March 1, 2012
HCL Awards 2012: Surgeon, Dr. David Jacofsky
Surgeon
Dr. David Jacofsky
The CORE Institute
Dr. David Jacofsky takes a multi-pronged approach to orthopedic research, which gives him the opportunity to study devices and drugs from the bench top to the bedside. In a few short years, he has developed a Division of Research and Development and partnership with The Sun Health Research Institute, whose projects are studying total knee replacement devices; ways to improve hip fracture implants; improved methods of fracture treatment; and release of antibiotics from implants in an attempt to reduce the risk of post-operative infections. With his leadership, this collaborative contribution in biomechanics, clinical research programs, and motion analysis (which uses state-of-the-art equipment to analyze human movement) has contributed enormously to the care of orthopedic conditions.
In addition, surgeons and researchers at The CORE Institute are working with both large and very small companies to help them create and improve products for patient care. The CORE Institute has developed and patented products of its own to either license or sell to industry. This demonstrates Jacofsky’s continuous effort to work with local, regional and international partnerships within private orthopedic companies as well as research institutions. His focus brings greater economic development opportunities to Arizona.
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Finalist
John J. Nigro, MD
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Nigro exemplifies the values of leadership and knowledge in a population of children who live with congenital heart defects. He is the division chief of cardiothoracic surgery and program director of transplant at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Nigro has been active in the healthcare field for more than 20 years and served as the director of the Congenital Heart Center at Saint Joseph’s Hospital Medical Center for seven years. He devotes his time to the American Heart Association, Heart Center board and assisted in the initiation of the Heart Lung Transplant program for St. Joseph’s in 2010.</p> <p><a title="Visit Phoenix Children's Hospital's website" href="http://www.phoenixchildrens.com/" target="_blank">phoenixchildrens.com</a></p> <hr /> <h3>Finalist</h3> <h3><strong>Dr. Marc Matthews</strong></h3> <p><strong>Maricopa Integrated Health System</strong></p> <p><div data-gatsby-image-wrapper="" style="position:relative;overflow:hidden;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top" class="gatsby-image-wrapper gatsby-image-wrapper-constrained alignright size-full wp-image-35409 inline-gatsby-image-wrapper"><div style="max-width:150px;display:block"><img alt="" role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20height='175'%20width='150'%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20version='1.1'%3E%3C/svg%3E" style="max-width:100%;display:block;position:static"/></div><div 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In addition to working 18 years in surgery with Maricopa Medical Center and Arizona’s largest burn center, Matthews is a lieutenant colonel with the 161st Air Refueling Medical Group, US Air Force. He served as a trauma surgeon at the Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan for three months, where his war zone experiences included operating on children and soldiers alike. Matthews is a volunteer for the American Red Cross and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, as well as a speaker for Drug Free AZ.</p> <p><a title="Visit the Maricopa Integrated Health System website" href="http://www.mihs.org/" target="_blank">mihs.org</a></p> <hr /> <table width="557" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <h3><a title="View more HCL Awards 2012 winners and finalists." href="https://backazbigmedia.wpengine.com/tag/hcl-awards-2012">HCL Awards 2012 Winners & Finalists</a></h3> </td> <td> <h3 style="text-align: right;"><a title="Read more articles from the March/April 2012 issue of AZ Business Magazine." href="https://backazbigmedia.wpengine.com/tag/march-april-2012">AZ Business Magazine March/April 2012</a></h3> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
