UPMC Physicians and Pitt Faculty Receive J. Leonard Goldner Award
September 22, 2020
Physicians from UPMC's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation received the prestigious J. Leonard Goldner Award for their outstanding research paper at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) Annual Meeting (September 10-12, 2020).
Several University of Pittsburgh research faculty were also among the winners for this collaborative paper discussing the ability of high mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1) to mediate the development of tendinopathy due to mechanical overloading.
2020 Award Recipients
Winning Paper
UPMC Physicians
University of Pittsburgh Research Faculty
Feng Li, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Albert B. Ferguson Jr. Chair Professor and Vice Chair of Research,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
About the J. Leonard Goldner Award
The prestigious J. Leonard Goldner Award is given in recognition of the outstanding basic science paper presented at the AOFAS Annual Meeting. Nominated studies are selected by the Program Committee from blinded abstracts submitted for consideration for the scientific program. Established in 1998 with a gift from J. Leonard Goldner, MD, the award is presented to the senior author and includes a framed certificate and monetary award.
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