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Office Locations:
UPMC Center for Sports Medicine
3200 South Water Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203 |
Joint Reconstruction Center
5200 Centre Avenue
Suite 415
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232 |
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www.vondawrightmd.com |
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Sports Medicine Hip Arthroscopy Shoulder Surgery Knee Surgery |
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Education and Experience:
Undergraduate Degree- B.S. in Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
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Medical Degree- University of Chicago- Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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Orthopaedic Surgery Residency- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Research Fellowship- Musculoskeletal Growth & Development Lab,
Pittsburgh, PA
Sports Medicine and Upper Extremity Fellowship- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY |
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Assistant Team Physician for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team
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. UPMC Mercy
. UPMC Presbyterian
. UPMC Shadyside |
Click Here to View a List of Dr. Wright's Presentations
Wright, V., Long-term results of ACL reconstruction with bone-patella-bone autograft: 23 year follow-up, poster AAOS, San Diego 2008
Wright, V., “Physical Wealth Management: Essentials of elite fitness and health.” Citigroup Smith Barney Financial. March 3, 2007, Sarasota, FL
Wright, V., “Participation in high impact sports predicts bone mineral density in senior olympic athletes.” American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting, February 16, 2007, San Diego, CA
Wright, V., “Physical Wealth Management: Performance and Fitness for Athletes and Active agers over 40” Commonwealth Group of Smith Barney Financial. January 25, 2007, Washington, DC
Wright, V., “Wear, Tear and Repair: Options for Mobility” American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
Press event. November 14, 2006. New York, NY
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Click Here to View a List of Dr. Wright's Publications
Wright, V. and Perricelli, B (2008). “Age-related rates of performance decline in performance among elite senior athletes.”American Journal of Sports Medicine 36: 443-450.
Wright, V. and Craig, E. (2008). Mini-open rotator cuff repair. “ Shoulder techniques of the shoulder, elbow and knee in sports medicine.” Saunders publishing
Jordan, S., Hagen, T.,West, R. and Wright, V. (2007). Gender differences in ACL Injury. “Current Concepts in ACL Resonstruction.” Slack publishing.
Wright, V. (2006). “Osteoporosis in Men.” J Am Acad Orthop Surg Vol 14(6): 347-3
Wright, V. and Fu, FH. (2005). “Management of meniscal injuries.” Current Opinion in Orthopedics Vol 16(2): 100-106.
Sahasrabudhe, A., Wright, V., Fluhme, D. and Cohen, P. (2004). “The occult hip fracture”. Techniques in Orthopaedics Vol 19(3): 187-196 |
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