Research Recipients

Research Award List

The 2019 Micro Grants were funded in part by a sponsorship from Medicrea, Inc.

POSNA Micro Grant

Year Grant Recipient Title
2019 Derek Stenquist, MD
Boston Children's Hospital		 Development and Evaluation of a Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture Simulation for Resident Education in Haiti
2019 Anna Vergun, MD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill		 Evaluation of deferoxamine impregnated suture as a deterrent to surgical site infection in a rat model
2019 Mara Karamitopoulos, MD, FAAOS
New York Univ Langone Orthopaedic Hospital		 Barriers to Access Faced by Non-English Speaking Families of Children with Neuromuscular Condition or Cerebral Palsy: A Quality Improvement Project to Address the Disparity
2019 Corinna Franklin, MD
Shriners Hospital of Philadelphia		 Female Initiative: Evaluation and Rehabilitation Care Excellence
2019 John Sarwak, MD
Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago		 Simulating a mechanistic data driven model of the human spine to predict the growth and spinal curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
2019 Elaine Joughin, MD, FRCSC
Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary		 A prospective audit of pain management for pediatric orthopedic patients after discharge from hospital
2019 Christen Russo, MD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center		 Promoting Bone Health in Communities: early use of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements
2019 Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, MPH
The Regents of the Univ of California, San Francisco		 Observership Opportunities in Pediatric Orthopaedics for Surgeons from Low and-Middle Income Countries: Perceived Barriers and Impact
2019 Maryse Bouchard, MD, MSc
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto		 Sponsorship of Ponseti Course in Hanoi, Vietnam
2019 Meredith Lazar-Antman, MD
New York Winthrop University Hospital		 Training Clinical Examination Skills for Diagnosing Infants with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
2019 Elizabeth Liotta, MBBS
Boston Children's Hospital		 Post-operative Pain Scores and Opioid Use Following ACL Reconstruction with Quadriceps versus Hamstring Autograft in Adolescents and Young Adults
2019 Joseph Petfield, MD
Nemours A I duPont Hospital for Children		 Do Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod Graduates Develop Metal Sensitivity?
2019 Kellie Leitch, MD
Univ. of Mississippi Med Ctr		 Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Research Program
2019 Nina Lightdale, MD
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles		 Evaluating the Effects of Adaptive Rock Climbing on the Well-Being of Patients with Upper Limb Differences
2019 Cynthia Nguyen, MD
Shriners Hospital for Children, Pasadena		 The Effectiveness of Counseling UsingObjective Monitoring Feedback on Compliance of Clubfoot Brace Wear
2019 Philip McClure, MD
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore		 Effect of Intramedullary Reaming on Regenerate Quality in Motorized Internal Lengthening
2019 Henry Ellis, MD
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas		 Top 10 Pediatric Sports Medicine Research Articles for Parents of Young Children
2019 Brian Smith, MD
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston		 My Scoliosis Surgery Journey: The Video
2019 Christopher Makarewich, MD
Univ of Utah, Dept. of Orthopaedics		 Remote Follow-up in the Post-operative care of Surgically Treated Supracondylar Humerus Fractures - A Quality Initiative
2019 Sean Tabaie, MD
Children's Nat'l Med Ctr, Wash, DC		 Hip Surveillance Manual Outlining the Background & Treatment Algorithm for Primary Care Pediatric Physicians Managing Children with CP
2019 Luis Moraleda Novo, MD PhD
Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid		 Does a Rotational Torque at the Level of the Physis Affect its Growth Rate?
2018 Michael Horan, MD, MS
Palmetto Health-USC Orthopaedic Center		 Resident Benefits on Education and Cultural Sensitivity from Pediatric Orthopaedic Mission Trips to Underserved Regions (COUR)
2018 Teresa Cappello, MD
Loyola University Medical Center		 A Cost Effective Cast Saw Simulation-based Educational Module to Improve Cast Saw Removal Safety
2018 Nirav Pandya, MD
UCSF		 The Impact of Patient Education in the Pre-Operative Holding on Post-Operative Opioid in Elective Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Cases
2018 John Vorhies, MD
Stanford Children's Health		 Can Commitment Contracts and Financial Incentives Improve Brace Compliance in the Treatment of Clubfoot? A pilot study
2018 Cordelia Carter, MD
