Orthopaedics

Boonshoft School of Medicine faculty part of surgical team that separated conjoined twins

A surgical team from Dayton Children’s Hospital that included three Wright State faculty members separated conjoined twins through a series of operations over the past two years. Continue reading

Wright State medical and engineering students present traumatic brain injury research to U.S. Army

Wright State medical and biomedical engineering students are researching the relationship between biomarkers found in the bloodstream following traumatic brain injury and symptoms and severity of injury. Continue reading

Wright State to host Orthopaedic Research and Innovation Symposium

Tarun Goswami

Engineering and orthopaedic researchers and clinicians from around Ohio and the region are expected to attend the symposium on April 10. Continue reading

Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics to offer educational session on breaking the pain cycle

Justin Lodge, a physical therapist with Wright State Physicians Physical Therapy, will present “Dry Needling: Break Into Pain” on Oct. 18. Continue reading

Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics to offer educational session about concussion

Corey Ellis, director of the Wright State Physicians Concussion Clinic, will discuss the signs and symptoms of a concussion and the latest treatment options. Continue reading

Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics to offer educational session about physical therapy

Iva Staats, a physical therapist with Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics, will discuss “What is Physical Therapy, Anyway?” Continue reading

25 Wright State physicians and faculty named 2015-16 Best Doctors in America

Wright State physicians and faculty were named best doctors across a range of specialties ranging from pediatric pulmonology to family medicine and psychiatry to orthopaedic surgery. Continue reading

Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics to offer educational session about spine conditions

Mark Kayanja, an orthopaedic spine surgeon with Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics, will discuss back pain, disc prolapses and spinal stenosis on Jan. 19. Continue reading

Ashes to action

Medicine and the Holocaust focus of course for Wright State medical students

Medical students study the Holocaust to try to understand how physicians could ever be part of euthanasia, medical experimentation, torture and mass extermination. Continue reading

Designer genes

Wright State biomedical engineering students get chance to examine reconstruction of fateful TWA Flight 800

Graduate students in Wright State’s biomedical engineering program met with federal regulators and investigators to learn how the government analyzes equipment failures and works to design systems that don’t fail. Continue reading