Dr. John Skedros is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon and an active clinical and basic scientist. He directs Teambone, which is a research team dedicated to advancing understanding in bone biology and biomechanics for ultimate application in preventing and treating age-related skeletal fragility (e.g., osteoporosis). His additional clinical research efforts include studies that advance various aspects of his work as a surgeon with expertise in shoulder and elbow reconstruction. He also participates in trauma surgery that often includes the surgical management of patients with osteoporotic fractures of the shoulder, wrist, and hip.

Dr. Skedros completed a six-year orthopaedic surgery residency at the Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center where he was chief resident. After residency he completed two fellowships: one in shoulder and elbow surgery (Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, TX) under the direction of Wayne Z. Burkhead and the other in joint replacement of the hip, knee, and shoulder (St. Paul Medical Center, Dallas, TX) under the direction of Richard "Dickey" Jones. Dr. Skedros is currently an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Utah, and is on the attending staff of the Veterans Medical Center.

Dr. Skedros has extensive training in comparative functional morphology, evolutionary biology, and skeletal biology. As a college student at the University of Utah he worked closely with Dennis Bramble, Ph.D. and John Legler, Ph.D. in the Department of Biology. He also completed two orthopaedic research fellowships under the direction of Roy Bloebaum, Ph.D. and Howard Winet, Ph.D.

Dr. Skedros has recently formed The Utah Bone and Joint Center with his colleagues Dr. Kim Bertin and Dr. Russel Nelson. Dr. Skedros' clinical practice now focuses on shoulder and elbow surgery, and arthroscopy.

Dr. Kenneth J. Hunt is currently doing his fellowship at the Orthocarolina foot and ankle institute affiliated with the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. He completed his internship and residency training at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He has been a member of team bone since January 2000, and has completed projects involving the ontogeny of cortical bone in the artiodactyl calcaneus model, bone adaptation in the turkey ulna, and clinical research on the use of cortisone injection for painful shoulder conditions.

Dr. Hunt will be joining the foot and ankle team on the orthopaedic surgery faculty at Stanford University in September 2009.

After completing medical school at the University of Utah, School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Christian is now an orthopaedic surgery resident at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research interests include understanding contributions of material characteristics and the mechanical behavior of cortical bone. He has also worked on projects dealing with male osteoporosis, for which he received a student OREF grant.

Roy Bloebaum, Ph.D.

An internationally recognized expert in bone healing and total joint replacement, Dr. Bloebaum was named as the first recipient to The Albert and Margaret Hofmann Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Research. He holds positions as a research professor in orthopedics, bioengineering, and biology and is the co-director of the VA Bone and Joint Research Lab. In addition, he is a Research Career Scientist at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System.

He received his doctorate from the University of Western Australia. Dr Bloebaums' research interests are biomaterials, bone, total joint replacement, articular cartilage and electron microscopy, including pioneering efforts in backscattered electron imaging. Dr. Bloebaum's publications include more than 100 peer reviewed manuscripts on bone and total joint replacement related topics and has been a guest lecturer on these topics all over the world. He has received numerous academic awards.