AOSSM Playmaker Grant Awarded to UPMC Sports Medicine Team

UPMC Sports Medicine experts were awarded the 2025 AOSSM Playmaker Grant, in the amount of $25,000, for their study on shoulder biomechanics. This research grant opportunity aims to advance exploratory projects by providing start-up funding, seed money, bridge/gap funding, or supplemental funding for an ambitious investigative team.

The winning project, “Dislocation- and Surgery-Induced Plasticity of the Glenoid Track,” was led by orthopaedic sports medicine fellow Dr. Tomoya (Tommy) Ono, with Jonathan Hughes, MD, serving as senior author and presenter. Collaborators on the study include Richard Debski, PhD; Volker Musahl, MD; and Albert Lin, MD. This study was conducted in the Orthopaedic Robotics Laboratory.

Members of the UPMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery were well-represented at this year’s annual AOSSM meeting July 10-12, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. Learn about their contributions and view the full schedule of events.