Current Orthopaedic Surgery Residents

About Me

• Hometown: Hannibal, MO
• College: University of Missouri - Columbia
• Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia
• Hobbies/Interests: Golf, traveling with my wife, hiking, biking, cooking, fishing, KC Chiefs, STL Blues, STL Cardinals, Mizzou Sports
• Columbia favorites: Just Jeffs, Booches, Logboat Brewery, EndWell Taverna, Jina Yoos, MKT Trail, Sparky's, Midway Golf and Games, Shakespeares Pizza, Top Ten Wines, Lake of the Ozarks
• Ongoing Research Projects:
  • Comparison of Graft Types for Acetabular Labrum Reconstruction in a Preclinical Canine Model: Medial Meniscus vs. Tendon Allografts
  • Formal Hand Therapy for Patients Following Basal Joint Arthroplasty: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs?
  • Recent Trends in Quadriceps Tendon and Patellar Tendon Injuries in the National Football League
  • Readability of spine-related patient education materials: a standard method for improvement
  • Functional biomechanical comparison of Latarjet vs. distal tibial osteochondral allograft for anterior glenoid defect reconstruction
  • An Injectable Containing Morphine, Ropivacaine, Epinephrine, and Ketorolac Is Not Cytotoxic to Articular Cartilage Explants From Degenerative Knees

About Me

• Hometown: Columbia, MO
• College: University of Missouri - Columbia
• Medical School: Lincoln Memorial university DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Specialty Interest: Total Joints, Hand
• Hobbies/Interests: Playing basketball, traveling, finding new coffee shops and restaurants, hanging out with friends, spending time with family
• Columbia favorites: Shortwave Coffee, The Grind Coffee, Toasty Goat Coffee, Pizza Tree, HuHot, Mizzou Football, Rock Bridge State Park, Stephens Lake
• Highlighted Research: Khaleel, M., Garlapaty, A., Hawkins, S., Cook, J., Schweser, K., Rucinski, K. (2024, Sept). Association of Race with Referral Disparities for Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers at an Institution Serving Rural and Urban Populations.

About Me

• Hometown: Columbia, MO
• College: University of Missouri - Columbia
• Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia
• Specialty Interest: Undecided
• Hobbies/Interests: football, soccer, volleyball, running, swimming, traveling
• Columbia favorites: Chris McD's, Cosmo Park

About Me

• Hometown: Riverdale, MD
• College: University of Mississippi and James Madison University
• Medical School: Trinity School of Medicine
• Specialty Interest: Sports Medicine
• Hobbies/Interests: Watching college football, playing football or basketball, going to the gym, restaurants, audio engineering, video design, graphic design
• Columbia favorites: Chris McD's, CC's, Jina Yoos, Cosmo Park, Stephens Lake, Mizzou Football
• Featured Research: Bangura, A.T., Burke, C.E., Enobun, B., O'Hara, N.N., Gary, J.L., Floccare, D.J., Chizmar, T.P., Pollak, A.N., & Slobogean, G.P. (2022, Jan). Are pelvic binders an effective prehospital intervention?

About Me

• Hometown: Naperville, IL
• College: Bowling Green State University
• Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine
• Specialty Interest: Sports Medicine, Hand
• Hobbies/Interests: Trail running, hiking, traveling
• Columbia favorites: Meriwether Cafe, MKT and Katy Trails, Rock Bridge State Park, The A Frame, Farmer's Market Saturdays
• Ongoing Research Projects:
  • Arthroscopic Hip Labral Reconstruction with Fresh Meniscal Allograft

About Me

• Hometown: Belleville, IL
• College: University of Missouri - Columbia
• Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia
• Specialty Interest: Foot & Ankle, Sports
• Hobbies/Interests: Running, cycling, triathlons, camping, hiking, spending time with my fiancée Rachel
• Columbia favorites: MKT and Katy Trails, gravel roads, Mizzou sports, Uprise Bakery, Goldie's Bagels
• Ongoing Research Projects:
  • Short Term Outcomes Utilizing Custom Total Talus Replacement with Subtalar Arthrodesis for Revision and Complex Total Ankle Arthroplasty
  • Safety and Efficacy of Hyperosmolar Saline Irrigation Fluid in Arthroscopic Ankle Surgery
  • Clinical Outcomes after First Metatarsal Phalangeal Joint Fusion using Arthrex Nitinol Staples

