• Ortho Team Takes Home PInCh Prize For Innovative CuffLink Platform

Kevin M. Bell, PhD, and Michael P. McClincy, MD, were recently awarded with a Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) prize for their work on developing CuffLink, a telehealth rehabilitation platform that combines the safety of mechanical motion exercise equipment with motion tracking and remote monitoring. CuffLink provides a solution for the nearly 530,000 annual surgical shoulder patients that often exhaust their insurance-allotted outpatient physical therapy visits. The added remote monitoring capabilities allow early rehabilitation to move home, saving outpatient PT visits for later in the recovery, when hands-on treatment is most valuable.

• UPMC/Pitt Researchers Awarded NIH R41 Grant for Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery Remote Monitoring Rehabilitation Platform

The grant will support developing and testing a remote monitoring system called CuffLink.

• Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Amanda McCoy, MD, MPH, Receives Grant from UPMC Children’s Scientific Program

Learn more about Dr. McCoy's research efforts and clinical focus.

• Non-Operative Rehabilitation Principles for Use in Individuals with Acetabular Dysplasia: A North American Based Delphi Study. Disantis AE, Martin RL, Enseki K, Spaid V, McClincy M. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2023 Dec 2;18(6):1331-1345.

• The Effect of Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis in an ACL-Reconstructed Knee With Partial Medial Meniscectomy: A Biomechanical Study. Özbek EA, Runer A, Dadoo S, DiNenna M, Linde M, Smolinski P, Musahl V, Mcclincy MP. Am J Sports Med. 2023 Nov;51(13):3473-3479.

• Amanda McCoy, MD, MPH, Invited to Give Grand Rounds Lecture at Columbia University

Dr. McCoy gave a Grand Rounds Lecture at Columbia University in January. Her lecture topic was "Caring for Pediatric Osteomyelitis in a Resource-Limited Setting: Making the Connection Between Local and Global Health Equity in Pediatric Orthopaedics."

• W. Timothy Ward, MD, Grand Rounds Visiting Professor on January 25, 2023

Dr. Ward's presentation was "My Thoughts on a Satisfying Orthopaedic Practice After 40 Years of Experience."

• UPMC Children’s launched its new Adolescent and Young Adult Hip Preservation Program, led by Dr. McClincy.

• The Orthopaedic Urgent Care Clinic continued to expand its services for patients after hours.

• The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery hosted its 6^th Annual Hip Preservation Conference in May 2023. The conference is a way to bridge gaps between professions and improve global management of patients with hip pain. The focus of the 2023 conference was on the impact of femoral and acetabular version on periarticular hip pathology: evaluation and management. Experts in the field gave insight into both operative and nonoperative care for long-term and short-term management of the hip. UPMC Children’s orthopaedic surgeon Michael McClincy, MD, gave a lecture on surgical management of acetabular version, and Ashley Disantis, DPT, OCS, presented on rehabilitation principles following PAO/derotational osteotomy.

• CME Course: Diagnosis of the Unstable Adolescent Hip. In this multifaceted CME course, pediatric orthopaedic surgeon Michael P. McClincy, MD, and colleagues the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery explain radiographic features of patients with mild hip dysplasia; analyze unstable hip and identify important exam findings; discuss in vivo hip kinematics; and the role of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool.