Department of Orthopaedics - University of Pitt

11/04/2025

Excited to share that our Foot & Ankle Injury Research Group’s (part of the Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center) recent research, presented this past September at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting, shows that Achilles tendon repair may lead to significant improvements in both pain relief and functional outcomes at six months.

Healio spoke with our own Dr. MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA to provide insight into the findings and their implications for patient care.

Read the full article here: https://www.healio.com/news/orthopedics/20251023/achilles-tendon-repair-may-improve-pain-function-at-6-months

Orthopedics Today

11/03/2025

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery was honored to welcome three Swiss orthopaedic traveling fellows – Dr. Florian Imhoff, Dr. Christian Egloff, and Dr. Robin Martin - to Pittsburgh this week, marking the first-ever visit from this group.

During their time in Pittsburgh, the fellows experienced a full schedule that highlighted our commitment here at Pitt/UPMC to clinical excellence, research, and education. Their visit included observing three knee surgeries at UPMC Shadyside Hospital, touring the UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, attending academic grand rounds and sports conference, and exploring several of our research facilities including the Biodynamics Lab (BDL), the Orthopaedic Robotics Lab (ORL), and Dr. Eni Halilaj’s Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University.

10/28/2025

MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA was featured this past month on The The American Orthopaedic Association's Lessons in Orthopaedic Leadership podcast. During the podcast, he touched on topics such as leadership habits that shaped his path and how those habits translate into practical decisions that align surgeons, hospitals and health plans he oversees around value.

Take a listen here on AOA's site: https://lnkd.in/e6rNM-Sa

10/25/2025

Thank you to David Kelly (https://www.facebook.com/davidkellydotco) for the awesome photos!

10/21/2025

"One of the most satisfying things is being able to take somebody from that state and restore their quality of life, whether it’s pain, restoring function, or getting them back into sports. And that’s not just with operations. Although it’s always great to fix it if something is broken, and people get better, it's also with non-operative treatment like physical therapy or injections. The best part is seeing improvement in quality of life. And really, that’s what got me into orthopaedics to begin with. And it still drives me today." -Albert Lin, MD, chief, Shoulder Surgery

10/17/2025

Taking care of those in our community and supporting our local teams is vital to ensuring a healthy and happy city. Best of luck to all who are playing this fall and we've got your backs (and feet, and knees and shoulders.....)

10/13/2025

We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Mendelson has been appointed Acting Chief of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, effective immediately.

Dr. Mendelson has been a dedicated member of the Children’s Hospital team for 28 years and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Program Director of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship, and Vice Chair of the Division.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mendelson on this new leadership role and in thanking Dr. Ozgur Dede for his outstanding service and many contributions as Division Chief.



UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

10/03/2025

Our UPMC Sports Medicine team had an amazing trip to Dublin, Ireland with a Pittsburgh Steelers win at historic Croke Park.

Kudos to our UPMC International and UPMC Ireland teams for their outstanding work in highlighting our Life Changing Medicine in Orthopaedic Care and Sports Medicine, not only in Ireland, but around the world!

10/01/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Nam Vo, who has been appointed the Ruby and James Kang, MD Chair in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery at Pitt Medicine, effective September 1, 2025.

“This appointment is a testament to Dr. Vo’s extraordinary career as a scientist and innovator in spine research,” said Dr. MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA. “He has advanced our field in remarkable ways and will continue to shape the future of spine surgery while honoring the legacy of Dr. James Kang.”

Join us in celebrating this well-deserved honor!

09/29/2025

Anyone else watch the game yesterday? Go Steelers!

09/18/2025

Last year, our department awarded the inaugural Pitt Orthopaedics Development award (P.O.D) to promising Pitt Ortho trainees and faculty. The P.O.D. Award was meant to be utilized to support endeavors in leadership, education, academia, research, new innovations or community outreach.

We are happy to announce that one of the P.O.D award recipients, resident Dr. Xi Chen, used her funds to support her research between orthopaedic faculty demographic diversity and resident attrition.

The published paper can be found here on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40948567/

09/12/2025

An amazing day highlighting all of the great research coming out of our BMRC group. Excellent work to all involved! Can't wait for next year!

https://www.bethel.pitt.edu/2025/09/10/first-annual-bmrc-symposium-features-discovery-collaboration-and-celebration/

Our first annual BMRC Research Symposium went off without a hitch last Friday, September 5 at the Greensburg Country Club.

The day brought together nearly 160 faculty, staff, students, and researchers for a full day of research, collaboration and celebration.

This year’s Symposium featured talks from core BMRC labs in both clinical and basic science, as well as presentations from the five BMRC/Orthopaedic Research Society Fellows, who shared research supported by BMRC over the past year.

We are so thankful to all who assisted in planning, executing and running the day.