Nicolas Piuzzi, MD

Appointed
2018

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapies
Cleveland, OH
2018

Residency - Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Orthopedic Surgery
Buenos Aires,
2016

Medical Education - Universidad del Salvador
Buenos Aires,
2010

Additional Training

Professional Highlights

• Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
• Cleveland Clinic Musculoskeletal Research Center (MSRC) Co-Director
• Associate Editor Journal of Knee Surgery
• Associate Editor Journal of Hip Surgery

Certifications

• Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards & Honors

• 2010
  • Honor Graduation – Medical Doctor (GPA: 8.90/10) (3rd highest GPA) UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2010
  • First place Award - XIV Research meeting Universidad del Salvador for study titled: “Anatomic variations of the popliteal artery and its collaterals”, Buenos Aires Argentina, 2010
  •  2012
    • Accésit Award - XVII Residents Session at the A.A.O.T Orthopedic Argentine Annual meeting Annual Meeting: Awarded for study titled: “Arthroscopic repair of Bankart lesion in athletes”, Buenos Aires, Argentina. December 2-5, 2012
    •  2013
      • Special Mention - Menção especial para o trabalho – Tema Livre Oral – XIX Shoulder and Elbow Latin American meeting. Awarded for study titled: “Non-surgical functional treatment for displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly”, Natal, Brazil. October 24-26, 2013
      • First Place Award POSTER - XIX Congreso de la Asociación del Trauma Ortopedico. [XIX Argentinian Trauma Association Annual meeting]
      • Awarded for study titled:"Penetration in the anterolateral cortical in proximal femur fractures treated with short intramedullary nails: Two Case Report”, Buenos Aires, Argentina. October 17-19, 2013
      • First Place Award Oral Presentation 39th Argentinian Hand Association Annual Meeting – [Asociación Argentina de Cirugía de la Mano. 39 Congreso Argentino de Cirugía de la Mano.] For the study titled: “Non-surgical functional treatment for displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly”, San Luis, Argentina October 13, 2013
      •  2014
        • Annual Award Laboratorio Bagó – for the study titled: “Therapeutic modification of the natural history of osteoarthritis, role of supplements” 51º A.A.O.T.: Orthopedic Argentine Annual meeting - Buenos Aires, Argentina. December 10, 2014
        •  2015
          • First Place Paper Award - Residents Session of the 52º A.A.O.T. Orthopedic Argentine Annual meeting: For study titled: “Clinical and radiological outcomes comparison between total ankle arthroplasty and total ankle arthrodesis for the treatment of posttraumatic ankle osteoarthritis” Buenos Aires, Argentina. December 1-5, 2015
          • AAOS/ORS Biologic Treatments of Orthopaedic Injuries (BTOI) research symposium
          • Selected to participate as a Young Investigator in the symposium November 5-7, 2015, in Rosemont, IL
          •  2016
            • Leading article J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2016 Sep 21;98(18):1511-21: Intra-Articular Cellular Therapy for Osteoarthritis and Focal Cartilage Defects of the Knee: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Study Quality Analysis. (doi: 10.2106/JBJS.15.01495.) Piuzzi NS*, Chahla J,* Mitchell JJ, Dean CS, Pascual-Garrido C, LaPrade RF, Muschler GF. (*First co-authors)
            •  2017
              • Young Entrepreneur Award, AAOS/ORS Translating Orthopaedic Technologies into Clinical Practice: Pathways from Novel Idea to Improvements in Standard of Care Research Symposium, Rosemont, IL, May 2017
              • 2017 recipient of the Best Poster Award in "Complications Not Including Infection" category for the poster entitled “Low-Dose Aspirin has Non-Inferior Chemoprophylactic Effect on Venous Thromboembolism after Total Knee Arthroplasty” and presented at the 2017 AAHKS Annual Meeting in Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, TX, November 2-5, 2017
              • 2017 Blue Ribbon Article Award Winner (November/December 2017) Factors Influencing Patients’ Hospital Rating After Total Joint Arthroplasty by Jaydev B. Mistry, MD; Chukwuweike U. Gwam, MD; Morad Chughtai, MD; Anton Khlopas, MD; Prem Ramkumar, MD; Nicolas S. Piuzzi, MD; George Muschler, MD; Steven F. Harwin, MD; Michael A. Mont, MD; Ronald E. Delanois, MD
              •  2018
              • AAOS Optimizing Clinical Use of Biologics in Orthopaedic Surgery. Selected to participate as a Young Investigator in the symposium February 15-17, 2018, in Stanford, 2018
              • AAOS/OREF/ORS Clinician Scholar Career Development Program Award-Rosemont, IL - September 27-29, 2018
              • 2019
                • Best Poster Award in "Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty" category for the poster entitled “No Clinically Meaningful Difference in 1-Year Patient-Recorded Outcomes Among Major Approaches for primary Total Hip Arthroplasty” and presented at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting in Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, TX, November 2019
                • 2020
                  • OREF/Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (CCJR) Clinical Practice Award: “Developing a Personalized Outcome Prediction Tool for Knee Arthroplasty” Nicolas S. Piuzzi, MD
                  • 2022
                    • ORS Strategies in Clinical Research Section 500 Award in recognition to outstanding quality and scientific achievement at ORS 2022 Annual Meeting to Presentation #217: "Combination of Preoperative PROMs Phenotypes (Pain, Function, and Mental Health) Predicts Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty" Nicolas S. Piuzzi, MD

                    Innovations & Patents

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                    Memberships

                    • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
                    • American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
                    • Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
                    • International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS)
                    • International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT)
                    • Mid-America Orthopaedic Association
                    • Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatologia (AAOT)
                    • American Medical Association
                    • Member of the workgroup for the AAOS Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Practice Guideline – 2018/19 - Department of Research, Quality, & Scientific Affairs, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
                    • Member of the voting panel for the AAOS Surgical Site Infection Appropriate Use Criteria Voting Panel -2018/19 Department of Research, Quality, & Scientific Affairs, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
                    • Member of the voting panel for the Appropriate Use Criteria for the Management of Osteoarthrosis of the Hip – 2017 - Department of Research, Quality, & Scientific Affairs, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.www.aaos.org/oahipauc. Published December 8, 2017
                    • Member Task Force - Engaging the Orthopaedic Surgeon Project Team – Orthopaedic Research Society 2017
                    • Member of American Physical Therapy Academy (APTA) Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA): Pre and Post-operative Physical Therapist Management for Adults with Osteoarthritis Work Group – 2017/18
                    • Member of Orthopaedic Clinical Research Committee (CRC) – Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), 2018-2020
                    • Organizing Committee: Signature Series Event of the International Society for Cellular Therapies: “Cellular Therapies for Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal disease Proven and Unproven Therapies - Promise, Facts and Fantasy”, Montreal, Canada, May 2, 2018

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Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Piuzzi receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
• Stryker Corporation

Donation of Financial Interest. Dr. Piuzzi has consulted for, received compensation for serving as a fiduciary from, or received royalties from the following companies but instructed them to donate all compensation to not-for-profit causes or to the Cleveland Clinic to support research and education:

• Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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