“ActivArmor is providing a great option for cast-like immobilization and comfort beyond what typical casting provides.”
– Dr. Jennifer Madden
Dr. Madden is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Hand & Microvascular Surgery and Upper Extremity Reconstruction at Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute.
After graduating Summa cum laude (ranked #1) from Boston University School of Medicine, she completed her Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Fellowship at the renowned Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, and her Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship and residency at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital Department of Orthopaedics
She has been awarded the Haffenreffer House Staff Recognition Award at Brown University School of Medicine, the AMWA Outstanding Women in Medicine Award, the McGraw Hill Award, and Diane Radkowski Awards at Boston University School of Medicine,
She has published research in Orthopedics including:
- “Investigating the functional outcome and clinical experience with Total Wrist Arthroplasty at the Mayo Clinic 2002-2006”, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand Division, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- “Investigating the effects of retrograde femoral nailing on knee synovial fluid inflammatory markers 2005-2007”, Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
- “Investigating the long term functional and physical limitations from shoulder adhesive capsulitis treated with physical therapy” 2003-2007, Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
- “Investigating the histology and immunohistochemistry of debrided tissue during an arthroscopic elbow lateral epicondylar release”, 2003-2007, Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
- “Investigating the anatomic practice of elbow arthroscopy, specifically for medical epicondylar release”, 2003-2007 Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
- “Investigating the effect of Gamma nail placement on the gluteus medius tendon Insertion site in a cadaveric setting”, 1999-2000 Department of Orthopaedics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- “Investigating the effect of ischemia on cardiac muscle functioning”, 1992-1995 Research Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery, West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital/Harvard Medical School, West Roxbury, MA
- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Scapholunate Injuries, Orthopaedic Clinics of North America, in publicatio
- Arthroscopic Debridement of Medial and Lateral Epicondylitis. Accepted, 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthropaedic Surgeons in San Diego, CA, February 14-18, 2007
- Dupuytren’s Contracture, awaiting publication.
- Metacarpal Phalangeal Arthroplasty. Master Techniques in Orthoapedic Surgery
- Arthroscopic Lateral Epicondylar Release, Presented, 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Surgery of the Hand, New York, NY, 2004
- Midcarpal Arthrodesis Using the Mini-Spider plate. Submitted to Atlas of the Hand Clinics, awaiting publication.
- Scaphoid-lunate-capitate fusion for scapholunate ligament injuries. Atlas of the Hand Clinics, Sept 2003
- Patient compliance in avoiding wrong-site surgery. JBJS, May 2003
- Intercarpal fusion with the Spider plate for scaphoid nonunion. Atlas of the Hand Clinics, March 2003
- Gluteus medius tendon injury during reaming for gamma nail insertion. Clin Orthop, Feb 2003
- Time Course and Significance of Myocardial Tissue Acidosis During Global Ischemia and Sanguineous Reperfusion in the Isolated Rabbit Heart. Surgical Forum
- Ischemic Myocardial Acidosis Reflects Contractile and Endothelial Dysfunction Following Normothermic Global Ischemia in the Isolated Rabbit Heart. The 20th Annual Surgical Association of VA Surgeons, April 28-30, 1996.
- Retroviral Therapy for HIV infection, Thesis, Boston University Graduate School of Medicine, 1996.
Dr. Madden can be seen at Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute’s Baptist South Location