Clinical Research Section
Clinical Research Team
- Stephen J. Warner, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Research - Layla Haidar, MPH
Program Manager - Natasha Howard, BS
Regulatory Specialist - Jacob Siahaan, MS
Statistician - Alex Negron
Financial Analyst - Sterling Boutte, BS
Clinical Coordinator - Keyla Guevara
Clinical Coordinator - Jordan Harmon, BS
Clinical Coordinator
Past grant support:
- “A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Evaluating Pre-Operative Antiseptic Skin Solutions in Fractured Extremities”
PI: Warner, Stephen
Federal Support, METRC / DoD / University of Maryland / JHU
$151,999 2017 – 2022
- “REPAIR: Rehabilitation Enhanced by Partial Arterial Inflow Restriction | patient care (fixed fee)”
PI: Warner, Stephen
Federal Support, METRC / DoD / JHU
$160,494 2018 – 2023
- “Effect of Early Weight Bearing on Rehabilitation”
PI: Gary, Joshua
Federal Support, METRC / DoD / JHU
$43,306 2018 – 2020
- “A Safety and Technical Feasibility Evaluation of the Curvafix Intramedullary RodscrEw System for FixaTion Of Pelvic and AcetabulaR FracturEs – RESTORE Study”
PI: Warner, Stephen
Industry Support, Curvafix Inc
$53,901 2019 – 2011
- “Complications and Safety of Blood Clot Prevention Medicines Used in Orthopedic Trauma Patients”
PI: Warner, Stephen
Federal Support, METRC / JHU
$522,324 2017 – 2022
- “A Multi Center Prospective Observational Study of Nerve Repair and Reconstruction Associated with Major Extremity Trauma”
PI: Gary, Joshua
Federal Support, METRC / DoD / JHU
$44,800 2016 – 2021
- “An ACDF Multi-center Study Using ViviGen Cellular Bone Matrix”
PI: Prasarn, Mark
Industry Support, Johnson & Johnson Services Inc.
$23,900 2016 – 2021
- “A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Efficacy and Safety Study of Palovarotene in Subjects with Multiple Osteochondromas”
PI: Conrad, Ernest
Industry Support, PPD Investigator Services LLC
$305,762 2018 – 2022
- “Continuation of the Transtibial Amputation Outcomes Study (TAOS)”
PI: Gary, Joshua
Federal Support, METRC / DoD / JHU
$24,225 2017 – 2021
Current grant support:
- “The Major Extremity Trauma and Rehabilitation Research Consortium | PRECISE, EMSBIND, CBPT, AlterG”
$726,104 2017 – Current
Federal Support, METRC
PI: Warner, Stephen
- “The Mobility Toolkit: Electronically Augmented Assessment of Functional Recovery Following Lower-Extremity Trauma”
PI: Warner, Stephen
Federal Support, METRC
$72,125 2018 – Current
- “TOBRA – Novel Topical Antibiotic Therapy to Reduce Infection after Operative Treatment of Fractures at High Risk of Infection: A Multicenter Randomized, Controlled Trial”
PI: Warner, Stephen
Federal Support, METRC
$14,621 2020 – Current
- “SEXTANT: Title Evaluation of a New Strategy for Protocolized Antibiotic Care for Severe Open Fractures”
PI: Warner, Stephen
Federal Support, METRC
$7,076 2021 – Current
- “Effect of NSAIDs on Union, Opioid Utilization and Pain Management for Tibia Fractures: A Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial”
PI: Warner, Stephen
Federal Support, METRC
$80,217 2020 – Current
- “Subacromial Bursa Implantation After Rotator Cuff Repair – A Randomized Controlled Trial”
PI: Gregory, James
Industry Support, Arthrex Inc.
$69,420 2021 – Current
- “Proximal Humerus Fixation with the Conventus CAGETM PH Device: A Post-Approval Observational Data Collection Study, A Single Center Study, Memorial Hermann”
PI: Gregory, James
Industry Support, Conventus Orthopaedics, Inc.
$96,335 2017 – Current
- “OXINIUM DH Total Hip Replacement System in Subjects with Non-Inflammatory Arthritis”
PI: Mathis, Kenneth
Industry Support, Smith & Nephew Inc.
$45,013 2019 – Current
- “IlluminOss(R) Device Global Registry – A Prospective, Post-Market, Multi-Center Evaluation of the Clinical Outcomes of the IlluminOss Device”
PI: Harvin, William
Industry Support, IlluminOss Medical Inc.
$27,953 2022 – Current
- “CIVO(R) Microdose Injections of Anti-Cancer Therapies”
PI: Conrad, Ernest
Industry Support, Presage Biosciences, Inc.
