Harvard Orthopedic Trauma Research Division
Overview
The Harvard Orthopedic Trauma Service Research Unit is an inter-institutional effort between four core institutions: Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Children’s Hospital. It is our mission to improve the clinical, functional and quality of life outcomes of patients with traumatic musculoskeletal injuries through novel and innovative clinical research. The Harvard Orthopedic Trauma Service has a history of successful research collaborations with investigators from many medical and surgical specialties, including emergency medicine, general surgery, endocrinology, physical therapy, biomechanics, and psychometrics.
Research Projects
A sample of our current research topics:
- Patient reported outcomes after fracture surgery.
- Management and outcomes of geriatric fracture patients.
- Pain management and opioid use after fracture surgery.
Publications
Selected Publications
- Wagner RK, Borgida JS, Lehle CH, Musick AN, Wong AW, Vise H, Doornberg JN, Stenquist DS, IJpma FFA, Janssen SJ, Aneja A, Ly TV. Are 6 to 12-Week Radiographic Union Scores Associated with Healing Following Lateral Locked Plating of Distal Femur Fractures? J Orthop Trauma. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000003136. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41364065.
- Gregg AT, Lehle CH, Wagner RK, Fan S, Musick AN, Muhammad M, Policicchio TJ, Doornberg JN, Stenquist D, Ly TV, von Keudell AG, Aneja A. Outcomes of Nonunion Surgery Following Tibial Plateau Fractures: A Case Series of 28 Patients. J Orthop Trauma. 2025 Sep 29. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000003087. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41026651.
- Leland CR, Musick AN, Wagner RK, Muhammad M, Lehle CH, Policicchio TJ, Gregg AT, Di Stefano MT, Young MG, Srinath A, Aneja A. A Cadaveric Study: Does Deltoid Ligament Repair Impact the Quality of Syndesmotic Reduction? J Orthop Trauma. 2025 Sep 30. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000003084. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41026631.
- Wagner RK, van Weezenbeek M, Gonzalez MR, Muhammad M, Musick AN, Gregg AT, Lehle CH, Policicchio TJ, Doornberg JN, Janssen SJ, Aneja A, Ly TV. Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Distal Femur Fracture Fixation: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 151 Patients. J Orthop Trauma. 2025 Sep 24. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000003081. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41004668.
- Muhammad M, Green G, Southall WGS, Musick AN, Gregg AT, Wagner RK, Hawk GS, Aneja A. Increased Risk of Pulmonary Complications with Long Cephalomedullary Nails in Geriatric Intertrochanteric Femur Fractures: A Retrospective Review of 881 Patients. JB JS Open Access. 2025 Sep 19;10(3):e25.00170. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.25.00170. PMID: 40978003; PMCID: PMC12443157.
Open Positions
Harvard Orthopaedic Trauma Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program