Local Orthopaedic Surgeon Selected for Second Major Fellowship Honor

Columbus , Ohio , January 14, 2005 - Keith R. Berend, MD of Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc., New Albany Surgical Hospital , and The Ohio State University is one of four international candidates selected for The John N. Insall Traveling Fellowship sponsored by The Knee Society. The Knee Society, based in Rosemont , Illinois , is a prestigious society of specialized orthopaedic surgeons formed to advance the knowledge of the knee joint in health and disease, and promote professional standards to provide the best care to patients with arthritic disorders of the knee joint. The Fellows will spend the month of October 2005 visiting internationally recognized joint replacement and knee surgery centers. The other Traveling Fellows for 2005 are Jeffrey Chew, MD of Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre in Singapore , Hari P. Bezwada, MD of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore/Rubin Institute, Baltimore , MD , and Christos K. Yiannakopoulos, MD of Veterans Army Hospital in Athens, Greece. Dr. Berend was also chosen for The Hip Society British Traveling Fellowship for 2004, and spent several weeks this past September visiting select hip surgery centers in the United Kingdom .

Dr. Berend, a native of Columbus , Ohio , and graduate of Upper Arlington schools, received his bachelor's degree from Florida Southern College. He completed his medical doctorate and orthopaedic residency at Duke University in Durham , North Carolina . While at Duke, Dr. Berend received numerous awards for his research work including the International College of Surgeons Research Scholarship in 1994, the American Orthopaedic Association - Zimmer Annual Travel Resident Research Award in 1998, the Eastern Orthopaedic Association Resident Research Award in 2000, and the Clinical Orthopaedic Society Resident/Fellow Research Award in 2001. Dr. Berend completed a fellowship in Adult Reconstruction of the Hip and Knee at Joint Implant Surgeons, Inc., and is an attending orthopaedic surgeon with that practice.  Dr. Berend is a member of The Columbus Medical Association, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, The Piedmont Orthopedic Society and The International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. He is the Director of the Division of Adult Reconstruction and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Ohio State University Medical Center . His special interests include less invasive total knee and total hip arthroplasty, minimally invasive partial knee replacement, rapid recovery protocols for faster recovery after surgery, and outcome studies. He, along with his wife, Cindy, and their two daughters, resides in New Albany .

Founded in 1972 by world-renown orthopaedic surgeon, Thomas H. Mallory, M.D., Joint Implant Surgeons is an orthopaedic surgery practice specializing in total hip and knee replacement and arthroscopy of the knee. In addition to performing thousands of successful hip and knee replacement surgeries, Joint Implant Surgeons is dedicated to excellence in patient care and committed to orthopaedic research. In 2004 alone, its surgeons lectured at 49 local, national and international medical meetings and published 11 studies in peer-reviewed orthopaedic literature. In the summer of 2005, the office of Joint Implant Surgeons will be moving from Downtown Columbus to a physician office building currently under construction next to the New Albany Surgical Hospital . In addition to their main office, Joint Implant Surgeons sees patients once a month in Mansfield at the Get Well Center and in Martins Ferry, Ohio .