Joseph Victor Vernace, MD
Office Address:
101 S Bryn Mawr Ave
Suite 200
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
610-527-9500
Education
1974-78 BA La Salle College (Chemistry)
1978-82 MD Jefferson Medical College
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments
1982-83 Lankenau Hospital (General Surgery)
1983-87 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Orthopaedics)
1987-88 Rothman Institute (Joint Replacement Fellowship)
Faculty Appointments
2000-2006 Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery Jefferson Medical College
2006-2013 Clinical Instructor Orthopaedic Surgery Jefferson Medical College
2013-present Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jefferson Medical College.
Hospital and Administrative Appointments
1988-present Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bryn Mawr Hospital
1988-present Practice at Main Line Orthopaedics
2000- Co-Director Joint Replacement Program, Bryn Mawr Hospital
2008 Board of Directors Surgery Center of the Main Line
Specialty Certification
1990- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
2000- Recertification
2010- Recertification
Licensure
Pennsylvania
Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies
1974 Validictorian
1978 Magna Cum Laude
1982 Alpha Omega Alpha
1983 Intern of the Year
1987 Resident of the Year
Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies
American Association Orthopaedics Surgeons
Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
Eastern Orthopaedic Society
Major Teaching and Clinical Responsibilities at Thomas Jefferson
University and Affiliated Hospitals
1988- Teaching Medical students on orthopaedic rotation at Bryn Mawr Hospital
1988- Teaching/mentoring Orthopaedic residents at Bryn Mawr Hospital
Lectures by Invitation
June 1993 The State of the Art in Total Hip Replacement. LaSalle College Alumni Meeting, LaSalle University.
1994 Blood Salvage in Total Knee Replacement Surgery. Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Boca Raton, Fla
July 2002 Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. Multi-specialty Lecture, Bryn Mawr Hospital Lecture Series.
December 2006Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement Surgery. Orthopaedic Program for Primary Care Physicians sponsored by Main Line Health. American College.
May 23, 2007, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement Surgery. Albany, NY.
June 7, 2007, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement, Early Clinical Results, Valley Forge Conference Center.
August 28, 2007 Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement Surgery. Hartford, Connecticut.
November 15, 2007, Grand Rounds presentation, Thomas Jefferson University Department of Orthopaedics, Custom Fit Total Knee Surgery,
February 12, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement Surgery, Mobile Alabama
April 2, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement Surgery, Atlanta, Georgia
April 3, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement Surgery, Charleston, SC
April 4, 2008, The Use of OtisKnee in Total Knee Replacement Surgery, American Osteopathic Orthopaedic Society national meeting, Chicago, Illinois
April 30, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Surgery, Early Results, Harrisburg, PA
May 5, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Surgery, Early Results, Birmingham, Alabama,
May 6, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement: Rationale, Results and Surgical Technique, Grand Rounds, University of Alabama Birmingham,
May 9, 2009, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement: Biomechanical Rationale and Literature Review and Radiographic Evaluation. Presented at Jefferson Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting.
June 25, 2008, The Use of OtisKnee Technology in TKA. Louisville, Kentucky
August 20, 2008, The Early Clinical Results of Custom Fit TKA. Allentown, PA
November 3, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement: Kinematics, Early Results and Literature Review, Akron, Ohio
November 22, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement: Early Clinical Results of 200 Knees in 175 Consecutive Patients. Presented at the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
December 5, 2008, Shape Matching in TKA: What’s It All About? New Technologies in Orthopaedic Meeting, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA,
December 5, 2008, The Use of Custom Cutting Guides in TKA: Personal Experience, Early Results and TKA Literature Review. New Technologies in Orthopaedic Meeting, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA
January 27, 2011, Custom Fit TKA: Early Results. Toronto, Canada.
June 5-11. European Lecture Tour. Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Replacement: Rationale, Technique and Early Clinical results. Presentations in Rome, Bologna, Milan, Vienna, Hanover, Paris.
June 8, 2011. Kinematically aligned total knee replacement: Rationale, Technique and Early Clinical results. Grand Rounds, University of Vienna.
Publications, peer reviewed
1. Cotler, J. and Vernace, J.V.:The Use of Harrington Rods in the Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America, 17:1; 87-103, 1986
2. Galinat, B.J., Vernace, J.V., Booth, R.E., and Rothman, R.H.:Dislocation of the Posterior Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty.The Journal of Arthroplasty 3(4): 363-367, 1988.
3.Vernace, J.V., Rothman, R.H., Booth, R.E., and Balderston, R.A.:Arthroscopic Management of the Patellar Clunk Syndrome FollowingPosterior Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty 34(2): 179-184, 1989.
4. Kirschenbaum, I., Vernace, J.V., Booth, R.E., Balderston, R.A., and Rothman, R.H.:
Total Hip Arthroplasty for Osteonecrosis. Seminars in Arthroplasty, 2(3):
234-240, 1991.
5. Howell, SM, Hodapp, EE, Vernace, JV, Hull MC, Meade TD. Are undesirable contact kinematics minimized after kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty? An intersurgeon analysis of consecutive patients.Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 21(10) 2281-7, 2013.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
1. Vernace, J.V.: Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head: Etiology, Pathogenesis
And Treatment, in Balderston, et al (ed.) The Hip, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia 1992.
2. Vernace, J.V., Howell, S.M.: Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty with Patient-Specific Cutting Guides (Chapter 57) in Parvizi, J (Ed.) The Knee, Reconstruction, Replacement and Revision, Data Trace, Brooklandville, MD, 2013, pp 57-1-57-16.
Alternative Media
Vernace, J,. Tips and Tricks for Custom Fit Total Knee Arthroplasty with Patient-Specific Guides. Stryker Corporation, 2008
Vernace J., Howell, S, Hozack, W, Surgical Technique Guide for Total Knee Arthroplasty with Patient-Specific Cutting Guides.