Gwo-Chin Lee, MD

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Appointments

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards

AAOS Achievement Award, 2017
Best of AAOS Adult Reconstruction Hip Highlights, 2016
AAHKS Best Health Policy Award, 2014
AAHKS James A. Rand Award, 2014
Orthopaedic This Week Top 22 North American Knee Surgeons, 2014
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association Jacquelin Perry Award, 2013
Knee Society John Insall Traveling Fellowship, 2010
Leonard Marmor Surgical Arthritis Foundation Award, 2003
Coventry Clinical Research Award, 2003

Education

Baylor College of Medicine, 1998

Internship

Mayo Clinic, 1999

Residency

Mayo Clinic, 2003

Fellowship

Insall Scott Kelly Institute, 2004

State Licensure

Languages

English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese

Selected Journal Articles

Lee GC, Lotke PA. Can surgeons predict what makes a good TKA?: Intraoperative surgeon impression of TKA
quality does not correlate with Knee Society Scores. Clin Orthop Relat Res, 470:159-165, Jan 2012.

Voleti PB, Baldwin KD, Lee GC. Static versus Articulating Spacers for Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Bone J Surg Am; 95:1594-1599, Sep 2013.

Courtney PM, Rozell JC, Melnic CM, Lee GC. Who should not undergo short stay total hip and knee arthroplasty? Risk factors associated with major medical complications following primary total joint arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2015 Sep;30(9 Suppl):1-4.

Saxena V, Anari JB, Ruutiainen AT, Voleti PB, Stephenson JW, Lee GC. Tibial component considerations in
bicruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty: A 3D MRI evaluation of proximal tibial anatomy. Knee. 2016 Aug;23(4):593-9.

Ibrahim SA, Blum M, Lee GC, Mooar P, Medvedeva E, Collier A, Richardson D. Effect of a Decision Aid on Access to Total Knee Replacement for Black Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2017 Jan 18;152(1):e164225.

Courtney PM, Lee GC. Early Outcomes of Kinematic Alignment in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature. J Arthroplasty. 2017 Jun;32(6):2028-2032.e1.

Dattilo J, Gittings D, Sloan M, Charette R, Hume E, Lee GC. 'Hot Joints' infection protocol reduces unnecessary postoperative re-admissions following total hip and knee arthroplasty. Bone Joint J. 2017 Dec;99-B(12):1603-1610.

Bernstein J, Charette R, Sloan M, Lee GC. Spinal Fusion Is Associated With Changes in Acetabular Orientation and Reductions in Pelvic Mobility. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Feb;477(2):324-330.

Courtney PM, Boniello AJ, Della Valle CJ, Lee GC. Risk Adjustment Is Necessary in Value-based Outcomes Models for Infected TKA. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 Oct;476(10):1940-1948.

Lee GC, Wakelin E, Randall A, Plaskos C. Can a robot help a surgeon to predict a good total knee arthroplasty?
Bone Joint J. 2021 Jun;103-B(6 Supple A):67-73.

Selected Books/Chapters

Lee GC and Kelly MA: Isolated Patellofemoral Arthritis Without Malalignment: in Fulkerson JP (ed) Common
Patellofemoral Problems. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 2005, pp. 73-85.

Lee GC. Revision TKA with Femoral Bone Loss: Augments: in Parvizi J and Rothman R (eds) Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2009 .

Vannozzi B, Lee GC, Garino JP. Revision TKA with Tibial Bone Loss: in Parvizi J and Rothman R (eds). Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2009.

Lee GC and Johanson NA. Stiffness in Total Knee Arthroplasty: in Saleh K (ed). Arthritis and Arthroplasty. Elsevier, Philadelphia 2009.

Boselli K, Lee GC, Garino JP. Patellofemoral Maltracking: in Saleh K (ed). Arthritis and Arthroplasty. Elsevier, Philadelphia 2009.

Scolaro J, Lee GC. Tibial Plateau Fractures in the Elderly: in Pignolo R, Keenan MA, and Hebela N (eds). Fractures in the Elderly. Humana Press, Springer, New York, 2010.

Lee GC. Classification of Bone Loss: UPENN Classification: in Parvizi J (ed). Knee Reconstruction, Replacement, and Revision. DataTace Publishing, Maryland, 2011.

Lee GC, Kim RH. Intraoperative Tests to Aid Diagnosis of PJI: in Parvizi J and Springer BD (eds). Periprosthetic Joint Infections. Springer, New York 2012.

Lee GC, Murphy JE. What's new in revision total joint arthroplasty: in Austin M and Klein G (eds). World Clinics in Orthopaedics. JP Medical Publishers, Philadelphia 2013.

Lee GC. Extensively Coated Cementless Femoral Components: in Cashman J, Goyal N, Parvizi J (eds): The Hip: Preservation, Replacement and Revision. DataTrace Publishing Company, Brooklandville, MD 2015.

Selected Presentations

Lee GC, Fogt F. Proceed with Caution! Variability of Quantitative Leukocyte Esterase Levels in Diagnosis of PJI During Revision TJA. Presented at: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 84th Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, March 2018.

Scholl D, Alipit V, Kirk A, Schmidig G, Lee GC. Are Long Stems Necessary for Fixation in Revision TKA? Micromotion Analysis of Various Tibial Constructs. Presented at: Knee Society Members Meeting, Paris France, Sept 2016 and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 83rd Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, Mar 2017.

Charette R, Lee GC. Higher Rate of Early Revision Following Primary TKA in Patients Under Age 55: A Cautionary Tale. Presented at: Knee Society Members Meeting, St Louis, Sept 2018. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 85th Annual Meeting, Las Vergas NV, March 2019.

Lee GC, Dennis D, Pierrepont J, Madurawe C, Shimmin A. The Effect of Total Hip Arthroplasty Bearing Material on Prosthetic Jump Distance. Presented at International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty Annual Meeting, Toronto Canada, Oct 2019.

Gaudiani MA, Samuel LT, Kamath AF, Courtney PM, Lee GC. Robotic-Assisted versus Manual Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Contemporary Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Early Functional Outcomes. Presented at: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting, Dallas TX, Nov 2019.

Gu Y, Madurawe C, Kim W, Pierrepont J, Shimmin A, Lee GC. Prevalence of Various Spinopelvic Abnormalities that Increased the Risk for Prosthetic Impingement in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). Presented at: The Hip Society Summer Meeting (virtual), Oct 2020.

Lee GC, AO Recon Symposium at Vreden Readings International Annual Meeting, St Petersburg Russia. The Role of Cages in Acetabular Revision, Sept 2019

Lee GC, Cadaveric Primary and Revision Knee Arthroplasty Workshop Autumn Symposium, Prince of Wales
Hospital, Hong Kong (virtual): Essential Surgical Steps for Successful Revision TKA, Sept 2021.

Lee GC, 5th Annual Congress on Bone and Joint Infection, Fuzhou China (virtual). DAIR: Where Do we Stand in
2021? Dec 2021.

Lee GC, Acetabular Bone Loss in Revision Hip Arthroplasty: An International Consensus Symposium | An HSS
Journal® Webinar. Management of Pelvic Bone Loss. Dec 2021

Dr. Lee is interested in the outcomes of hip and knee replacement surgery with emphasis on the role of technology on implant longevity and personalizing joint replacement surgery. In addition, he has interest in the diagnosis and management of prosthetic joint infections. Finally, he has worked on understanding disparities in healthcare utilization across various races and patients from various socioeconomic backgrounds.