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Jupiter Study

Principal Investigators

The JUPITER (Justifying Patellar Instability Treatment by Results) Group was established as the first multi-center prospective patellar instability research group by principal investigators Dr. Beth Shubin Stein (Hospital for Special Surgery) and Dr. Shital Parikh (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center).

  • Georgia Butler0
    Georgia Butler,
    Research Coordinator
  • Honor Paine1
    Honor Paine,
    Research Coordinator
  • Beth E. Shubin Stein2
    Beth E. Shubin Stein, MD
    Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Shital N. Parikh3
    Shital N. Parikh, MD, FACS
    Professor Orthopaedic Surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Matthew W Veerkamp4
    Matthew W Veerkamp,
    Clinical Research Coordinator
  • Simone Gruber5
    Simone Gruber,
    Lead Research Coordinator
  • Natalie Pahapill6
    Natalie Pahapill,
    Research Coordinator
  • Bennett Propp7
    Bennett Propp,
    Research Coordinator
  • Matthew Bollier8
    Matthew Bollier, MD
    Sports Medicine Fellowship Director & Team Physician at University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center
  • Jacqueline M. Brady9
    Jacqueline M. Brady, MD
    Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Oregon Health and Science University
  • Henry B. Ellis10
    Henry B. Ellis, MD
    Scottish Rite for Children Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center
  • Peter D. Fabricant11
    Peter D. Fabricant, MD
    Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Kevin Farmer12
    Kevin Farmer, MD
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Florida
  • Lutul D. Farrow13
    Lutul D. Farrow, MD
    Director, Sports Medicine and Clinical Operations at The Cleaveland Clinic
  • Daniel W. Green14
    Daniel W. Green, MD, FACS
    Director, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship at Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Benton Heyworth15
    Benton Heyworth, MD
    Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Jason Koh16
    Jason Koh, MD
    Director and Mark R. Neaman Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Robert A. Magnussen17
    Robert A. Magnussen, MD
    rofessor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
  • Todd Milbrandt18
    Todd Milbrandt, MD
    Chair of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery division at the Mayo Clinic
  • Nikolaos Paschos19
    Nikolaos Paschos, MD
    Co-Chief, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Lauren Hannon Redler20
    Lauren Hannon Redler, MD
    Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Adult & Pediatric Sports Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Ryan Roach21
    Ryan Roach, MD
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Team Physician at the University of Florida
  • Seth L. Sherman22
    Seth L. Sherman, MD
    Sports Medicine fellowship director & Orthopaedic Surgeon at Stanford Medicine
  • Eric J. Strauss23
    Eric J. Strauss, MD
    Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center
  • Adam J. Tagliero24
    Adam J. Tagliero, MD
    Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Senior Associate Consultant-Dept. Of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic
  • Marc Tompkins25
    Marc Tompkins, MD
    Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Surgeon and Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Minnesota
  • Robert W. Westermann26
    Robert W. Westermann, MD
    Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center
  • Philip L. Wilson27
    Philip L. Wilson, MD
    Director, Sports Medicine at the Scottish Rite for Children Frisco Campus
  • Jocelyn Wittstein28
    Jocelyn Wittstein, MD
    Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University
  • Brian R. Wolf29
    Brian R. Wolf, MD
    Professor and Vice-Chairman in the University of Iowa Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Adam B Yanke30
    Adam B Yanke, MD
    Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush University
What Causes Patellar Instability?
Surgical & Nonsurgical Treatment Options for Sports Injuries

People who experience a first-time patella dislocation frequently do so while participating in sports, causing the knee to suddenly buckle and they fall. Because ACL tears often happen in the same way, and because they are much more common than patella dislocations, it is important to rule out an ACL tear. In rare cases a patient comes in with an ACL tear and is found