ANCHOR History
Mission Statement:
ANCHOR is a multicenter clinical research group investigating adolescent and adult hip disorders. We are focused on improving patient care through research, education and mentorship.
Purpose and Long-Term ANCHOR Goal
To collect data from patients undergoing hip surgery in order to analyze the effects of surgical treatment on patients with hip problems. Over time, we hope to better identify and characterize the most important determinants for treatment outcomes while improving the diagnosis, surgical care, and quality of life of patients with pre-arthritic hip disease (femoroacetabular impingement and dysplasia).
Today, numerous medical centers and surgeons are part of this group of highly-dedicated surgeon researchers who hope to, over time; identify the most important determinants of treatments outcomes.
History of ANCHOR: From Concept to Creation





Updated on 6/16/2025 (42 surgeons at 27 sites)
- ANCHOR Site
- Location
- Surgeon(s)
- Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak
- Royal Oak, Michigan
- Ira Zaltz, MD
- Boston's Children Hospital - Harvard
- Boston, Massachusetts
-
Michael Millis, MD
Young-Jo Kim, MD, PhD.
Yi-Meng Yen, MD, PhD.
Eduardo Novais, MD
Travis Matheney, MD, MLA
- Children's Hospital of Los Angelos
- Los Angeles, CA
- Rachel Goldstein, MD, MPH, FAAOS
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Woody Sankar, MD
- CHU de Québec - Laval Universitè
- Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Etienne L. Belzile, MD, FRCSC
- Cedar-Sinai
- Los Angelos, CA
- Patrick Whitlock, MD, PhD.
- Hospital For Special Surgery
- New York, New York
-
Ernest Sink, MD
- Mayo Clinic
- Rochester, Minnesota
-
Rafael J. Sierra, MD
Aaron Krych, MD
Mario Hevesi, MD., PhD
- Nationwide Children's
- Columbus, Ohio
-
Craig A. Smith, MD
- Northwestern Medicine
- Chicago, Illinois
- Michael Stover, MD
- Orlando Health
- Orlando, Florida
- Bruce Levy, MD
- Ottawa Research Institute
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
-
Paul E. Beaulè, MD, FRCSC
George Grammatopoulos, MD, DPhil, FRCSC
Geoffrey Wilkin, MD, FRSC
- Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego/UCSD
- San Diego, California
-
Matthew Schmitz, MD, FAOA, FAAP
- San Antonio Military Medical Center
- San Antonio, Texas
- Joshua Tadlock, MD took over from Matt Schmitz on DoD FAI-2 Study (presently, he is not an ANCHOR member)
- Scottish Rite for Children
- Dallas, Texas
-
David Podeszwa, MD
Henry Ellis, Jr., MD
Daniel Sucato, MD, MS
William Morris, MD
- Stanford Children's Health
- Palo Alto, California
- Stephanie Pun, MD, FAAOS
- The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO Research Institute)
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Sasha Carsen, MD, MBA, FRCSC
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Houston, Texas
- Scott Rosenfeld, MD, FAOA, FAAP
- Twin Cities Orthopedics
- Edina, Minnesota
- Christopher Larson, MD
- University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado)
- Aurora, Colorado
- Stephanie Mayer, MD
- University of Iowa
- Iowa City, Iowa
-
Robert Westermann, MD
Michael Willey, MD
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
-
Ira Zaltz, MD (Faculty as of Summer 2022)
Asheesh Bedi, MD
- UPMC (Univ of Pennsylvania Medical Center)
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Michael McClincy, MD
- UW Medicine (UW Medical Center)
- Seattle, Washington
- Mia Hagen, MD
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Andrea Spiker, MD
- Vanderbilt University
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Jon Schoenecker, MD, PhD.
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Saint Louis, Missouri
-
John Clohisy, MD
Jeffrey Nepple, MD, MS
Cecilia Pascual-Garrido, MD, PhD.
Perry Schoenecker, MD