$48,815 2021 – Current
- “Evaluation of a Steady State Visual Evoked Potentials (SSVEP) in mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)”
PI: Ott, Summer
Industry Support, HeadsafeIP Pty Ltd
$37,635 2021 – Current
- “Tornier PERFORM Stemless Reverse IDE Study”
PI: Gregory, James
Industry Support, Stryker Orthopaedics
$17,557 2022 – Current
- “A Phase 1b Open-Label, Dose-Escalating Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of PLG0206 in Patients Undergoing Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention (DAIR) for Treatment of a Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) Occurring After Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)”
PI: Rodriguez-Quintana, David
Industry Support, Peptilogics Inc.
$28,921 2022 – Current
- “Double Blinded Prospective Pilot Study to Determine the Safety and Effectiveness of a Connective Tissue Allograft (Active Matrix¿) vs. Standard of Care in Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder”
PI: Berkman, Eric
Industry Support, Skye Biologics Holdings, LLC
$39,534 2022 – Current
- “Multicenter, Prospective Post-Market Clinical Follow-Up Study of the G7(R) Freedom Constrained Vivacit-E(R) Liner”
PI: Rodriguez-Quintana, David
Industry Support, Zimmer Biomet Inc.
$11,011 2023 – Current
- “Sacral Fracture Fusion/Fixation for Rapid Rehabilitation”
PI: Prasarn, Mark
Industry Support, SI-BONE, Inc.
$9,711 2023 – Closing Early
- “A Multi-Centre Study in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement with Smith+Nephew Porous Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) System”
PI: Mathis, Kenneth
Industry Support, Smith & Nephew Inc.
10,070 2023 – Current
Recent publications
- Worsham, J., Lowe, W. R., Copa, D., Williams, S., Kleihege, J., Lauck, K., … & Bailey, L. (2019). Subsequent surgery for loss of motion after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction does not influence function at 2 years: a matched case-control analysis. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 47(11), 2550-2556.
- Castillo, R. C., Huang, Y., Scharfstein, D., Frey, K., Bosse, M. J., Pollak, A. N., … & Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium. (2019). Association between 6-week postdischarge risk classification and 12-month outcomes after orthopedic trauma. JAMA surgery, 154(2), e184824-e184824.
- Rogers, N. B., Hartline, B. E., Achor, T. S., Kumaravel, M., Gary, J. L., Choo, A. M., … & Warner, S. J. (2020). Improving the diagnosis of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: a new imaging protocol. JBJS, 102(4), 309-314.
- Campbell, S. T., Lim, P. K., Kantor, A. H., Gausden, E. B., Goodnough, L. H., Park, A. Y., … & Gardner, M. J. (2020). Complication rates after lateral plate fixation of periprosthetic distal femur fractures: a multicenter study. Injury, 51(8), 1858-1862.
- Doerre, T., Hallwachs, A. J., Fullick, R., & Lowe, W. R. (2020). Repair of an acute latissimus dorsi tendon rupture using bicortical button fixation. Techniques in Shoulder & Elbow Surgery, 21(3), 70-75.
- Garner, M. R., Warner, S. J., Heiner, J. A., Kim, Y. T., & Agel, J. (2020). Soft tissue management in open tibial shaft fractures: a comparison of institutional preferences and resultant early clinical outcomes. Bone & Joint Open, 1(8), 481-487.
- Warth, R. J., Zandiyeh, P., Rao, M., Gabr, R. E., Tashman, S., Kumaravel, M., … & Harner, C. D. (2020). Quantitative assessment of in vivo human anterior cruciate ligament autograft remodeling: a 3-dimensional UTE-T2* imaging study. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(12), 2939-2947.
- Warth, R. J., Shupe, P. G., Gao, X., Syed, M., Lowe, W. R., Huard, J., & Harner, C. D. (2020). Fibrin clots maintain the viability and proliferative capacity of human mesenchymal stem cells: An in vitro study. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 478(3), 653.
- Suchting, R., Kapoor, S., Mathis, K. B., & Ahn, H. (2020). Changes in experimental pain sensitivity from using home-based remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation in older adults with knee osteoarthritis. Pain Medicine, 21(11), 2676-2683.
- Ahn, H., Galle, K., Mathis, K. B., Miao, H., Montero-Hernandez, S., Jackson, N., … & Pollonini, L. (2020). Feasibility and efficacy of remotely supervised cranial electrical stimulation for pain in older adults with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled pilot study. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 77, 128-133.
- Bailey, L., Weldon, M., Kleihege, J., Lauck, K., Syed, M., Mascarenhas, R., & Lowe, W. R. (2021). Platelet-Rich Plasma Augmentation of Meniscal Repair in the Setting of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(12), 3287-3292.
- Presley, J., Bailey, L., Maloney, K., Duncan, B., Reid, M., Juneau, C., & Lowe, W. R. (2021). The influence of mode-of-injury on psychological readiness for return-to-sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a matched-controlled study. International journal of sports physical therapy, 16(1), 177.
- O’Toole, R. V., Stein, D. M., Frey, K. P., O’Hara, N. N., Scharfstein, D. O., Slobogean, G. P., … & Castillo, R. C. (2021). Protocol: PREVENTion of CLots in Orthopaedic Trauma (PREVENT CLOT): a randomised pragmatic trial protocol comparing aspirin versus low-molecular-weight heparin for blood clot prevention in orthopaedic trauma patients. BMJ Open, 11(3).
