Joseph Victor Vernace, MD

Office Address:101 S Bryn Mawr AveSuite 200Bryn Mawr, PA 19010610-527-9500jvernace@mac.com

Education1974-78 BA La Salle College (Chemistry)1978-82 MD Jefferson Medical College

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments1982-83 Lankenau Hospital (General Surgery)1983-87 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Orthopaedics)1987-88 Rothman Institute (Joint Replacement Fellowship)

Faculty Appointments2000-2006 Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery Jefferson Medical College2006-2013 Clinical Instructor Orthopaedic Surgery Jefferson Medical College2013-present Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jefferson Medical

College.

Hospital and Administrative Appointments1988- present Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bryn Mawr Hospital1988-present Practice at Main Line Orthopaedics2000- Co-Director Joint Replacement Program, Bryn Mawr Hospital2008 Board of Directors Surgery Center of the Main Line

Specialty Certification1990- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery2000- Recertification2010- Recertification

LicensurePennsylvania

Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies1974 Validictorian1978 Magna Cum Laude1982 Alpha Omega Alpha1983 Intern of the Year1987 Resident of the Year

Memberships in Professional and Scientific SocietiesAmerican Association Orthopaedics SurgeonsAssociation of Hip and Knee SurgeonsPennsylvania Orthopaedic SocietyEastern Orthopaedic Society

Major Teaching and Clinical Responsibilities at Thomas Jefferson University and Affiliated Hospitals1988- Teaching Medical students on orthopaedic rotation at Bryn Mawr Hospital1988- Teaching/mentoring Orthopaedic residents at Bryn Mawr Hospital

Lectures by InvitationJune 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, FlaJuly 2002 Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. Multi-specialty Lecture, Bryn Mawr Hospital Lecture Series. December 2006 Custom 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 AlabamaApril 2, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement Surgery, Atlanta, GeorgiaApril 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, PAMay 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, KentuckyAugust 20, 2008, The Early Clinical Results of Custom Fit TKA. Allentown, PANovember 3, 2008, Custom Fit Total Knee Replacement: Kinematics, Early Results and Literature Review, Akron, OhioNovember 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, MAJanuary 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, 19862. 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 Following Posterior 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, PathogenesisAnd 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 MediaVernace, J,. Tips and Tricks for Custom Fit Total Knee Arthroplasty with Patient-Specific Guides. Stryker Corporation, 2008Vernace J., Howell, S, Hozack, W, Surgical Technique Guide for Total Knee Arthroplasty with Patient-Specific Cutting Guides.