Education and Experience
MEDICAL SCHOOL
- Wake Forest University
RESIDENCY
- Wake Forest University
- Area: Orthopaedic Surgery
FELLOWSHIP
- Colorado Joint Replacement
- Area: Adult Reconstruction
BACHELOR OF ARTS
- University of Virginia
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
- Wake Forest University
- Area: Molecular Medicine and Translational Science
CERTIFICATIONS
- Orthopaedic Surgery, Board Certified
Current Appointments
- 2020-present Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine
Honors, Awards & Achievements
- Frank E. Pollock Academic Excellence Award, Wake Forest Department of Orthopaedics, 2019
- AOA-OREF Zimmer Resident Leadership Forum Travel Award, 2018
- Gold Medal in Basic Research Science, 2017
- AAOS Now Featured Research: “Xenograft-derived Bone Scaffold Shows Promise”, 2017
- Young Investigator Travel Award: AAOS Biologic Treatments of Orthopedic Injuries Symposium, 2015
Publications
- Bracey DN, Jinnah AH, Willey JS, Seyler TM, Hutchinson ID, Whitlock PW, Smith TL, Danelson KA, Emory CL, Kerr B. Investigating the Osteoinductive Potential of a Decellularized Xenograft Bone Substitute. Cells Tissues Organs.2019 Oct 25:1-17
PMID: 31655811 - Thönnes S, Shelton P, Bracey DN, Van Dyke M, Whitlock P, Smith TL, Moghaddam A, Tuohy C. Success and efficiency of cell seeding in Avian Tendon Xenografts – A promising alternative for tendon and ligament reconstruction. J Orthop. 2019 Sep 12;18:155-161
PMID: 32021023 - Bracey DN, Seyler TM, Jinnah AH, Smith TL, Ornelles DA, Deora R, Parks GD, Van Dyke ME, Whitlock PW. A porcine xenograft-derived bone scaffold is a biocompatible bone graft substitute: An assessment of cytocompatibility and the alpha-Gal epitope. Xenotransplantation. 2019 Jul 25:e12534
PMID: 31342586 - Bracey DN, Seyler TM, Lively MO, Willey JS, Smith TL, Van Dyke ME, Whitlock PW. A Decellularized Porcine Xenograft-Derived Bone Scaffold for Clinical Use as a Bone Graft Substitute: A Critical Evaluation of Processing and Structure. J Funct Biomater. 2018 Jul 12;9(3).
PMID: 30002336
Locations
UNC Orthopaedic Clinic at the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC)
102 Mason Farm Road
Second Floor
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina
- 27514