News & Patient Stories

Jan 23, 2024

It was early November, and Dr. Lynn Pezzanite was standing in an operating room at Colorado State University’s Translational Medicine Institute, flanked on either side by two of her most influential mentors, Dr. Laurie Goodrich and Dr. Jason Stoneback. Goodrich and Stoneback had scrubbed in to assist on a pair of equine surgeries tied to Pezzanite’s first research grant as the principal investigator.

Dec 13, 2023

In episode 12, host Seth O'Brien, CP, FAAOP(D), sits down with Dr. Jason Stoneback, chief of orthopedic trauma and fracture surgery, and the director of the limb restoration and osseointegration programs at the University of Colorado Hospital. The two talk about bone-anchored prosthetics, Stoneback's introduction to osseointegration, different approaches to the procedure, and the FDA approval status.

Aug 20, 2023

Starting off the series on osseintegration, Dr. Danielle Melton shares her thoughts on OI and at the end also talks about the limb loss registry!

Jul 31, 2023

Dr. Danielle Melton plays a key role in promoting data-driven care in the field of Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P). She is the director of amputation medicine and rehabilitation and an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado. As a member of the Executive Advisory Panel to the Limb Loss & Preservation Registry (LLPR), she advocates for the aggregation of data from O&P facilities and hospital systems to provide evidence-based information for clinical decision-making. By joining the LLPR, facilities can contribute de-identified data on patients with limb loss and preservation to create a comprehensive national database. This data can be used to analyze treatment pathways, rehabilitation timelines, and long-term outcomes for patients with similar characteristics. Dr. Danielle Melton believes that using such data will help justify medical necessity for insurance reimbursements and enable clinicians to provide patients with more informed care based on benchmarked outcomes for specific patient groups. Overall, she emphasizes that the transition to data-driven care is essential for improving patient outcomes and aligning with changing industry expectations.

Jul 24, 2023

Eric J. Earley, PhD, was part of a Swedish research team that developed a system allowing people with amputations above the elbow achieve an unprecedented level of control over the individual fingers on a bionic hand. Eric J. Earley, PhD, a new faculty member in the Department of Orthopedics in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is bringing his expertise in prosthetic limbs to the department’s Osseointegration Research Consortium. Led by Jason Stoneback, MD, the lab is focused on developing and improving bone-anchored limb technology aimed at creating prosthetic limbs that can be directly inserted into bones, as opposed to the traditional prosthetic that attaches via a socket that goes around the outside of the limb.

Sep 17, 2019

Anschutz Medical Campus, This is Breakthrough

Sep 1, 2019

Early every Wednesday morning in the Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion on the Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, a team of multidisciplinary professionals meet to review and discuss complex cases of patients who face a host of serious orthopedic issues from infections and amputations to deformities.

Aug 6, 2019

Translational Medicine Institute: Colorado State University

Dec 12, 2018

Jandl Scott, a patient at CU and a U.S. Army veteran, talks with Dr. Jason Stoneback about his surgery at recovery at CU. Stoneback and his team treated Jandl for a severe leg injury.

Oct 24, 2018

That massive medical campus on the east side of town got the kind of news Tuesday that sent them scrambling toward 9NEWS for once. It's one of just five Level 1 Trauma centers.