The nonprofit Cincinnati SportsMedicine Research and
Education Foundation was founded in 1985 by Frank R. Noyes, M.D., President
and Medical Director of the Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Orthopaedic
Center. The Foundation was established to promote clinical, biomechanical,
bioengineering, and neuromuscular research efforts.
The Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Orthopaedic Center is a unique private
practice in its commitment to patient care, research, and education of
medical professionals. The physicians of the Center strive through research
and clinical practice to develop surgical techniques and treatment options
that represent the most advanced procedures available in the United States.
The Foundation’s physicians and researchers have conducted 60 clinical
research studies involving thousands of patients, published over 280
articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and orthopaedic textbooks,
trained over 100 sportsmedicine physician fellows, developed a
scientifically proven female knee injury prevention program, and sponsored
the longest running physician-therapist annual course in the country, the
Advances on the Knee and Shoulder.
Dr. Noyes is considered one of the leading sportsmedicine physicians in the
United States and is a pioneering researcher for knee operations such as
meniscus repair and transplantation, articular cartilage restoration,
posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, and knee ligament revision
procedures. He has a reputation for surgical excellence by his peers and
receives referrals from physicians from all over the world.
The clinical research studies conducted by the Foundation provide patients
with realistic success rates of the operations and treatments offered. In
addition, the surgeons have received nearly every national and international
award possible in orthopaedic research. These include honors from the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Orthopaedic Research and
Education Foundation, and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports
Medicine.
The Noyes Tissue Engineering and Biomechanics Laboratory in the Department
of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati is one of the
premier laboratories in the country working on cartilage problems.
Currently, Dr. Noyes and Dr. Galloway are leading innovative research in the
laboratory to grow a patient’s own cells to strengthen ligaments which will
hopefully improve the results of knee and shoulder operations. The
commitment and skills of our physicians explain why Cincinnati has become a
medical haven to so many patients in need of the finest care available in
orthopaedics and sports medicine.
