Stubbs Receives Young Investigator Award

March 11, 2008

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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