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John S Reach, Jr, MSc, MD

Education:

• Undergraduate: Yale University, BA
• Medical school: Georgetown University School of Medicine, MD
• Graduate Education: Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, M.Sc.
• Hospital Training:
  • Categorical Internship (Orthopaedic Surgery): Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
  • Residency (Orthopaedic Surgery): Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
  • Chief Resident (Orthopaedic Surgery): Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
  • Fellow (Advanced Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgery): Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC

Academic appointments:

• Clinical Associate, Duke University Medical Center
• Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine
• Director, Yale Foot and Ankle Service

Awards:

• The Mayo Orthopaedic Faculty “Patrick J. Kelly” Research Award
• Piedmont Society Grant for the study of musculoskeletal ultrasound
• Zimmer Implant Design Grant
• 1st Place, 2006 Smith & Nephew Research Competition
• ORA Vernon Nickel Award for work on implantable magnets

Professional Activities / Committees:

• American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Clinical Anatomy, consultant reviewer
• Mayo Alumni Association

Recent journal publications:

• Reach, J, Easley M, Nunley J. (2008) CLINICAL USE OF ULTRASOUND BY THE ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT & ANKLE SURGEON. Accepted for Podium Presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting San Francisco CA March 5-9.
• Reach, J, Riemer R, Halaam A, Kaufman K, An K, Barnes D, Lewallen D. (2007) NOVEL USE OF RARE EARTH MAGNETS TO OFF-LOAD THE MEDIAL COMPARTMENT OF THE VARUS KNEE. Vernon Nickel Award given at the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association Annual Meeting Los Angeles CA. September 2007
• Trnka HJ, Reach J, Easley M. (2008) CHAPTER 7: WHAT IS THE BEST TREATMENT FOR HALLUX VALGUS? Chapter in Evidence Based Orthopedics Ed James Wright et al Elsevier health Sciences Press NY NY
• Reach J, Easley M, Nunley J. (2007) CLASSIFICATION OF TENDINOPATHY BASED ON CROSS-SECTIONAL TENDON SIZE: ULTRASOUND CORRELEATION WITH OPERATIVE FINDINGS. Presentation. Eastern & Southern Orthopaedic Association Combine Annual Meeting Victoria Canada August 1-4.
• Reach J, Nunley J, Easley M. (2007) CLINICAL USE OF ULTRASOUND BY THE ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SURGEON AN OUTCOMES STUDY – PRELIMINARY FIRST MONTH DATA. Poster presentation. Eastern & Southern Orthopaedic Association Combine Annual Meeting Victoria Canada August 1-4.
• Reach J, Easley M, Nunley J. (2007) ACCURACY OF ULTRASOUND GUIDED INJECTIONS IN THE FOOT AND ANKLE. Electronic Poster Presentation American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Summer Meeting. Toronto, Ontario CA July 13-15
• Reach, J, Easley M, Nunley J. (2007) USE OF ULTRASOUND BY THE ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT & ANKLE SURGEON. Podium presentation. American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Summer Meeting. Toronto, Ontario CA July 13-15
• Reach J. Nunley J, Easley M. (2007) ULTRASOUND CLASSIFICATION OF TEDINOPATHY. Electronic Poster Presentation American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Summer Meeting. Toronto, Ontario CA July 13-15
• Reach JS., (2007) ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING OF THE ACHILLES TENDON. Chapter in “The Achilles Tendon” Edited by James Nunley Lippencott NY NY
• Reach, JS., (2007) INSERTIONAL TENDINITIS OF THE ACHILLES TENDON. Chapter in “The Achilles Tendon” Edited by James Nunley Lippencott NY NY
• Reach J, Dickey I, Zobitz M, Adams J, Scully S, Lewallen D. (2006) BIOLOGIC TENDON HEALING TO A NOVEL POROUS METAL PROTHESIS: AN IN-VIVO CANINE STUDY. 1st Place, Smith & Nephew Research Competition. Accepted for publication JBJS-AM
• Reach J, Amrami K, Felmlee J, Stanley D, Carmichael S, Turner N. (2006) THE COMPARTMENTS OF THE FOOT: A 3-TESLA MRI STUDY WITH CLINICAL CORRELATES FOR NEEDLE PRESSURE TESTING. Accepted for publication Foot & Ankle International
• Reach J, Kim R, Rose P, Kitaoka H, Sim, F. (2006) CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMNET OF PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE. Podium presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Chicago IL. March 2006.
• Reach J, Amrami K, Felmlee J, Stanley D, Alcorn J, Turner N, Carmichael S. (2006) ANATOMIC COMPARTMENTS OF THE FOOT: A 3-TESLA MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING STUDY. Clinical Anatomy. 2006 Aug 19(8)
