Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery

Shane Nho is the head of the Section of Young Adult Hip Surgery, co-director of the Division of Sports Medicine, co-director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship, and associate professor at Rush Medical College of Rush University and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a team physician for the Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Fire, Chicago Steel, and DePaul University. Dr. Nho completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University and graduated with honors in biology. He enrolled in the combined MD/MS program at Rush Medical College and the Graduate College of Rush University. He completed his surgical internship at New York Presbyterian Hospital of Weill Cornell Medical College and a residency in orthopedic surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Dr. Nho returned to Rush University Medical Center to complete a fellowship in sports medicine under the direction of Bernard R. Bach, Jr., MD. Dr. Nho was the recipient of theHerodicus Society Traveling Fellowship and has trained with hip arthroscopists and hip joint preservation surgeons from the USA and Switzerland. He was also selected as North American Traveling Fellow through the American Orthopaedic Association. He was awarded the 2021 Stephen J. Snyder, MD, Excellence in Teaching Award for his dedication to the education of arthroscopic surgery. Dr. Nho is the head of the Hip Study Group, which is a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, scientists, and physical therapists who conduct research directed at studying hip joint preservation and clinical outcomes after hip surgery at Rush University Medical Center. He has authored over 325 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and publications in the field of hip preservation, sports medicine, and reconstructive surgery of the shoulder, hip, and knee.
Asheesh Bedi is the director of the Michigan Center for Human Athletic Medicine and Performance (MCHAMP). He is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and chief of sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the University of Michigan and MedSport Program. He is the head orthopedic team physician for the University of Michigan Athletics. He is also a consultant for National Basketball and National Hockey Players' Associations (NBPA, NHLPA) and specializes in both arthroscopic and open surgery for athletic injuries of the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee. Dr. Bedi completed his undergraduate training at Northwestern University where he graduated summa cum laude. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School with AOA recognition and remained in Ann Arbor to pursue residency training in orthopedic surgery at the University of Michigan. After completing his training, Dr. Bedi completed a 2-year fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. He has also pursued additional dedicated training in arthroscopic hip surgery for young athletes. Dr. Bedi has authored over 300 articles, chapters, and peer-reviewed publications on shoulder, elbow, knee, and hip injuries in athletes. His research interests include hip impingement, ACL injuries, rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability, meniscal injuries, and tendon-to-bone healing
Michael Salata is the director of the Joint Preservation and Cartilage Restoration Center at UH Cleveland Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He specializes in sports medicine with a clinical focus on cartilage restoration, meniscus surgery, and the arthroscopic treatment of orthopedic pathology affecting the hip, knee, shoulder, and elbow. Dr. Salata obtained his medical degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals System. While at the University of Michigan, he was selected to act as the chief resident and participate in the American Orthopaedic Association Emerging Leaders Conference. Dr. Salata served as an assistant team physician for the Division I University of Michigan Football and Hockey teams and assisted with the coverage of Division I Eastern Michigan University Football and Basketball teams. He later completed his sports medicine fellowship with additional specialized training in hip arthroscopy at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, under the guidance of Drs. Bach, Cole, Romeo, Bush-Joseph, Verma, and Nicholson. As a sports medicine fellow at Rush, Dr. Salata served as the assistant team physician for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Steel, and Chicago Public High Schools. His research interests include cartilage repair and restoration, meniscus repair and transplantation, ligament reconstruction techniques, and hip arthroscopy.
Richard Mather is Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgeryat Duke University School of Medicine and vice-chairman of the Orthopaedic Practice Transformation Unit, a multidisciplinary team which seeks to transform patient care organizationally, financially, and technologically in order to improve the value and experience of orthopedic care. His clinical practice focuses on hip arthroscopy including both FAI and extra-articular hip endoscopy. Dr. Mather obtained his medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine where he stayed to complete both a residency in orthopedic surgery and master 's in business administration. He later completed his sports medicine fellowship with additional specialized training in hip arthroscopy at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Mather also completed a fellowship in health policy with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Association of North America. His research interests include biomarkers, dynamic imaging of the hip, and hip arthroscopy outcomes.
Brian Kelly is the surgeon-in-chief and medical director at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and chief emeritus of the Sports Medicine Institute. He specializes in sports medicine injuries with a focus in arthroscopic and open surgical management of non-arthritic disorders of the hip. He has a faculty appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College and medical staff appointments at HSS and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He currently serves as the head team physician for the New York Rangers, orthopedic consultant for UFC, and associate team physician for the New York Giants, the New York Red Bull 's MLS team, and several collegiate teams in the tristate region. He completed both his residency in orthopedic surgery and fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He later completed a fellowship in sports hip injuries and arthroscopy at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Sports Medicine,under the direction of Dr. Marc J. Philippon. Prior to starting his practice, he also completed an AO International Traveling Fellowship where he spent time with Dr. Herbert Resch at Landeskliniken Hospital in Salzburg, Austria, as well as with Professor Reinhold Ganz in Bern, Switzerland, studying advanced techniques in open management of hip and shoulder injuries. He has a broad range of both clinical and basic science research interests including the development of a clinical outcomes registry; biomechanical studies evaluating con- flict patterns in femoroacetabular impingement and techniques in labral re fixation; development of synthetic scaffolds for labral reconstruction and cartilage injuries in the hip; and the development of novel surgical techniques for managing soft tissue injuries around the hip joint. He has authored over 140 scientific publications, chapters, review articles, and books.