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study. “The awards at this meeting aremore commonly given to large
institutions that have a lot of research funding, such as university hospitals or
tertiary care centers. Our team is continually looking to domore clinical
research because it helps shapewhat future healthcarewill be.”
This work was accomplishedwith very limited resources, andwas made
possible by the generosity of grateful patients. Many of JRI’s own doctors also
have been supporting the research, alongwith their colleagues in
ReconstructiveOrthopedics, so passionate are they about the importance
and promise of breakthroughs in this field.
“This place is all about a newhealth caremodel, delivering themost
cost-efficient, highest quality health care in the region, if not the country,”
says Schoifet.
Philanthropy to support hiring additional research staffwill allow the JRI and its
team to domore, andmore quickly, to help givemore people like JaredOrth
andHelen Richards their lives and dreams back.
JRI is not only a pioneer in
minimally invasive joint
replacement surgery, but it
is becoming nationally
renowned for its orthopedic
research, which is entirely
funded by philanthropy.