Schatzker Visiting Professorship

February 25th, 2022

07:30

Invited Speaker:

Dr. Mitchell Bernstein

Talk Title:

"Torsional Osteotomies for Patellofemoral Dysfunction"

His primary research focus is in the area of pediatric and adult orthopaedic trauma, including limb lengthening and complex extremity reconstruction. A secondary focus is in value-based health care delivery and outcomes research.

He is Co-Director of the Limb Deformity Unit at the Shriners Hospital for Children, where he established collaboration with Louis-Nicolas Veilleux PhD (Principal Investigator and Department Head of the Motion Analysis Centre) and Thierry Pauyo MD (orthopaedic sports medicine colleague) at Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada to develop and promote a research project that explores the functional impact of patients with torsional deformities of the lower-extremities and assesses surgical outcomes.

His research endeavors include:

Instability Research Program
The introduction, implementation and development of a Knee Instability Research Program, Gait Lab at the Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada in December 2017. This is a research grant with Marianne Gagnon, PhD Student in Experimental Surgery with the collaboration with Dr. Thierry Pauyo, Orthopaedic Surgery – Sports Medicine.

Value-based health care outcomes research
Experience with the analysis of large patient databases as it relates to episode of care costing, cancellation rates, time to surgery, and patient-satisfaction surveys.