February Featured Authors

Dr. Grant Garcia, MD
Orthopedic Resident at Hospital For Special Surgery, New York City
From the February issue: Sports- and Work-Related Outcomes After Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty
Podcast: Listen to Dr. Garcia and Dr. Gulotta discuss their article in the February issue.
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Dr. Grant Garcia is a 4^th year Orthopedic Resident at Hospital For Special Surgery.  He spent his undergraduate years at Brown University where he was captain of the swim team.  Dr. Garcia graduated from University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 2012 and is currently applying for a sports medicine fellowship.

Dr. Garcia’s primary research focus is sports shoulder research.  He has been involved with a number of projects pertaining to shoulder instability research.  A sub-focus has been work involving the remplissage procedure in which he has published numerous manuscripts.  He is currently researching ways to improve the accuracy of remplissage and develop improved selection criteria.

A secondary research passion has been evaluation of return to sports after shoulder arthroplasty.  He has published multiple studies on return to sports after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, hemiarthroplasty and total shoulder arthroplasty.  He hopes these studies will allow orthopedic surgeons to better counsel patients preoperatively.  He is passionate about improving orthopedics through research and hopes to continue this work through fellowship and beyond.

Selected Other Published Work in AJSM

The Evaluation of Arthroscopic Remplissage by High Resolution MRI. Park MJ, Garcia G, Malhotra A, Major N, Tjoumakaris FP, Kelly JD 4th.  American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2012 Oct; 40(10): 2331-6. PMID: 22915480

Patient Activity Levels After Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: What Are Patients Doing? Garcia GH, Taylor S, DePalma B, Mahony G, Grawe B, Dines J, Dines D, Warren R, Craig E, Gulotta L. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Nov;43(11):2816-21 PMID: 26316610

Sports and Work Related Outcomes after Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty. Garcia GH, Mahony G, Fabricant P, Wu H, Warren R, Craig E, Gulotta L.  Am J Sports Med. 2015 Dec 9. Epub Ahead of Print.

Outcomes of The Remplissage Procedure and Its Effects on Return to Sports: Average Five-Year Follow Up. Garcia GH, Wu H, Liu JN Huffman GR, Kelly J. Accepted to American Journal of Sports Medicine: proof pending.

Hemiarthroplasty versus Total Shoulder Arthroplasty For Shoulder Osteoarthritis: A Matched Comparison of Return to Sports. Garcia GH, Liu JN, Mahony G, Sinatro A, Wu HH, Craig E, Warren R, Dines D, Gulotta L.  Accepted to American Journal of Sports Medicine: proof pending

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Dr. Lawrence V. Gulotta, M.D. 
Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon and Director of Sports Medicine Research, Hospital for Special Surgery
From the February issue: Sports- and Work-Related Outcomes After Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty
Podcast: Listen to Dr. Gulotta and Dr. Garcia discuss their article in the February issue.
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Dr. Lawrence V. Gulotta is an Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery and Director of Sports Medicine Research.  He specializes in shoulder surgery and sports medicine.

Dr. Gulotta has performed research on new ways to improve rotator cuff healing, as well as ways to improve the design and performance of shoulder replacements. He has received several awards for his research, authored numerous clinical and basic science research papers, and given presentations at national and international meetings. He currently serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, and the Journal of Orthopaedic Research. He is also on the Editorial Board of the HSS Journal.

As an undergraduate, Dr. Gulotta attended Johns Hopkins University, where he studied biology and played varsity football. Dr. Gulotta attended Harvard Medical School followed by Hospital for Special Surgery, where he trained in orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, and shoulder surgery. In addition to his training in the United States, Dr. Gulotta acquired further training in shoulder surgery at specialized centers across Europe. He completed an AO Shoulder Trauma Fellowship in Bern, Switzerland, and also observed leading shoulder surgeons in Zurich, Switzerland, and Lyon, France.

Selected Other Published Work in AJSM

Sports- and Work-Related Outcomes After Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty. Garcia GH, Mahony GT, Fabricant PD, Wu HH, Dines DM, Warren RF, Craig EV, Gulotta LV. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Dec 9. pii: 0363546515613077. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26657261 Similar articles

Patient Activity Levels After Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: What Are Patients Doing?Garcia GH, Taylor SA, DePalma BJ, Mahony GT, Grawe BM, Nguyen J, Dines JS, Dines DM, Warren RF, Craig EV, Gulotta LV. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Nov;43(11):2816-21. doi: 10.1177/0363546515597673. Epub 2015 Aug 27. PMID: 26316610

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells transduced with scleraxis improve rotator cuff healing in a rat model. Gulotta LV, Kovacevic D, Packer JD, Deng XH, Rodeo SA. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Jun;39(6):1282-9. doi: 10.1177/0363546510395485. Epub 2011 Feb 18. PMID: 21335341

Adenoviral-mediated gene transfer of human bone morphogenetic protein-13 does not improve rotator cuff healing in a rat model. Gulotta LV, Kovacevic D, Packer JD, Ehteshami JR, Rodeo SA. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Jan;39(1):180-7. doi: 10.1177/0363546510379339. Epub 2010 Oct 17. PMID: 20956264

Stem cells genetically modified with the developmental gene MT1-MMP improve regeneration of the supraspinatus tendon-to-bone insertion site. Gulotta LV, Kovacevic D, Montgomery S, Ehteshami JR, Packer JD, Rodeo SA. Am J Sports Med. 2010 Jul;38(7):1429-37. doi: 10.1177/0363546510361235. Epub 2010 Apr 16. PMID: 20400753

Application of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in a rotator cuff repair model. Gulotta LV, Kovacevic D, Ehteshami JR, Dagher E, Packer JD, Rodeo SA. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Nov;37(11):2126-33. doi: 10.1177/0363546509339582. Epub 2009 Aug 14. PMID: 19684297

Chondrocyte death and cartilage degradation after autologous osteochondral transplantation surgery in a rabbit model. Gulotta LV, Rudzki JR, Kovacevic D, Chen CC, Milentijevic D, Williams RJ 3rd. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Jul;37(7):1324-33. doi: 10.1177/0363546509333476. Epub 2009 May 15. PMID: 19448050

Augmentation of tendon-to-bone healing with a magnesium-based bone adhesive. Gulotta LV, Kovacevic D, Ying L, Ehteshami JR, Montgomery S, Rodeo SA. Am J Sports Med. 2008 Jul;36(7):1290-7. doi: 10.1177/0363546508314396. Epub 2008 Mar 4. PMID: 18319348