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An estimated 30 million Americans — more than 11% of adults — suffer from knee osteoarthritis, the degenerative disease that prompts most knee replacements. Josh Hustedt, MD, MHS, assistant professor of Orthopedics at the U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, spent the past five years refining a procedure known as surgical knee denervation, which involves severing the four nerves that send pain signals to the knee and reattaching them to surrounding leg muscles. The process tricks the sensory nerves into thinking they are motor nerves, leading them to no longer transmit pain signals. "Neuromodulation (interrupting nerve pain signals) is the future of pain management," said Hustedt. "We'll go after the pain signal, not replacing the worn-out parts."
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Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated more than 900 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,700 diverse faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Bioscience Core, which is projected to have an economic impact of $3.1 billion by 2025, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, inclusion, access and advocacy.