Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory: News

2021

• 12.28.2021
  Orthopedic Research Society: Basic Science Tip of the Week - Tracking Down Your Prosthetic Past
  Dr. Fred Nelson offers this issue’s ORS Basic Science Tip. With increasing demand for prosthetic joint replacement over the past 2 decades the number of revision surgeries is also increasing.
• 11.05.2021
  Dr. Ebru Oral inducted into the National Academy of Inventors' Fellows Program
  Ebru Oral, PhD, Associate Director of the Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory, has been inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Dr. Oral was elected as a Fellow in 2019, and, in November 2021, she attended the induction ceremony in Tampa.
• 01.11.2021
  Alireza Borjali, PhD, awarded 2021 Orthopaedic Research Society William H. Harris Award
  Alireza Borjali, PhD, of the Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory, was awarded the 2021 Orthopaedic Research Society William H. Harris award for his publication, "Detecting total hip replacement prosthesis design on plain radiographs using deep convolutional neural network."

2020

• 02.03.2020
  Journal of Orthopaedic Research Editor's Pick
  The Journal of Orthopaedic Research (JOR) is the official journal of the Orthopaedic Research Society. This article, Chemically Cross-Linked UHMWPE with Superior Toughness, was selected by the JOR Editors.

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2019

• 12.03.2019
  Ebru Oral, PhD, elected as fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
  Ebru Oral, PhD, associate director of Biomaterials in the Harris Orthopaedics Lab, has been elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
• 11.01.2019
  The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) Congress Lisbon 2019 - Scientific Awards Winners
  At the EFORT conference, Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory clinical researchers won the Bronze prize for Orthopaedics Abstracts, as the third best orthopaedics abstract at the conference.
• 06.01.2019
  Study Comparing PROMs of Anterior vs. Posterolateral Approaches in Total Hip Arthroplasty Receives AAHKS Clinical Research Award
  At the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) Annual Meeting, Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory clinical researchers won the AAHKS Clinical Research Award, which is given annually to the conference’s most outstanding clinical paper in the field of hip or knee arthroplasty.
• 03.15.2019
  Ebru Oral, PhD, inducted to College of Fellows for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  Ebru Oral, PhD, associate director of Biomaterials in the Harris Orthopaedics Lab, was inducted to the College of Fellows for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer.

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2018

• 08.08.2018
  Dr. William Harris awarded 2018 Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics Award
  William Harris, MD, director emeritus of the Department of Orthopaedics, has received the 2018 Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics Award from the American Orthopaedic Association. This award is presented annually to recognize outstanding leaders in orthopaedic surgery whose work results in sustained and substantial contribution and leadership through clinical, educational, research or other meritorious means.
• 03.11.2018  |  NPR
  The Mysterious Case Of 'Vanishing Bone' And Hip Replacements Gone Wrong
  Dr. William H. Harris, former chief of Massachusetts General Hospital's joint replacement surgery service, discusses his new book about a stealth disease caused by total hip replacements.

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2017

• 07.20.2017  |  Nature.com
  TA juiced-up joint implant
  An article profiling Ebru Oral, PhD, Associate Director of Biomaterials for the Harris Orthopedics Lab and the work she is doing on implant failures.
• 06.13.2017  |  Nature.com
  Long-lived biomaterials
  An article that cites Ebru Oral, PhD and colleagues and their work on joint implant infections.
• 03.20.2017
  Dr. Henrik Malchau awarded 2017 OREF Clinical Research Award
  Dr. Henrik Malchau was awarded the 2017 OREF Clinical Research Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in March. He earned this prestigious award for his research studying the impact of arthroplasty implant registries throughout the world.