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October 2013
Dr. Robert Klapper: Preventing Knee Surgery
Robert Klapper, MD, is director of the Joint Replacement Program and an orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Group and Cedars-Sinai Health Associates. He is a leader in minimally invasive surgical technique and holds nine patents on specially designed instruments used in orthopedic surgery. He was the orthopedic consultant to the TV show “ER,” and is the co-host of ESPN Radio’s Weekend Warrior. He’s co-authored two books on how to avoid surgery and what to do if surgery is needed: Heal Your Knees and Heal Your Hips.

February 2010
Dr. Cynthia LaBella: Preventing Knee Injuries in Young Athletes
Dr. LaBella is presently the Medical Director of the Institute for Sports Medicine at Children’s Memorial Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a board certified in both Pediatrics and Sports Medicine, and is currently the team physician for the United States Rhythmic Gymnastics team. Dr. LaBella has dedicated her career to preventing injury in youth sports.

December 2009
Dr. Kevin Stone: Shifting From Bionic to Biologic Replacement
Over the past ten years, great strides have been made in the field of orthopedic surgery. Research conducted in the past decade has helped scientists in the field gain a better understanding of knee anatomy, treatment, and care. Dr. Kevin Stone notes that one of the biggest and most notable developments made in orthopedics is portrayed in the shift from the bionic (artificial) to biologic replacement of arthritic joints.

August 2009
Dr. Lyle J. Micheli: Orthopedic Care for Young Athletes
Lyle J. Micheli, M.D., is director of the Division of Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston, and in 2005, was named the O’Donnell Family Professor of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston.

July 2009
Dr. Brian J. Cole: Comprehensive Approach to Cartilage Restoration
Dr. Cole is a Professor in the Department of Orthopedics with a conjoint appointment in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He is the Section Head of the Cartilage Research Program at Rush University Medical Center and the Cartilage Restoration Center at Rush, a multidisciplinary program specializing in the restoration of articular cartilage and meniscal deficiency. He also serves as the head of the Orthopedic Master’s Program and trains residents and fellows in sports medicine.

November 2008
Dr. Wolfgang Fitz: Advancing Orthopedic Biotechnology and Partial Knee Replacements
Dr. Fitz is an associate orthopedic surgeon at Brigham and Women's, Falkner and New England Baptist Hospitals in Boston as well as an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. He was one of the design surgeons for the surgical technique and instrumentation for minimally invasive total knee replacement.

October 2008
Dr. Andrew Freiberg: Advances in OA and Biomaterials
Overcoming osteoarthritis, the benefits of arthroplasty, and new developments in orthopedic biomaterials