Sophia Sangiorgio
PROFESSOR
BIOENGINEERING
Director, Biomechanics Laboratory
The J. Vernon Luck, Sr., MD Orthopaedic Research Center
Orthopaedic Institute for Children
403 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007
Email: ssangiorgio@mednet.ucla.eduPhone: (213) 742-1370
Fax: (213) 742-1365
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Pediatric orthopaedic research: Biomechanical models include scoliosis deformity correction, fracture fixation, and clubfoot surgical procedures. Pediatric clinical outcome study design and analysis.
- Biomechanical evaluation, testing, design, and development of orthopaedic implants and prosthetic devices, including custom load simulators to evaluate joint replacement prostheses and fracture fixation devices
- Design and development of benchtop models to quantify mechanical strength, stability, fixation, micromotion and wear of orthopaedic implants and devices
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
- AAOS Best Poster in the Pediatrics Classification, selected by AAOS Central Committee: “Challenging the Standard for Pre-Clinical Testing of Deformity Correction Surgeries” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 2014.
- "Editors' Choice" Top Nine publications selected by the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering to represent their best publications of 2012: “Site-Specific Quantification of Bone Quality Using Highly Nonlinear Solitary Waves,” *ASME J. Biomech. Eng.
- Moderator, Knee Mechanics, Scientific Session at the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society in San Antonio, TX, 2013.
- Finalist: John H. Moe Award for Best Basic Science Poster Presentation, Scoliosis Research Society 47th Annual Meeting & Course, Chicago, IL, October 2012
- G. June Marshall Award, Awarded by Orthopaedic Hospital at the Sixteenth Annual Orthopaedic Hospital Research Day, Los Angeles, California, 2007
- Finalist, 2007 Orthopaedic Research Society New Investigator Research Award, Project Title: “Proximal Stem Geometry is More Important to the Stability of Double-Tapered Cemented Femoral Stems than Surface Finish.”
- Top scored Adult Hip Reconstruction Poster, 2007 Orthopaedic Research Society, Project Title: “The Stability of Straight Cemented Femoral Stems as a Function of Surface Finish, Proximal Stem Geometry, and Interface Bonding Conditions.”
EDUCATION
- BS in Biomedical-Mechanical Engineering, USC, 2000
- BA in Liberal Arts, 3-2 Engineering Scripps College, 2000
- MS in Biomedical Engineering, UCLA, 2002
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, UCLA, 2006
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- AAOS Best Poster in the Pediatrics Classification, selected by AAOS Central Committee: “Challenging the Standard for Pre-Clinical Testing of Deformity Correction Surgeries” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 2014.
- "Editors' Choice" Top Nine publications selected by the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering to represent their best publications of 2012: “Site-Specific Quantification of Bone Quality Using Highly Nonlinear Solitary Waves,” *ASME J. Biomech. Eng.
- Moderator, Knee Mechanics, Scientific Session at the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society in San Antonio, TX, 2013.
- Finalist: John H. Moe Award for Best Basic Science Poster Presentation, Scoliosis Research Society 47th Annual Meeting & Course, Chicago, IL, October 2012
- G. June Marshall Award, Awarded by Orthopaedic Hospital at the Sixteenth Annual Orthopaedic Hospital Research Day, Los Angeles, California, 2007
- Finalist, 2007 Orthopaedic Research Society New Investigator Research Award, Project Title: “Proximal Stem Geometry is More Important to the Stability of Double-Tapered Cemented Femoral Stems than Surface Finish.”
- Top scored Adult Hip Reconstruction Poster, 2007 Orthopaedic Research Society, Project Title: “The Stability of Straight Cemented Femoral Stems as a Function of Surface Finish, Proximal Stem Geometry, and Interface Bonding Conditions.”