• Adams J, Reach J, Steinmann S. (2006) ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR USING AN ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX GRAFT: AN IN VIVO STUDY IN A CANINE MODEL. Arthroscopy 2006 Jul; 22 (7): 700-9
• Italia A, Reach J, An K, Zobitz M, Lewallen D. (2006) PATELLAR TENDON ATTACHEMENT TO TRABECULAR TANTALUM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TUMOR PROTHESIS. Presentation American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting Chicago Il. March 2006.
• Adams J, Reach J, An K, Sperling J, Steinmann S. (2005) ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR USING AN ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX GRAFT: A CAININE STUDY. Presentation American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Washington, DC. March 2005.
• Adams JE, Zobitz ME, Reach JS, An KN, Lewallen DG, Steinmann SP. (2005) CANINE CARPAL JOINT FUSION: A MODEL FOR FOUR-CORNER ARTHRODESIS USING A POROUS TANTALUM IMPLANT. J Hand Surg AM. Nov 30(6):1128-35
• Reach, J, Halaam A, Talac R, Riemer R, Kaufman K, An K, Adams J, Barnes D, Lewallen D. (2004) OFF-LOADING OF THE MEDIAL COMPARTMENT OF THE KNEE USING IMPLANTED MAGNETS. Presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting in San Francisco CA. March 2004.
• Talac R, Hanssen A, Mardones R, Reach J, Lewallen D. (2004) RADIOLOGIC DIFFERENCE IN TWO MONOBLOCK CUPS IN PRIMARY THA: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY. Presentation Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, California April 2004.
• Reach J, Amrami K, Felmlee J, Stanley D, Carmichael S, Turner N. (2004) THE COMPARTMENTS OF THE FOOT: A 3-TESLA MRI STUDY WITH CLINICAL CORRELATES FOR NEEDLE PRESSURE TESTING. Scientific Presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting San Francisco CA. March 2004.
• Reach J, Dickey I, Talac R, Zobitz M, Adams J, Minagawa H, Scully S, Lewallen D. (2004) DIRECT TENDON ATTACHMENT TO A TRABECULAR METAL PROTHESIS: AN IN-VIVO CANINE STUDY. Scientific Presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting San Francisco CA. March 2004.
• Reach J, Carmichael S, Turner N, Amrami K (2004) CHARACTERIZATION OF FOOT ANATOMY WITH A NOVEL FOOT ANKLE COIL IN 3 TELSA MRI. Presentation Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, California April 2004. Accepted for publication Journal of Clinical Anatomy
• DOG MODEL INDICATES THAT TENDONS CAN BE DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO METAL PROSTHESIS. Featured Article in The AAOS ADADEMY NEWS, p27C-30C. March 14, 2004
• Reach J, Dickey I, Adams J, Scully S, Lewallen D. (2004) TENDON REATTACHMENT WITH A FOAM METAL PROTHESIS. Podium Presentation MSTS Annual Meeting. July 2004
• Dicky I, Reach, J, Scully S. (2004) SOFT TISSUE IN-GROWTH AND ATTACHMENT TO HIGHLY POROUS ALUMINA CERAMIC FOAMS. Presentation MSTS Annual Meeting. July 2004
• Reach, J (2004) TENDON INJURIES ABOUT THE FOOT AND ANKLE. Lecture. Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, MN
• Reach, J (2004) NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMATORY MEDICATIONS: INFORMATION FOR THE ATHLETE. The Rivendell Reader: a Quarterly for Bicyclers, Walnut Creek CA. Fall 2004. Vol 35
• Reach J. (2003) ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH AT MAYO: LESSIONS LEARNED PURSUING MY MASTER’S DEGREE IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY. Grand Rounds Lecture, Mayo Clinic Orthopaedic Surgery Department, October 2003
• Reach, J (2003) BACK PAIN IN THE CYCLIST: SPRAINS, STRAINS, DISKS, FRACTURES. The Rivendell Reader: a Quarterly for Bicyclers, Walnut Creek CA. p 33-34 Winter 2003 Vol 32
• Reach, J (2003) CLAVICLE FRACTURES IN THE CYCLIST: A REVIEW & EXAMINATION OF TYLER HAMILTON’S PERFORMANCE IN THE 2003 TOUR DE FRANCE. The Rivendell Reader: a Quarterly for Bicyclers, Walnut Creek CA. p 25-26 Fall 2003, Vol 31
• Reach, J (2003) CYCLIST PALSY (ULNAR NEUROPATHY): NUMB, UNCOORDINATED HANDS. The Rivendell Reader: a Quarterly for Bicyclers, Walnut Creek CA. p 23-24 Late Summer 2003 Vol 30
• Reach J. (1997) THE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF CANCER: METAPHOR, CANCER AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORY. Sterling Library, Yale University Senior Thesis with Honors
• Reach J, Bartoshuk L, Henrich J. (1996) PROBLEMS IN WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE: PREVENTATIVE PRIMARY CARE THROUGH EDUCATION AS A SOLUTION. Yale University Biology Department Poster Session