Suzanne Maher, PhD

Appointments

Assistant Scientist, Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery

Assistant Professor of Applied Biomechanics in Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

 

Suzanne Maher, PhD has contributed to the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Maher, S.A., Mauck R.L., Rackwitz, L, and Tuan, R.S. A Nano-Fibrous Cell Seeded Hydrogel Promotes Integration in a Cartilage Gap Model, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, In Press

Brophy R.H. Cottrell J., Deng X-H, Rodeo, R.S., Wright, T.M., Warren, R.F., Maher, S.A., Improvement In Dynamic Contact Mechanics After Partial Lateral Meniscal Replacement With A Synthetic Scaffold In An Ovine Cadaver Model, J Biomed Mater Res A. 2009 Mar 25.

Wright TM, Maher SA. Current and novel approaches to treating chondral lesions. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Feb;91 Suppl 1:120-5.

Cottrell J.M., Scholten P., Wanich T., Warren R.F., Wright T.M., Maher S.A. A new technique to measure the dynamic contact pressures on the Tibial Plateau.J Biomech. 2008 Jul 19;41(10):2324-9.

Charlton D.C., Peterson M.G., Spiller K., Lowman A., Torzilli P.A., Maher S.A. Semi-Degradable Scaffold for Articular Cartilage Replacement. Tissue Eng. Part A, 2008; 14(1): 207-213.

Spiller K.L., Laurencin S.J., Charlton D., Maher S.A., Lowman A.M. Superporous Hydrogels For Cartilage Repair: Evaluation of the Morphological and Mechanical Properties. Acta Biomater. 2008 Jan;4(1):17-25. Epub 2007 Sep 22.

Ballyns J.J., Gleghorn J.P., Niebrzydowski V., Rawlinson J.J., Potter H.G., Maher S.A., Wright T.M., Bonassar L.J. Image-guided tissue engineering of anatomically shaped implants via MRI and micro-CT using injection molding. Tissue Eng Part A. 2008 Jul;14(7):1195-202.

Maher S.A., Doty S.B., Torzilli P.A., Thornton A., Lowman A., Thomas J., Warren R., Wright T.M., Meyers E., Nondegradable Hydrogels For The Treatment Of Focal Cartilage Defects. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2007; 83(1):145-55.

Maher SA, Furman BD, Babalola OM, Cottrell JM, Wright TM. Effect of crosslinking, remelting, and aging on UHMWPE damage in a linear experimental wear model. J Orthop Res. 2007 Jul;25(7):849-57.

Maher, S.A., Furman, B.D., Wright, T.M., 2004, The Effect of Reduced Fracture Toughness on Pitting and Delamination Type Wear of Elevated Cross-Linked Polyethylene, ASTM STP 1445, S.M. Kurtz, R. Gsell, and J. Martell, Eds., ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA ISBN: 0-8031-3474-6: 137-150.

Stolk, J., Maher, S.A., Verdonschot, N., Prendergast, P.J., Huiskes, R., 2003, Can Finite Element Models Detect Clinically Inferior Cemented Hip Implants? Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 409:138-50.

Maher, S.A., Lipman, J.D., Curley, L., Glichrist, M.D., Wright, T.M., 2003, Mechanical Performance of Ceramic Acetabular Liners under Conditions of Impingement, J. Arthroplasty, 18(7):936-41.

Maher, S.A., Prendergast, P.J., 2002, Pre-Clinical Testing of Cemented Hip Prostheses, Journal of Biomechanics, 35(2):257-65.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Research Description

Dr. Maher is an Assistant Scientist at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University. She received a BE and MEngSc in Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin, Ireland. She studied for my PhD in Trinity College Dublin, after which she came to HSS as a post-doctoral fellow. She has been an Assistant Scientist at HSS since 2002; which was punctuated by a period of research at the National Institutes of Health in Dr. Rocky Tuan's laboratory.

Her early research was focused on the pre-clinical evaluation of materials for total joint replacement. More recently, she has adapted the principles underlying the function of total joint replacements towards developing and optimizing functional solutions for the treatment of soft tissue defects. A goal is to understand the effect of soft tissue injury, treatment, and substitute implantation on the loads distributed across human knees. To enhance the development process, she works in multi-disciplinary teams which blend experimental, computational, and statistical models with the clinical expertise of orthopaedic surgeons. As a member of the Department of Biomechanics and the TERR program at Hospital for Special Surgery, Suzanne works closely with faculty from both groups and her research is strongly tied to that of HSS senior Sports Medicine Orthopaedic surgeons Dr. Warren and Dr. Rodeo. Other key collaborators include chemical engineers, cell biologists, radiologists, statisticians, and material scientists from Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University, Drexel University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Ohio State University.

She is an active member of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and the American Society for Mechanical Engineering (ASME). In 2009 she was invited to join the Biomedical Engineering Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons as the ORS liaison.