ICRS Member Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA, receives the 2025 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) Clinical Research Award

We are delighted to congratulate Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA, on being awarded the OREF Clinical Research Award for his collaborative effort over the past 25 years to advance osteochondral allograft (OCA) transplantation to treat cartilage and bone defects in the knee.

Dr. Cole and his team, Jorge A. Chahla, MD, PhD, Susanna G. Chubinskaya, PhD, Ron Gilat, MD, and Adam Yanke, MD, PhD, all associated with Rush University Medical Center, and Rachel M. Frank, MD, FAAOS, with the University of Colorado, Denver, spent more than two decades studying virtually every aspect of the procedure. They aimed to enhance clinical understanding and technical precision for better results by addressing questions about graft preservation, handling, instrumentation, sizing, donor analysis and patient outcomes.

Please find the media announcement here:

https://www.aaos.org/aaos-home/newsroom/press-releases/2025-oref-clinical-research-award/