Allston J. Stubbs, M.D., is one of four orthopaedic surgeons from around the country invited by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research Society to participate as a young investigator in an upcoming symposium.
Stubbs, an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has been invited to participate in the Advanced Imaging and Computer Assisted Surgery of the Knee and Hip Research Symposium May 15 – 17, 2008, in Providence, R.I. The Academy pays all the expenses for the young investigators.
Stubbs, who recently joined the sports medicine team at Wake Forest Baptist, has served as one of the team physicians for Duke University, the Denver Broncos, the U.S. Ski Team, the Colorado Rockies, the Boston Marathon, and the Boston Ballet. An expert on hip arthroscopy, Stubbs has authored research journal articles, created orthopaedic instructional videos, and given lectures at national and international orthopaedic surgery conferences.
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Brenner Children’s Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university’s School of Medicine and Piedmont Triad Research Park. The system comprises 1,154 acute care, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and has been ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report since 1993. Wake Forest Baptist is ranked 32nd in the nation by America’s Top Doctors for the number of its doctors considered best by their peers. The institution ranks in the top third in funding by the National Institutes of Health and 4th in the Southeastern United States in revenues from its licensed intellectual property.
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