- Park, A. Y., & Smith, D. W. (2021). Volar Approach to the First Extensor Compartment for Surgical Treatment of DeQuervain Tenosynovitis. Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, 25(2), 108-110.
- Maxwell, G. T., Warth, R. J., Amin, A., Darlow, M. A., Bailey, L., Lowe, W. R., & Harner, C. D. (2021). Multiple ligament knee injuries: Does the knee dislocation classification predict the type of surgical management?. The Journal of Knee Surgery, 34(03), 273-279.
- Lin, C. A., O’Hara, N. N., Sprague, S., O’Toole, R. V., Joshi, M., Harris, A. D., … & PREP-IT Investigators. (2021). Low Adherence to Recommended Guidelines for Open Fracture Antibiotic Prophylaxis. JBJS, 103(7), 609-617.
- Rogers, N. B., Karam, W. N., Kumaravel, M., Warner, S. J., & Gary, J. L. (2021). Dual-Energy CT to Diagnose Occult Femoral Neck Fracture in MRI-Contraindicated Patient: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connector, 11(4), e21.
- Garner, M. R., Warner, S. J., Heiner, J. A., Kim, Y. T., & Agel, J. (2021). Evaluation of the orthopaedic trauma association open fracture classification (OTA-OFC) as an outcome prediction tool in open tibial shaft fractures. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 1-5.
- Han, S., Rodriguez-Quintana, D., Freedhand, A. M., Mathis, K. B., Boiwka, A. V., & Noble, P. C. (2021). Contemporary robotic systems in total knee arthroplasty: A review of accuracy and outcomes. Orthopedic Clinics, 52(2), 83-92.
- O’Toole, R. V., Joshi, M., Carlini, A. R., Murray, C. K., Allen, L. E., Huang, Y., … & Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium. (2021). Effect of intrawound vancomycin powder in operatively treated high-risk tibia fractures: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA surgery, 156(5), e207259-e207259.
- O’Toole, R. V., Joshi, M., Carlini, A. R., Murray, C. K., Allen, L. E., Huang, Y., … & Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium. (2021). Effect of intrawound vancomycin powder in operatively treated high-risk tibia fractures: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA surgery, 156(5), e207259-e207259.
- Ebaugh, M. P., McGarvey, W. C., Penner, M. J., & Berlet, G. C. (2021). Revision Total Ankle Arthroplasty. In Primary and Revision Total Ankle Replacement(pp. 421-446). Springer, Cham.
- Rennard, J., Rogers, N., Achor, T., Kumaravel, M., Gary, J., Choo, A., … & Warner, S. J. (2022). The Impact of Magnetic Resonance Imaging on the Diagnosis of High-Energy Ipsilateral Femoral Neck and Shaft Fractures. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 36(2), 93-97.
- Rigsby, V. P., Shaw, J. C., Stankaitis, C. N., Kleihege, J. L., Lowe, W. R., Bailey, L., & Higbie, S. R. (2022, February). Return-to-Sport Outcomes Following ACL Reconstruction with Concomitant Meniscus Allograft Transplantation Versus Isolated ACL Reconstruction. In 2022 Combined Sections Meeting (CSM). APTA.
- McKinley, T. O., Gaski, G. E., Billiar, T. R., Vodovotz, Y., Brown, K. M., Elster, E. A., … & Castillo, R. C. (2022). Patient-Specific Precision Injury Signatures to Optimize Orthopaedic Interventions in Multiply Injured Patients (PRECISE STUDY). Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 36, S14-S20.
- Heiner, J. A., Banner, K. A., Wu, V. J., Achor, T. S., Gary, J. L., Munz, J. W., … & Warner, S. J. (2022). The Injury Characteristics of Open Pilon Fractures Predictive of Complications. Injury.
- Ebaugh, P., Alford, T. H., Davis, E., Kutzarov, K. J., Greaser, M. C., & McGarvey, W. C. (2022). Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMIS) of Primary Total Ankle Arthroplasty in Patients Under 50 Years of Age. Foot & ankle orthopaedics, 7(1), 2473011421S00184.
- Kellam, J. F. (2022). Are Bone Metabolism and Bone Material Strength Evaluations Worthwhile?: Commentary on an article by Tamara D. Rozental, MD, et al.:“Longitudinal Changes in Serum Markers of Bone Metabolism and Bone Material Strength in Premenopausal Women with Distal Radial Fracture”. JBJS, 104(1), e3.
- Vemulapalli, K. C., Pechero, G. R., Warner, S. J., Achor, T. S., Gary, J. L., Munz, J. W., … & Routt Jr, M. L. C. (2022). Is retrograde nailing superior to lateral locked plating for complete articular distal femur fractures?. Injury, 53(2), 640-644.