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October 9, 2009

KGO-TV, KTVU-TV & SF Business Times report opening of UCSF Orthopaedic Institute at Mission Bay

On the opening day for the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute at Mission Bay, KGO-TV and KTVU-TV toured the facility and filmed demonstrations of the Institute’s capabilities, calling it “a world class medical facility in Mission Bay packed with the medical technology that’ll change lives.”  ABC’s Vic Lee and Fox’s Sharon Navratil interviewed Thomas Parker Vail, MD, chief of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Aenor Sawyer, MD, pediatric orthopaedic surgeon; Joseph Smith, Orthopaedic Institute (OI) physical trainer; Walter Racette, director of the OI’s Orthotics and Prosthetics Center, as well as a number of patients and staff.  The pieces featured the many capabilities of the Institute’s Human Performance Center, which include a 12-camera physical analyses system, VO2 max and lactate threshold testing, and a space-age weight-unloading treadmill for improved rehabilitation.  They also included video from the Orthotics & Prosthetics workshop where artificial limbs are manufactured and tested.

KGO: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=7045986

SF Business Times: http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/09/28/daily108.html