Physician Profile

Michael Meneghini, M.D.

Dr. Michael Meneghini is the chief of the joint replacement section and director of the Center for Joint Preservation in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the New England Musculoskeletal Institute. He is the author of more than 25 scientific articles on hip and knee replacement. Dr. Meneghini has won several awards including the Career Development Award from the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and the prestigious Mark Coventry award for outstanding fellow in hip and knee adult reconstruction at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Meneghini was awarded the Early Career Achievement Award from Indiana University School of Medicine in recognition of distinguished early career achievement in the medical profession. His main area of expertise is primary and revision hip and knee replacement. He has a special interest in minimally invasive surgery and arthritis in the young adult.

Appointment

• Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center
• Director, University of Connecticut Joint Replacement Center, New England Musculoskeletal Institute

Specialty

• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Hip and Knee Adult Reconstruction

Subspecialty

• Primary Hip and Knee Replacement
• Complex Revision Hip and Knee Replacement
• Unicompartmental (Partial) Knee Replacement
• Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
• Hip Impingement and Dysplasia

Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Certification, 2007

Education
B.S., Civil Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine

State Licensure
Connecticut
Indiana

Residency
Rush University Medical Center

Fellowship
Mayo Clinic: Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction

Awards

• St. Vincent Hospital Young Investigator Achievement in Research Award
• Indiana University School of Medicine Early Career Achievement Award
• Mark B. Coventry Adult Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Award
• OREF Zimmer Orthopaedic Career Development Award

Selected Publications
23 peer-reviewed articles

Pagnano M.W., Trousdale R.T., Meneghini R.M., Hanssen A.D.: Slower recovery after two-incision than mini-posterior-incision total hip arthroplasty. A randomized clinical trial. JBJS-Am 2008 May; 90(5):1000-6.

Aleto T.J., Berend M.E., Ritter M.A., Faris P.F., Meneghini R.M.: Early failure of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty leading to revision. J Arthroplasty 2008 Mar; 23(2):159-163.

Meneghini R.M., Lewallen D.G., Hanssen A.D.: Treatment of severe tibial bone loss using porous tantalum metaphyseal cones in revision total knee replacement. JBJS-Am 2008 Jan; 90(1):78-84.

Meneghini R.M., Pierson J.L., Bagsby D., Berend M.E., Ritter M.A., Meding J.B.: The effect of retropatellar fat pad excision on patellar tendon contracture and functional outcomes after total knee replacement. J Arthroplasty 2007 Sep; 22(6 Supp 2):47-50.

Meneghini R.M., Pierson J.L., Bagsby D., Ziemba-Davis M., Berend M.E., Ritter M.A.: Is there a functional benefit to obtaining high flexion after total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2007 Sep;22 (6 Supp 2):43-46.

Meneghini R.M., Hallab N.J., Berger R.A., Jacobs J.J., Paprosky W.P., Rosenberg A.G.: Stem diameter and rotational stability in revision total hip arthroplasty: A Biomechanical Analysis. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2006 Oct 2, 1(5).

Meneghini R.M., Pagnano M.W., Trousdale R.T., Hozack W.J.: Muscle damage during MIS total hip arthroplasty: Smith-Peterson versus posterior approach. Clin Orthop 2006 Dec,453:293-8.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Research Interests

Clinical Research

Dr. Meneghini’s main clinical research interest involves functional outcomes of hip and knee replacements, with particular emphasis on minimally-invasive surgery and implant design to include gender-specific design outcomes.

Bone Science Research

Dr. Meneghini and co-investigators are conducting biomechanical research involving the stability of next generation cementless total knee replacement, as well as the investigating the mechanical properties of highly cross-linked polyethylene, a bearing surface in total hip replacement. Dr. Meneghini also has a collaboration with Los Alamos National Lab in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to investigate novel techniques of improving the surgical technique of hip replacement through prevention of intraoperative fracture via vibration analysis methods.