Management of the syndrome of knee pain, meniscal tear, and osteoarthritis

Title of Presentation: Management of the syndrome of knee pain, meniscal tear, and osteoarthritis
Brief Description of Presentation: Dr. Katz will critically review scholar-ship on the effectiveness of surgical and various rehabilitative regimens for the syndrome of knee pain, meniscal tear and knee osteoarthritis. He will discuss short and long term benefits and drawbacks of these therapies and implications for patient management and future research.
Speaker:
Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Director
Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Presentations in the UNC CCCR Speaker Series promote dynamic collaboration and learning between clinicians, researchers, and students on various study topics, particularly methods and methodological issues in clinical research.