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Vinod Dasa, MD
School of Medicine
Orthopedics

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Arthritis Bone Regeneration Cartilage Diseases Infection Inflammation





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Arthritis Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthroplasty, Replacement Cartilage Diseases Cartilage, Articular Infection Orthopedic Procedures Osteoarthritis, Hip Osteoarthritis, Knee Sports Medicine

Last Updated: 02/15/2019

Michael Maristany, MD
School of Medicine
Radiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Arthritis Osteoarthritis





Keywords Associated with Work:
	CT Infection Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy MRI Radiology tumor X-ray

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Christopher Marrero, MD
School of Medicine
Orthopedics

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Arthritis Arthroplasty, Replacement Joint Diseases Osteoarthritis Sports Medicine



Unique Equipment Used:
	Orthopedic Equipment Orthopedic Fixation Devices Orthopedic Procedures
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Arthritis Arthroplasty, Replacement Joint Diseases Osteoarthritis Sports Medicine

Last Updated: 02/27/2019

Luis Marrero, PhD
School of Medicine
Orthopedics / Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapy for arthritis Assessment of osteoarthritis-attributable myopenia Cannabinoid-based management of pain and inflammation in arthritis Histopathology of non-neoplastic and cancer lesions Repair and regeneration in limb trauma and ischemia reperfusion injury
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cancer biology and prognosis Energy metabolism in tissue salvage

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	ATP In Vivo Electrophysiology Biophotonic Imaging In Vivo Deconvolution Microscopy Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Histopathology Scoring Hyperbaric Oxygenation Immunohistochemistry immunohistofluorescence In Vivo Bioluminescence Laser Capture Microdissection Limb Amputation and Joint Excision Surgery Live Cell Imaging Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton Multiplex Assays Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Stereomicroscopy Whole Mount Fluorescence
Unique Equipment Used:
	Bio-Rad Radiance 2100 Laser Scanning Confocal System Confocal Microscope Cryotome Epifluorescent Microscope Fluoview FV1000 multiphoton system In Vivo Biophotonic Imager Kodak In Vivo Image Station FX Laser Capture Microdissection Scope Leica CM3050S cryostat Leica DMRXA deconvolution microscopy systems (2X)Leica Mz74 stereoscope Light Microscope Micro-CT Mutiphoton Microscope Nikon E600 upright microscope PALM Microbeam Perkin Elmer GX2 micro-CT scanner Shandon Finesse Paraffin Microtome Shandon Histocentre Paraffin Embedding Station Shandon Hypercenter XP Paraffin Processor Shandon Varistain 24-4 Xenogen IVIS 200 X-ray Imager
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Amputation Arthrofibrosis Blastema Fibroblasts Fibrosis Healthcare Disparities Hyperbaric Oxygenation Inflammation Joint Replacement Limb Trauma Matrix Remodeling Osteoarthritis Regeneration Scaffold Wound Healing

Last Updated: 03/27/2024

Jennifer Simkin, PhD
School of Medicine
Orthopedics

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Bone and Cartilage Regeneration Bone Regeneration Molecular Pathways in Osteoarthritis
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Health Equity

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Cell and Tissue Culture Immunohistochemistry Multiplex ELISA Assays Quantitative PCR
Unique Equipment Used:
	Cell Culture Confocal Microscopy LightCycler qPCR MicroComputed Tomography
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Guided Tissue Regeneration Health Equity Osteoarthritis Precision Medicine

Last Updated: 09/13/2019