Industry Relationships and Conflict of Interest

 

Below is a position statement from The CORE Institute regarding our physician relationships with other companies within the healthcare related industry, including but not limited to external medical device companies.

As our name suggests, our physicians, engineers, scientists, and graduate students are actively involved in clinical care, education, and orthopedic research.  Because of our mission, we focus our recruitment efforts on physicians who have superior academic and clinical training, and who also are actively involved in orthopedic research and education directed at advancing orthopedic surgery and improving patient outcomes.  Information about our physicians’ education, training and experience can be accessed here.

Our Division of Research and Development allows us to be actively involved in laboratory research aimed at improving the quality of medical care.  We are currently working on projects studying total knee replacement devices; ways to improve hip fracture implants; improved methods of fracture treatment; and release of antibiotics from implants in an attempt to reduce the risk of post-operative infections.  We are very proud of our success in this field and believe that we have contributed to the improvement in the care of orthopedic conditions.

Because of the qualifications of our physicians and other professionals, we often are approached by companies involved in the or related to the improvement of the healthcare outcomes, processes, management in the healthcare industry and/or development of medical devices, instruments, and related equipment.  Many of these companies know that our physicians have invaluable hands-on experience in the treatment of orthopedic problems, and that orthopedic surgeons frequently make important contributions to the development and improvement of devices and other equipment used in the treatment of orthopedic conditions.  Surgeons and researchers at The CORE Institute are currently working with at least half a dozen companies, both large and very small, to help them create and improve products for patient care.  We also have developed and patented products of our own that we have and/or will license or sell to industry.

Although CORE physicians donate a great deal of their time to the advancement of orthopedic research and education, they also enter into contracts that provide payment for some of their efforts.  Payment for the services provided by orthopedic surgeons may come in the form of hourly consulting fees for services provided by the physicians; royalties based on sales of products to which CORE physicians made important contributions (excluding sales of products used on our patients); and/or outright purchase of technologies.  All of these transactions are compliant with all federal and state laws.

The following is a current list of the CORE physicians who have contractual relationships with other healthcare related industry companies:

Damon Adamany, MD Arthrex, Inc. www.arthrex.com
Damon Adamany, MD Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. www.endo.com
Michael Amini, MD Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com
Ali Araghi, DO Bonovo www.bonovo-ortho.com
Ali Araghi, DO Globus Medical www.globusmedical.com
Ali Araghi, DO ISOI N/A
Ali Araghi, DO Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
Ali Araghi, DO Surgalign www.surgalign.cm
Arash Araghi, DO Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
David Ben-Aviv, MD Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
John Brown, MD Catalyst www.catalystortho.com
John Brown, MD FX Shoulder www.fxshoulder.com
John Brown, MD Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com
Kalynn Burrows PA-C Molnlycke Health Care US www.molnlycke.us
Mark Campbell, MD Arthrex, Inc. www.arthrex.com
Mark Campbell, MD Bioventus www.bioventusglobal.com
Mark Campbell, MD Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com
Norman Chutkan, MD Globus Medical www.globusmedical.com
Anuj Daftari, MD Advanzeon Solutions, Inc. www.advazeon.com
Anuj Daftari, MD Health Point Capital www.healthpointcapital.com
Anuj Daftari, MD Peleton www.peletonsurgical.com
Amalia De Comas, MD Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
Niloofar Dehghan, MD Acumed www.acumed.net
Niloofar Dehghan, MD Bioventus www.bioventusglobal.com
Niloofar Dehghan, MD ITS www.its-implant.com
Niloofar Dehghan, MD Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com
Niloofar Dehghan, MD Zimmer Biomet www.zimmerbiomet.com
Scott Edwards, MD Medartis www.medartis.com
Scott Edwards, MD Mylad Orthopedic Solutions, LLC N/A
Melissa Galli, DPM Artelon www.artelon.com
Melissa Galli, DPM GLW Medical Device www.glwmed.com
Melissa Galli, DPM Modern Vascular www.modernvascular.com
Melissa Galli, DPM Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com
Jessica Hepburn, PA-C Medtronic www.medtronic.com
Jeffrey Holmes, DPM Flower Orthopedics www.flowerortho.com
Jeffrey Holmes, DPM Modern Vascular www.modernvascular.com
Jeffrey Holmes, DPM Parcus Medical, LLC www.parcusmedical.com
David Jackson, MD NuVasive, Inc. www.nuvasive.com
David J. Jacofsky, MD Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
David J. Jacofsky, MD Safe Independence, LLC www.securetracks.com
David J. Jacofsky, MD Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com
Marc Jacofsky, PhD DePuy Mitek www.jnjmedicaldevices.com
Kelly Krohn, MD Radius Pharmaceuticals www.radiuspharm.com
Sarah Muller, PA-C Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
Sarah Muller, PA-C Safe Independence LLC www.securetracks.com
Sarah Muller, PA-C Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com
Steven L. Myerthall, MD Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
Steven L. Myerthall, MD Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com
Tony Nguyen, MD DePuy Mitek www.jnjmedicaldevices.com
Jason Scalise, MD LIMACORPORATE S.p.A www.lima.it
Jason Scalise, MD Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
Ryan Scott, DPM Artelon www.artelon.com
Ryan Scott, DPM Medline www.medline.com
Ryan Scott, DPM Modern Vascular www.modernvascular.com
Ryan Scott, DPM Parcus Medical, LLC www.parcusmedical.com
Ryan Scott, DPM Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
Ryan Scott, DPM Wright Medical Technology, Inc. www.wmt.com
Scott Siverhus, MD DJO Global www.djoglobal.com
Tharesh Udupa, DPM Abbvie www.abbvie.com
Tharesh Udupa, DPM At Home Health N/A
Tharesh Udupa, DPM Modern Vascular www.modernvascular.com
Bryan Wall, MD Skineez www.myskineez.com
Bryan Wall, MD Plasmology4, Inc. www.plasmology4.com
The CORE Institute Safe Independence, LLC www.securetracks.com
The CORE Institute Stryker Orthopaedics www.stryker.com

 

Many of our Physicians have an indirect ownership in The CORE Institute Specialty Hospital, a Physician owned hospital, https://www.thecoreinstitutehospital.com/, Banner Surgery Center – Union Hills, Elevation Surgery Center, Sunrise Ambulatory Surgery Center, Tri-City Surgery Center, Bone and Joint Surgery Center of Novi, and Lakes Surgery Center.


If your care might involve the placement of a medical device, please feel free to ask your surgeon about his or her recommendation as to what type of device best suits your needs.

We hope this clarifies the nature of our involvement in orthopedic research and development leading to advances in orthopedic care.  We are proud to remain leaders in innovation and are honored to have such a talented orthopedic research staff at The CORE Institute.  As always, we remain committed to complete transparency and disclosure with our patients, and we welcome your questions on this or any subject relating to your care.

Contact The CORE Institute today for more information about our orthopedic surgeons, our missionpatient resourcesour research and more.