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Daniel B. Saris, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Orthopedic Surgeon
  2. Sports Medicine Specialist

Departments

Specialty Groups

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

DutchEnglish

Existing patients

Daniel B.F. Saris, M.D., Ph.D., is an orthopedic surgeon with a specialty in knee surgery and additional focus on regenerative medicine.

Areas of expertise include:

  • Knee surgery from simplest meniscus to infected total knee revision
  • Osteotomy, joint distraction, and complex ligament reconstructions
  • Specific expertise in regenerative medicine and cartilage repair with cell technology
  • Application of stem cell technologies in treating degenerative diseases
  • Ethics of stem cell technologies/therapies
  1. ACL injury
  2. Arthritis
  3. Cartilage injury
  4. Osteochondritis dissecans
  5. Torn meniscus
  1. Arthroplasty
  2. Arthroscopy
  3. Cartilage repair
  4. Knee surgery
  5. Regenerative medicine therapy
  • Knee repair
  • Arthroplasty
  • Biological joint reconstruction
  • Osteotomy
  • Cartilage cell therapy
  • Regenerative medicine and cartilage repair with cell technology
  • Clinical trials for regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies
  1. 2002
    PhD - OrthopaedicsUniversity of Utrecht
  2. 2000
    Residency - Orthopaedics (Academical Hospital Utrecht Department of Orthopaedics)University of Utrecht
  3. 1997
    Research Fellowship - Orthopaedics, Cartilage & Biomechanics LaboratoryMayo Clinic Rochester
  4. 1992
    Medical SchoolUniversity of Amsterdam

Awards and honors

  1. 2016
    IMPACT Trial "3 Hottest Topics @ AAOS"American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  2. 2016
    ICRS Award for Best ResearchInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  3. 2014
    Honorary LectureBASK Lordon Trickey
  4. 2009
    Jack Houghston Award for AOSSM Best PaperAmerican Journal of Sports Medicine
  5. 2007
    Honorary title "Fellow of the International Cartilage Repair Society"International Cartilage Repair Society
  6. 2003
    Pauline van Wachem Award for the best PhD thesis 2002-2003Dutch Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
  7. 2002
    Best Basic Science AwardJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  8. 1997
    Kelly Research Award for "Outstanding Basic Science Research"Mayo Foundation

Professional memberships

  1. 2010 - 2012
    PresidentInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  2. 2009 - 2010
    ChairmanACL Consensus Guideline Committee, Dutch Orthopaedic Society
  3. 2008 - 2010
    Vice PresidentInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  4. 2003 - 2008
    Executive SecretaryInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  5. 2003 - 2008
    Past TreasurerDutch Arthroscopy Society
  6. 2000 - present
    MemberDutch Orthopaedic Society
  7. 2000 - present
    MemberISAKOS - International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
  8. 2000 - present
    MemberAmerican Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  9. 2000 - present
    FellowInternational Cartilage Repair Society
  10. 2000 - present
    MemberDutch Society for Orthopaedic Traumatology

Publications

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Research activities

See a description of research activities.