Our speakers will discuss the role of engineering and the evolving future of total knee arthroplasty (TKA - joint replacement surgery).
Speakers:
Dr. Jeremy Bruce, Chairman of the Orthopedic Residency Program of UT Health Science in Chattanooga.
Jonah Zahn, Associate Research and Development Engineer in the Pre-op Planning group at Smith & Nephew.
Kyle Heineman, Medical Device Distributor, Heineman Health, LLC.
Dr. Jeremy Bruce specializes in sports medicine and arthroplasty and has over 10 years of experience performing patient-specific instrumentation total knee arthroplasty. This involves collaboration with the company Smith & Nephew where their engineers in Memphis help with 3D printed knees to design custom cutting guides for surgery. The Verilast technology also has been an engineering marvel finding the right conditions for the best implant design.
Jonah Zahn is an Associate Research and Development Engineer in the Pre-op Planning group at Smith & Nephew. He has been at Smith & Nephew for 2.5 years and is from Knoxville, TN where he majored in Mechanical Engineering at UTK. He currently plans TKAs utilizing patient-specific instruments as well as both knee and hip replacements using the CORI surgical system.