About Me

• Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD
• College: University of Kansas
• Medical School: Saint Louis University
• Specialty Interest: Undecided
• Hobbies/Interests: Hiking with my dog (Lady), yoga, and piano
• Columbia favorites: Grindstone Nature Area, Rockbridge State Park, 44 Stone, Flyover
• Ongoing Research Projects:
  • Weight-Bearing Timing and Outcomes after Surgical Suture Button Repair of the Distal Tibiofibular Syndesmosis

About Me

• Hometown: St. Louis, MO
• College: Westminster College
• Graduate School: Saint Louis University
• Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia
• Specialty Interest: Sports, Trauma
• Hobbies/Interests: Golf, weightlifting, woodworking, craft beer
• Columbia favorites: Barred Owl, Flyover, Pasta La Fata, 44 Canteen, Cafe Berlin
• Ongoing Research Projects:
  • Readability of Online Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Educational Materials
  • Systematic review of health literacy and outcomes in orthopaedic surgery
  • Systematic review of readability of orthopaedic surgery patient education materials
  • The role of health literacy in knee surgery outcomes
  • Mechanism of internal rotation limitation following reverse shoulder arthroplasty: Potential role of conjoint tendon recession in decreasing internal rotation deficit

About Me

• Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
• College: University of Denver, Denver, CO
• Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
• Specialty Interest: Undecided
• Hobbies/Interests: Golf, Hockey, Green Bay Packers
• Columbia favorites: Mizzou football, Finger Lakes State Park

About Me

• Hometown: St. Louis, MO
• College: Boston College
• Medical School: University of Missouri-Columbia
• Specialty Interest/Fellowship Plans: Spine, Trauma, Sports
• Hobbies/Interest: Golf, Hiking, Grilling, Horror Movies, Skiing
• Family: Caroline (fiance), Trooper (Dog), Toulouse and Sylvie (Cats)
• Columbia favorites: Mizzou football, Finger Lakes State Park

About Me

• Hometown: Glendale, WI
• College: University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
• Specialty Interest: Trauma, Hand, General
• Accomplishments: 1-1 MMA career, 2021 Stryker travel grant for OTA Annual Meeting
• Hobbies/Interest: Collecting vinyl records, hot yoga, physics and math
• Family: Wife, Katherine, and baby daughter, Miriam
• Columbia favorites: Ragtag Cinema, Barred Owl Restaurant, Rose Music Hall, Columbia Farmers Market
• Ongoing Research Project:
  • Substantial Improvement in Short-term Pain Following Carpal Tunnel Surgery for Patients with Moderate Preoperative Electromyography Findings is Diminished with Diabetes and Smoking

About Me

• Hometown: Burr Ridge, IL
• College: Northwestern University
• Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
• Specialty Interest: Undecided
• Hobbies/Interest: Hockey, traveling, House music
• Columbia favorites: Cafe Berlin, Logboat Brewery, Lakota Coffee

About Me

• Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
• College: Saint Louis University
• Medical School: Saint Louis University
• Specialty Interest: Joint Reconstruction
• Hobbies/Interests: Recreational sports (basketball, tennis, pickleball, cooking, skiing/snowboarding, fantasy football
• Columbia favorites: Logboat Brewery, Barred Owl, Gameday
• Research Interests: opioid use in orthopaedic patients, imageless robotic assisted TKAs, reducing infection risk during arthroplasty cases

About Me

• Hometown: Avon, IN
• College: University of Louisville
• Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
• Specialty Interest: Hand, Pediatrics
• Accomplishments:
  • Kentucky state record holder in the bench press, squat, and overall powerlifting total
  • Former Kentucky state deadlift recordholder at the 120kg weight class
  • 2017 Kentucky's USAPL Strongest Man
  • Alpha Omega Alpha member
• Hobbies/Interest: fitness, powerlifting, hiking
• Family: Allyson (wife)-- we couples matched at Mizzou and she's a family medicine resident
• Columbia favorites: Logboat, Sycamore, Barred Owl, Cherry Street Cellar, MKT trail, Rockbridge State Park, ARC gym
• Ongoing Research Projects:
  • Supplemental Dorsal Spanning Plate Fixation for Perilunate Fracture-Dislocations
  • Cubital Tunnel Control Orthoses in the Conservative Treatment of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome