Dr. Andreas Gomoll

08/18/2023

After years of planning and improving the implant and surgical technique, we are so happy to have now implanted the first Moximed MISHA Knee System in NYC and the Northeast. Yesterday was the big day and it makes me especially proud to have done this together with my beloved wife and respected colleague Dr. Sabrina Strickland.
The medial internal shock absorbing implant is designed for patients with pain on the medial (inside) of the knee due to mild to moderate arthritis - enough to limit but too early for a knee replacement. Another application is for patients with posterior root medial meniscus tears, who would otherwise have to remain on crutches for over a month after surgery.

03/27/2023

We are finally close to offering the first new treatment option in decades for medial knee osteoarthritis that is less invasive, reversible and has a quicker recovery. We just published the 5 year outcomes and hopefully FDA approval will follow soon.

Purpose To evaluate the 5-year rate of survival without undergoing arthroplasty or high tibial osteotomy (HTO) in subjects with mild-to-moderate medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (OA) who were treated with an implantable shock absorber (ISA) system. Methods Three prospective, sequential, multic...

09/22/2022

At in Boston. Finally, after over a decade, we were able to share the results of several clinical trials of the implanted shock absorber for the treatment of medial knee arthritis. While not available yet, the results have been submitted to FDA and hopefully I will be able to provide this for my patients next year.

05/21/2022

Lecturing on joint preservation, cartilage repair and osteotomy at the Arthroscopy Association of North America meeting.

04/14/2022

The Covid-delayed ICRS conference finally happened in person. Wonderful to see old friends and colleagues.
Honored to receive the best abstract award for our presentation of the trial data that resulted in FDA approval of the Agili-C implant.
Also presented was my data on the outcomes of osteochondral allograft transplantation.

09/03/2021

Challenging patient at the end of a long day in the OR. Thankfully, Sabrina and I had already done a multi-ligament case together today, so we were all warmed up to put this together for one of our kids.

07/17/2021

Tools small and large - yesterday in Boston working with a company to design instruments allowing us to perform the next generation of cartilage repair without big incisions; today in Connecticut with the kids using chainsaw and tractor to tame our property there. Life is balance!

07/11/2021

Another successful couples meeting with my wife, partner and best friend Dr. Sabrina Strickland at the combined American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Association of North America meeting in Nashville. We lectured on meniscus repair and transplantation, joint preservation and patellofemoral instability. Great to see friends and colleagues after such a challenging year, but now can’t wait to come home to our kids!

07/10/2021

Always mixed emotions when your great mentor and friend retires - so happy for Elizabeth and Bernie’s new phase; sad for future generations of Rush fellows that won’t get to experience his skill, generosity and sense of humor.
Very glad over 40 Rush fellows and residents came together to honor Dr. Bach’s legacy at AOSSM, sporting his trademark Nantucket reds.

06/15/2021

First in-person course this past weekend. Directed the arthroscopy association (AANA) surgical knee course together with my friend Aaron Krych from the Mayo Clinic.

05/17/2021

Great online conference over the weekend with my friends and colleagues Brian Cole MD and Jack Farr. This International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society course discussed complex cartilage issues. While we are all looking forward to seeing each other in person again, technology at least helped bring together over 300 attendees from 52 countries.

The video can be found here https://youtu.be/e3mx3VqE-DY.

Case-Based Roundtable – Managing the Spectrum of Articular Cartilage & Meniscal DeficiencyHost: Brian Cole (US)Speakers: Brian Cole (US), Jack Farr (US) & An...

03/17/2021

My wife Dr. Sabrina Strickland and I will be sharing our experience with MACI cartilage transplants in this upcoming webcast.