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital		 Creation of a Pediatric Firearm-related Musculoskeletal Injury Database
2018 Sarah Sibbel, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine		 Burnout in Pediatric Orthopedics
2018 Carley Vuillermin, MBBS, FRACS
Boston Children's Hospital		 Assessing Valgus Deformity of the Ankle in Children Following a Free Fibular Graft Harvest
2018 Derek Nhan, BS
Johns Hopkins Children's Center		 Novel Technique for Repairing Partial ACL Tears: Biomechanical Analysis using a Cadaveric Model
2018 Joshua Abzug, MD
University of Maryland		 Comparison of Normal and Damaged Human Physes - Can We Identify Factors That Can Stop Injury of the Physis
2018 Jennifer Bauer, MD, MS
Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedic Surgery		 Does it Matter What You Wear to Clinic? What Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Patients and Parents Think
2018 Aristides Cruz, MD
Hasbro Children's Hospital/Brown University		 A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Operative vs. Non-Operative Treatment for Type II Supracondylar Humeral Fractures in Children
2018 Verena Schreiber, MD
NorthShore University HealthSystem		 Keeping Casts Dry – A Comparison Study of Effectiveness of Various Commercially Available Cast Covers in the Pediatric Population
2018 Walter Truong, MD
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare		 Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record for Medical Missions Care
2018 Jeffrey Sawyer, MD
University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic		 Long‐Term (> 10 year) Assessment of Outcomes from Surgical Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis: Development of Methodology and Outcome Assessment Tools
2018 Jennifer Beck, MD
Orthopaedic Institute for Children		 QSVI of CAM Boot vs Walking Cast for Treatment of Low Risk Ankle Injuries
2018 Shannon Kelly, MD
Children's National Health System		 Development of a Resident Educational Program for Casting Skills
2018 Kali Tileston, MD
Stanford University		 The role of health mindset in adolescents' compliance with brace wear for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
2018 John T. Anderson, MD
Children's Mercy Hospital		 Utilize the Diversity POSNA Members From 13 Participating Centers in the CHOISSE Project to Develop Low Cost Quality Preoperative 3-Minute Educational Videos for Viewing by OR Team Members Before Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) Surgical Cases
2018 James Barsi, MD
Stony Brook University Hospital		 Validation of a Ponseti Casting Simulation
2018 Jaysson Brooks, MD
Children's of Mississippi/University of Mississippi Medical Center		 The Effect of Social Interaction through Mobile Applications on the Quality of Life of Children Diagnosed with Early Onset Scoliosis
2017 Selina Poon, MD
Shriners Hospital for Children		 A Pilot Study for Evaluation of Parents and Patients with GMFCS Level II Cerebral Palsy Satisfaction and Comfort with Home Physical Therapy through Tele-Therapy
2017 Daniel Miller
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia		 Improving Trainee Understanding of Pelvic Osteotomies for the Treatment of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
2017 Joshua Murphy, MD
Children's Orthopaedics of Atlanta		 Impact of an Accelerated Discharge Pathway on Early Outcomes and Recovery Following Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
2017 Martin Morrison
Lorma Linda University		 Biomechanical Comparison of External Fixator-Augmented Titanium Elastic Nails Versus Titanium Elastic Nails Alone in an Unstable Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fracture Model
2017 Mathilde Hupin
Boston Children's Hospital		 Boston Children's / CHU Ste-Justine Pediatric Orthopaedic Columbia Mission Trip
2017 Elizabeth Hubbard
Shriners Hospital, Lexington, KY		 Effect of foot abduction brace type on brace-wear compliance in idiopathic clubfoot
2017 Jeffrey Peck, MD
McLaren-Fling/Kettering University Michigan		 Crash safety analysis of currently available vehicular restraint systems for hip spica casted children utilizing specially designed spica-casted pediatric crash test dummies
2017 William Hennrikus, MD
Penn State College of Medicine		 Panama City Resident Surgeon Observer-ship at Penn State College of Medicine
2017 Sarah Nossov
Shriners Hospital, Philadelphia 		Impact of Family Educational Videos for Increasing Clubfoot Bracing Compliance
2017 David Spiegel, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 		Implementing and evaluating a Pediatric Modular Trauma Course for orthopaedic surgeons in Pakistan
2017 Sumit Gupta, MD
University of Missouri		 The cost of physiologic referrals to a pediatric orthopaedic clinic