2008 Match Results
The Emory Department of Orthopaedics is happy to welcome the following members to the 2008-2009 PGY-1 class:

Harlan Starr Medical College of Georgia	Anil Thomas Universiy of Cincinnati College of Medicine

David Vizzuraga Emory University School of Medicine	Nader Shourbaji Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	Richard Thomas Medical College of Georgia

Bradbury Joins Adult Reconstruction Faculty

The Emory University Department of Orthopaedics is happy to welcome Tom Bradbury as Assistant Professor in the division of Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction. An Atlanta native, Dr. Bradbury attended The Lovett School before pursuing his undergraduate studies at Washington and Lee University. He then returned to Georgia for medical school at the Medical College of Georgia, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society. He did is residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Vanderbilt University, followed by a fellowship in Adult Reconstruction at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tom returns to Atlanta with his wife Julie and three children; Tommy, Molly, and Brooks.

Kimmerly Returns as Chief of Sports Medicine at Grady

The Emory Department of Orthopaedics is happy to welcome Scott Kimmerly as Assistant Professor in the division of Sports Medicine. Dr. Kimmerly returns to Emory after completing his residency here in 2005. Scott is an undergraduate alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended medical school at the University of Tennessee. Following his residency, Dr. Kimmerly completed a sports medicine fellowship at the prestigious Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado, followed by a traveling fellowship in sports-related foot and ankle surgery. Dr. Kimmerly then joined staff at Steadman Hawkins for one year. Dr. Kimmerly will serve as Chief of the Sports Medicine service at Grady Memorial Hospital. His clinical interests include arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder, hip, and ankle, as well as multi-ligamentous knee injuries and peri-articular trauma. He is currently an official provider for both the United States Ski and Snowboard teams. He returns to Atlanta with his wife Bonnie and daughter Georgia Hayes.

Kercher, Xerogeanes featured in May AAOS Now

Resident Jim Kercher and Chief of Sports Medicine John Xerogeanes were featured in the May, 2008 AAOS Now for their project entitled “ACL reconstruction in the skeletally immature: An anatomic study utilizing 3-D MRI reconstruction.” The project, done in conjunction with Georgia Tech researchers, investigates the use of 3-D MRI as a way to evaluate the impact of transphyseal ACL reconstruction on the growth plate. The team utilized a software program called MAARS (Module for Adolescent ACL Reconstruction Surgery) to create a 3-D reconstruction of the tibial physis, measure the volume of the physis, and determine the percent of physis damaged by differing graft sizes and tunnel orientations. The goal was to better evaluate the degree of damage a transphyseal reconstruction does to the physis, as well as determine the optimal tunnel size and position to allow use of an interference screw for graft fixation. So far, the project has been presented at the 2008 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting as well as the 2008 Southern Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. The full article can be found here.

Emory hosts 2007 North American Traveling Fellows

The Emory Department of Orthopaedics was privileged to host the 2007 class of AOA-North American Traveling Fellows October 31st – November 1st. Emory was the final destination of a four-week, 17-program tour that covered the Eastern U.S. and Canada. This year’s class, comprised of George Athwal, Bang Hoang, Samir Mehta, Brett Owens, and Jennifer Wolf, treated faculty and residents to talks on a wide variety of topics. Emory faculty members John Heller and Gary McGillivary also addressed the group on current topics of interest. The fellows were then given the opportunity to tour some of Emory’s clinical facilities before concluding their trip with a dinner with faculty.

2007 North American Traveling Fellows with department Chairman, Jim Roberson

The department gathers following the morning’s academic session