Dr. Schwarzkopf's CV - Orthopaedic Surgery

RESEARCH SUPPORT
On Going
OREF Young Investigator Grant 07/01/2012-06/30/2013
Patient Willingness to Participate in Total Joint Arthroplasty New Technology Cost, and Risk
Aversement
The goal of this study is to assess patients’ willingness to pay or contribute to the cost of their
joint implants as well as the effect of socioeconomic status on such willingness.
Role: PI
Completed
Arthritis Foundation Orthopaedic Fellowship Grant. 07/01/2008-06/30/2009
Acoustic Emission Studies
The goal of this project was to Monitor Hip and Knee Prosthesis Wear and Disease Progression
in Osteoarthritis Patients.
Role: PI
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Orthopaedic Biomechanical
Research Lab. UC Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA, 10/2012-Present
CO-Investigator: Prof Thay Lee.
Research Focused on: Knee and hip arthroplasty biomechanics.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 8/2011-7/2012
Preceptor: Dr Thomas S Thornhill, Dr Richard D Scott, Dr Daniel Estok, and Dr Jeffrey N Katz.
Research focused on: Arthroplasty clinical outcome studies.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Research Center, NYU Hospital For Joint
Diseases,
New-York, NY, 7/2007-6/2011
Preceptor: Dr Kenneth A. Egol, Prof Frederick J. Kummer, Prof Peter S. Walker, Dr James
Slover.
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