Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Resident Research Day

Dr. David Lewallen is currently a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. After completing his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Mayo Clinic and a fellowship in Orthopedic Biomechanics at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, MA, he returned to Mayo Clinic as an Orthopedic Surgery Consultant in 1984. He has since enjoyed a busy clinical practice focused initially on orthopedic trauma and for over 40 years on complex adult reconstruction problems involving the hip and knee. He has participated in the development of several novel implant designs for hip and knee arthroplasty, especially centered around revision surgery and the management of periarticular bone loss of both the hip and the knee. He has been continuously engaged in the education of orthopedic surgery residents and adult reconstructive fellows over his career and has previously served as fellowship director and chair of the division of Adult Reconstructive Surgery. His clinical research interests have spanned a broad range of primary and revision arthroplasty issues involving both the hip and the knee and have particularly focused on the prevention and treatment of arthroplasty complications. He helped lead the initial development of the American Joint Replacement Registry, served as the first Chair of the original AJRR board, and subsequently served as the medical director of the AJRR from 2013 to 2000. He continues currently to collaborate with others as co-director of the NIH funded American Joint Replacement Research Collaborative (AJRR-C) helping to foster the development and support of a strong national network of both infrastructure and young investigators focused on large database research and registry science all aimed at improving arthroplasty patient outcomes.

Dr. Gary G. Poehling received a B.S. degree from Marquette University in 1964 and his M.D. degree from Marquette School of Medicine in 1968.   He completed an internship and residency in general and thoracic surgery at Duke Medical Center from 1968-1970.  He served in the United States Air Force from 1970-1972 at the 655th Tactical Hospital in Tachikawa, Japan.  After fulfilling his military duty, Dr. Poehling completed his orthopaedic residency at Duke Medical Center from 1972-1976, serving as Chief Resident his final year.   He subsequently joined the faculty of Bowman Gray School of Medicine, now Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as an Assistant Professor.  Dr. Poehling served as Interim Chair of the Department in January 1989 and was formally appointed as Chair in October 1989 and served in that capacity for 18 years and served as Editor in Chief for the Journal of Arthroscopy for 24 years.

Beth Smith earned her PhD in Toxicology from Texas A&M in 1974. She completed post-doctoral work at Wake Forest School of Medicine in 1978 with Richard St. Clair, PhD. Dr. Smith began her career at Wake Forest School of Medicine in 1987 in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a Research Assistant. Her research interests were botulinum toxin to treat cerebral palsy. Her work using intramuscular toxin injections to manage muscle spasticity changed the management of pediatric patients with cerebral palsy worldwide. Dr. Smith published journal articles, book chapters, and books throughout her career. During her tenure, she was the Director of the Orthopaedic Research Lab, Coordinator of the Spasticity Management Workshops, served as Chair of the Division of Surgical Sciences Research Day from 1993-1997, and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Research Day from 1991 until her retirement in 2018.

Thomas Smith earned his PhD in Physiology from Bowman Gray School of Medicine in 1979. He completed post-doctoral work at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine with Thomas Coleman, PhD and Arthur C. Guyton, PhD. Dr. Smith served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine from 1980-1982. He began his career at Wake Forest School of Medicine as an Instructor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology in 1978, achieving the rank of Assistant Professor in 1982. Dr. Smith joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 1996 working diligently to improve orthopaedic research until his retirement in 2020. He is an expert in small animal models and microsurgery training. The models he developed are now a resource for the IACUC and multiple collaborators across the institution. His expertise in cardiovascular physiology and applications for orthopaedic research helped establish the Extremity Lab, advanced techniques for re-implantation, and assessment of compartment syndrome. He collaborated with Walt Curl, MD, and Nicole Deal to determine the action mechanism of cold therapy for treatment of contusions. Dr Smith published journal articles, book chapters, and books throughout her career.

Beth Smith, PhD, and Tom Smith, PhD, have many collaborative accomplishments during their tenure in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Wake Forest University. They were responsible for the growth of industry and grant funding for the lab. With this additional funding, the lab was able to grow the support personnel to facilitate the research interests of the department’s faculty and residents. Current personnel comprise 4 research faculty, 4 management level staff, 13 grants, lab, and project coordinator staff members. The Smiths were instrumental in the establishment and success of the Physician Scientists program starting in 1999.

The program has resulted in patents, publications, Physician Scientist training, numerous awards, and the establishment of an orthopaedic research lab at Wake Forest School of Medicine that continues to thrive and grow.

• Patents: 3 awarded; 3 pending
• Book Chapters: 38
• Peer reviewed journal articles: 240
• Grant Funding (Pi or Co-I): $19,150,068

Physician Scientists:

• 20 of 13 have completed their PhD; 7 currently serves as faculty at Medical Schools
• MD/PhD’s 9 (4 more pending)

Awards

• Recipients of Clinical Research Award from Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (Kappa Delta Award), American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons for research with Drs. L. Koman, B. Smith, and Z. Li. examining control of the digital circulation 1999
• Co-authors for 3rd, 4th, and 7th most frequently cited article from the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
• Co-authors for top 100 classic papers of pediatric orthopaedic Surgery in JBJS (19th, 21st, and 30th most frequently cited)

Program Booklet Available Soon

2024 - Bruce A. Levy, MD
2023 - John "Jack" Flynn, MD
2022 - Brett D. Crist, MD
2021 - Claude T. Moorman III, MD
2020 - Canceled
2019 - Michael J. Yaszemski, MD, PhD
2018 - B. Kyle Potter, MD, FACS
2017 - Edward Akelman, MD
2016 - Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD
2015 - James A. Nunley, MD, MS
2014 - James H. Lubowitz, MD
2013 - David L. Helfet, MD

	Basic Science Research Award Winner	Clinical Research Award Winner	Podiatric Research Award Winner"
2024	Marcel Brown, MD	Robert "Jack" Teasdall, MD Jeffrey St. Jeor, MD	Jennifer Kipp, DPM
2023	Chukwuweike “Ikey” Gwam, MD	Hunter Matthews, MD
2022	T. David Luo, MD	Anirudh K. Gowd, MD
2021	1st Place - Nequesha Mohamed, MD 2nd Place - Alejandro Marquez-Lara, MD, PhD	1st Place - Shane Tipton, MD 2nd Place - Hunter Matthews, MD
2020	Cancelled
2019	Michael Seem, MD	Chukwuweike "Ikey" Gwam, MD
2018	Sam Rosas, MD
2016	F. Johannes Plate, MD

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2022 Resident Research Day Program (PDF)

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