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Who We Are

The Institute partners with the Sports Medicine Service and the Laboratory for Soft Tissue Research at HSS. Our research is currently focused on three areas:

  • growing replacement articular cartilage in the knee and in the laboratory for implantation to repair localized injuries;

  • the creation of a synthetic ligament to replace one that has been torn without sacrificing healthy tissue; and

  • developing biological therapies to improve blood flow in tissues that have a naturally poor blood supply.

Anyone is susceptible to injury when participating in athletics. Our research hope is to minimize the surgical trauma caused by these injuries or perhaps eliminate the need for surgery in some cases. The Institute's work will hopefully extend the period during which each of us can pursue the activities and athletic pursuits that give us the greatest pleasure.

Projects Funded by the Institute

  • Microfracture Treatment for the Treatment of Cartilage Lesions of the Knee

  • Surgical Management of posterior Shoulder Instability

  • High Tibial Osteotomy for Chronic Posterior Lateral Instability of the Varus Knee

  • Clinical Evaluation of Allograft ACL Reconstruction

  • Gene Therapy and Tissue Engineering Therapy for Articular Cartilage Repair

  • Gene Therapy for Meniscal Injury

  • Gene Therapy and Tissue Engineering Approach to the Healing of Meniscal Injury

  • Osteoprotegrin in Tendon-to-Bone Healing

  • Project to Establish New Animal Models for Chronic Rotator Cuff Tears

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