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Six Faculty Selected as Research All Stars by Avant Garde Health

April 10, 2024

Avant-Garde Health recently announced the Healthcare Research All-Stars 2024 list, which recognizes top physicians and hospitals across 10 specialties, including orthopedic surgery. Of 182 total orthopedic surgeons named nationwide, six department faculty members ranked within the top 5%.

Wayne O. Southwick Professor, Francis Y. Lee, MD, PhD, was listed in the top 1%. The following faculty members were listing within the top 5%: Arianna Gianakos, DO, Andrew Jimenez, MD, Michael Medvecky, MD, Lee Rubin, MD, and Daniel Wiznia, MD.

The Healthcare Research All-Star Awards honor the outstanding surgeons and hospitals whose contributions to healthcare research significantly enhance the quality of patient care. The study examined the research of more than 4,000 hospitals and 90,000 surgeons and includes only the top five percent based on the quantity and quality of their published research.

The surgeons and hospitals named to the All-Star lists are honored in recognition of the quality and quantity of their published research. To be included as an All-Star, surgeons and hospitals must be among the top 5% of those publishing leading-edge healthcare research.

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