Jaimo Ahn MD, PhD

Dr Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD is Professor, Associate Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma and an orthopaedic surgeon-scientist-educator at the University of Michigan. He completed a clinical fellowship in Orthopaedic Traumatology at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, and traveling fellowships at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and across western North America with the American Orthopaedic Association. He served his internship and residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania where he also received his MD-PhD in Cell & Molecular Biology and performed a fellowship in molecular orthopedics. Prior to that, he was a research associate in parasitology at UCSF after receiving his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University.

In addition to studying the education of physicians and scientists, he participates in basic science research with a focus on bone regulation/regeneration and fractures healing and clinical research with a focus on prospective orthopedic trauma outcomes and surgical decision-making. In addition, the translation of research/ideas to the real world is important to Jaimo and he is active in the realization of several patents/companies. To complete the academic triad, he is active in medical education, having served as Advisory Dean, Associate Program Director, and Student Director previously at Penn, Board member of the American Physician Scientists Association, a former member of the USMLE test material development committee, and current member of the ABOS question writing task force. He enjoys reviewing for journals as varied as JAMA, Science Translational Medicine, CORR, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Frontiers in Surgery, and consulting for the FDA as well as industry. Outside of academics, he loves to travel, eat, drink and run with his wife, family, and friends. Educationally, he is always open to discussion with trainees.