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Dr. Robert LaPrade Awarded the 2013 OREF Clinical Research Award
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation announced this month that Robert F. LaPrade MD PhD has been awarded the highly competitive and prestigious 2013 OREF Clinical Research Award for his submitted paper on Improving Outcomes for Posterolateral Knee Injuries. Dr. LaPrade will be presenting his winning paper at the Annual Meetings of the Orthopaedic Research Society and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 2013.
According to Dr. LaPrade "This award solidly validates our research strategy of defining the anatomy developing improved means of diagnosing a problem redefining the clinically relevant biomechanics developing improved radiographic diagnostic measures developing biomechanically validated ligament reconstructions and then validating these reconstructions in patient outcomes studies."
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