ISSN 1538-8506

The Journal of Knee Surgery
Editor-in-Chief
James P. Stannard, MD
Columbia, Missouri
Associate Editors
John D. (JD) Adams, Jr. MD
Greenville, South Carolina
Ronald Delanois
Baltimore, Maryland
Gregory Fanelli, MD
Danville, Pennsylvania
David Flanigan
Columbus, Ohio
Elie Ghanem
Columbia, Missouri
Antonio Klasan, MD, PhD, eMBA
Graz, Austria
James L. Cook, DVM, PhD
Columbia, Missouri
Natalie Leong
Baltimore, Maryland
C. Lowry Barnes, MD
Little Rock, Arkansas
Nolan Maher
New York, New York
Nicolas Piuzzi
Cleveland, Ohio
Gil R. Scuderi
New York, New YorkPat SmithColumbia, Missouri

Bruce A. Levy, MD
Orlando, Florida

Editorial Board

Antonio Maestro, MD
Gijón, Spain

Edward Adler, MD
New York, New York

Michael A. Mont, MD
Baltimore, Maryland

Joseph U. Barker, MD
Chicago, Illinois

Rajeev Naik, MBBS, MS, FCRS
Mumbai, India

Joao Mauricio Barretto, PhD, MD, MS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Daniel A. Oakes, MD
Santa Monica, California

Paolo Cherubino, MD
Varese, Italy

Matthew T. Provencher, MD
Vail, Colorado

Moises Cohen, MD, PhD
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andrew J. Cosgarea, MD
Lutherville, Maryland
Michael J. Dunbar, MD, FRCSC, PhD
Nova Scotia, Canada
Lisa A. Fortier, DVM, PhD
Ithaca, New York
Richard J. Friedman, MD, FRCSCCharleston, South Carolina
Steven F. Harwin, MD, FACS
New York, New York
Mauricio Kfuri, MD
Columbia, Missouri
Emily Leary, PhD
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Chicago, Illinois
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