Executive Director
Timothy McTighe

Since July 1991, Timothy McTighe, has been the Executive Director of the Joint Implant Surgery and Research Foundation. As director his efforts have continued to develop and support the Foundation's commitment to medical research of surgical methods and materials.

Curriculum Vitae Summary

• Received a Doctor of Humane Services Degree (Honoris Causa) from Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana (May 17,1998) for lifetime contribution to orthopaedics
• Working in the orthopaedic health care field since 1970
• 1991 to present, Executive Director & CEO of The Joint Implant Surgery & Research Foundation (JISRF). A nonprofit (501c) scientific & educational foundation established in 1971 by Professor Charles O. Bechtol, M.D. From 1991 - 1995 JISRF has conducted over 68 CME activities issuing over 600 credit hours to over 5,000 orthopaedic surgeons in the field of total joint surgery
• Conducted a number of clinical/surgical study groups from practical evaluations of surgical navigation in THA to the design and surgical technique of using modular stems for both cemented and cementless indications
• Holds fourteen patents issued and a number of pending in the field of total hip devices.
• Collaborated on a number of hip designs in the market since 1984 with well over 1/2 million being successfully implanted, improving the quality of patients’ lives
• Attended every Annual AAOS meeting since 1976
• Attended over 220 orthopaedic CME programs
• Presented 10 scientific/poster exhibits at the Annual AAOS Meetings
• Authored or co-authored over 100 papers/presentations on the subject of total joint surgery
• Lectured and published on ethics and commercial support in CME activities
• Sponsored, conducted and published on basic science research related to THA
• Published a chapter “Design Considerations for Cementless THA” in the Handbook of Biomaterials and Applications by Marcel Dekker, Inc., July, 1995
• Created the JISRF web site: www.jisrf.org that is now receiving over 1,800 visitors a month and we can now tract some initial inquires from patients to the operating room
• Accepted in fourteen professional organizations and maintains active membership in seven
• Retained as an expert in orthopaedic medical/legal cases
• Interviewed and published in Trump University “Entrepreneurship 101 by Prof. Michael Gordon in 2010 (75-78)
• Published “Reference Book on Total Hip Modularity” third edition January 2009

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