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
In 2006, during AO Hip Preservation Course, several leading orthopaedic surgeons began foundational discussions regarding the need to organize a hip preservation research group. Study group discussion was organized by Dr. Michael Millis, a founding member of the ANCHOR team.
In 2007, a meeting took place in Saint Louis, Missouri to officially organize a core group of orthopaedic surgeons interested in advancing their research efforts through multi-center collaboration and investigation. During this year, multi-center data forms, data collection protocols/guides and an electronic database were developed in collaboration with Dr. J. Phillip Miller, Director of the Biostatistics Core at Washington University in St. Louis. Monthly surgeon conference calls were scheduled and retrospective, collaborative studies were conducted throughout the year.
In 2008, the Academic Network of Conservational Hip Outcomes Research “ANCHOR” study group was formed, prospective periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) data collection began, three new sites were added to the group (Detroit-Beaumont, Texas Scottish-Rite Hospital and University of Colorado) and additional grant funding was provided by the NFL and Washington University’s Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences.
In 2009, prospective data collection on femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) surgery began to be collected, X-ray and disease classification was studied and additional funding was provided by Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH) in St. Louis, Missouri.
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