This special series on “Bone Loss in Shoulder Instability and Shoulder Arthroplasty” is edited by Dr. Jonathan D. Hughes and Dr. Albert Lin, from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Jonathan D. Hughes, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Jonathan D. Hughes, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and team physician for the University of Pittsburgh football team. Dr. Hughes specializes in the care of athletes as well as complex knee and shoulder surgery, with a specific focus on shoulder and knee arthroscopy, shoulder arthroplasty, and complex reconstructive and open surgery of the shoulder and knee. He is a graduate of the University of Texas Health San Antonio Medical School and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Baylor Scott and White Residency Program in Temple, Texas, as well as a Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Hughes is an active committee member of AAOS, AOSSM, ASES, ISAKOS. He has published more than 100 papers, abstracts, and book chapters related to clinical and basic science research on rotatory knee instability, knee meniscus pathology, knee malalignment, shoulder instability, rotator cuff pathology, shoulder arthroplasty, complex shoulder, and knee conditions, and regularly presents his research at international and national meetings. He is actively involved in medical school, residency, and fellowship education at the University of Pittsburgh.

Albert Lin, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Albert Lin, MD, is the Vice Chair of Education, Chief of Shoulder Surgery, Co-Director of the Pittsburgh Shoulder Institute, Associate Chief of Sports Medicine, and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Lin specializes in the care of athletes and shoulder conditions, and has extensive experience with shoulder arthroscopy, shoulder arthroplasty, and complex reconstructive and open surgery of the shoulder. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, as well as fellowships in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Shoulder Surgery at Harvard University. Dr. Lin is an active committee member of AAOS, AOSSM, ASES, ISAKOS, AOA fellowship coalition, the AUC rotator cuff committee of AAOS, and was recently inducted to the prestigious Herodicus Society and ASES Neer Circle in 2022. He is a regular invited faculty member for AAOS, ASES, AOSSM, AANA, ISAKOS, and MASES and is the co-chair of the ASES Fellows’Day 2021 and 2022, and vice-chair of the shoulder and elbow program of the OSET Summit Meeting 2022. In addition, he currently serves on the editorial review board of KSSTA, Arthroscopy, and Annals in Joint and is a reviewer for AJSM, Arthroscopy, JAAOS, JSES, KSSTA, JBJS, and JOR. Dr. Lin has published more than 300 papers, abstracts, and book chapters related to clinical and basic science research on shoulder instability, rotator cuff pathology, shoulder arthroplasty, and complex shoulder conditions, and regularly presents his research at international and national meetings. He currently holds two NIH (R03, R21) grants as a PI related to shoulder biomechanics research in addition to two additional federally funded grants with the NIH (R01) and DoD as a Co-I related to shoulder instability research. He is actively involved in residency and fellowship education and currently serves as the Program Director of the Residency and Associate Program Director of the UPMC Sports Medicine Fellowship. In addition, he is the head orthopaedic team physician for Duquesne University and Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School.

Series outline:

1. Anterior Glenoid Bone Loss-Arthroscopic Approach
2. Anterior Glenoid Bone Loss-Open Approach
3. Bipolar Bone Loss and Distance to Dislocation
4. Arthroscopic Posterior Glenoid Bone Loss
5. Open Posterior Bone Loss and Bipolar Bone Loss
6. Arthroscopic Suture Bridge for Acute Bony Bankart
7. Bone Loss in Shoulder Instability-Putting It All Together
8. Glenoid Bone Loss in Shoulder Arthroplasty

Disclosure:
The special series “Bone Loss in Shoulder Instability and Shoulder Arthroplasty” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Joint without any sponsorship or funding. Dr. Jonathan D. Hughes and Dr. Albert Lin are serving as unpaid Guest editors for the special series.