Vancouver, BC-based PrecisionOS has announced the addition of six orthopedic specialists to its Clinical Advisory Board. Each doctor is a highly renowned surgeon and a specialist in shoulder and elbow surgery.
PrecisionOS Appoints Six to Clinical Advisory Board
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The new additions to the Board are George Athwal, M.D., Ruth Delaney, M.D, F.R.C.S., Bassem Elhassan, M.D., Bernard F. Morrey, M.D., Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, M.D., Ph.D. and Jon (J.P.) Warner, M.D.
Each physician was invited to PrecisionOS in order to develop advanced virtual reality (VR) tools for shoulder and elbow surgical care. The new Board members are each highly respected and actively involved in the orthopedic professional community, organizations and committees, and research. All six surgeon experts have lectured nationally and internationally, educated residents and fellows, and published on their specialties in the field.
“We are forming an advisory board of experts from all the orthopedic practices so they can help us navigate the intricacies required for teaching and learning various surgical techniques,” Danny Goel, M.D. and CEO, PrecisionOS, told OTW. “These outstanding surgeon educators and researchers will help advise, teach and iterate on our content to validate our medical grade simulation for shoulder and elbow surgery.”
Dr. Athwal, Professor at the Hand and Upper Limb Center at Western University, is a leader in biomechanical and clinical research on shoulder and elbow surgery.
Dr. Delaney, Associate Clinical Professor at University College in Dublin, Ireland, is founder and an orthopedic surgeon at the Dublin Shoulder Institute, and is a leading expert and researcher on shoulder treatment.
Dr. Elhassan is Professor of Orthopedics at Harvard Medical School and has innovated 20 ortho surgical procedures for shoulders, elbows and wrists, significantly improving patient outcomes in his subfields.
Dr. Morrey is Emeritus Chair of Orthopedics at Mayo Clinic, Professor of Orthopedics at both the Mayo Clinic the University of Texas, San Antonio and a distinguished researcher with National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo is a Professor at the Mayo College of Medicine, Consultant in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division Chair of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, and Chairman of the Orthopedic Research Review Committee at the Mayo Clinic. He is also a respected researcher, specializing in complex reconstructive surgery for shoulder and elbow joints.
Dr. Warner is Chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital Shoulder Service, Director of the MGH Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard. Warner specializes in and researches and mentors on complex shoulder surgery.
PrecisionOS software is used in over 40 countries and 600 cities, worldwide. The company holds affiliations with over 40 major medical institutions across the United States and Canada. Founded in collaboration with expert virtual, augmented and mixed reality developers, PrecisionOS creates simulated orthopedic training for surgeons and orthosurgical product providers. The company is now expanding to provide a new range of technology for preoperative care and educational training with the virtual reality tool InVision.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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