award at the annual Bones Ball.

Dr. Jones was an invited speaker at the 12th annual Philadelphia Hand Symposium in March 2010 and spoke on "Decision-making in complex hand trauma" and "Secondary tendon surgery." He was the Visiting Professor to The Hand Center of San Antonio and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas, San Antonio in May 2010 and gave two lectures on "The contribution of microsurgery to hand surgery" and "Tendon transfers for reconstruction of the wrist and hand."

University of California • Irvine
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is committed to patient care, education and research. The field of orthopaedic surgery involves the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the musculoskeletal system. We utilize an interdisciplinary team approach, catered to each individual as we provide exemplary patient care. We collaborate with specialists in adult reconstruction, spine, hand, shoulder, elbow, oncology, pediatrics, and trauma.

Ranjan Gupta, MD
Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Anatomy & Neurobiology,
and Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine

Please visit our new Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center in Costa Mesa at:

1640 Newport Blvd., Suite 230
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949-515-5210

www.sportsmedicine.uci.edu

Dr. Nitin Bhatia and Dr. Thay Lee were presented with the prestigious "Harold and Nancy Willingham Award for Outstanding Research Paper" at the meeting of the Western Orthopaedic Association this year. Drs. Bhatia and Lee presented their paper, entitled "Biomechanical Evaluation of Short-Segment Posterior Instrumentation with Crosslinks In An Unstable Human Burst Fracture Model".

The WOA, with more than 1,700 members, held it's 73rd annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Bhatia, an orthopaedic surgeon and Dr. Lee, a Ph.D Research Career Scientist/Biomedical Engineer, are on staff at University of California at Irvine.