MichaelChristopherSobierajMDPhD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Farmington, CT

Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery

Clinical Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut

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Office
263 Farmington Ave
Farmington, CT 06030
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Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics, 2016 - 2017
New York University School of Medicine/NYU Langone Orthopedic HospitalResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2010 - 2016
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 2010
Case Western Reserve UniversityPhD, Mechanical Engineering, 2003 - 2009
Case Western Reserve University MS, Mechanical Engineering , 2001 - 2003
Cornell UniversityBS, Mechanical Engineering, 1996 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2012 - 2025
CT State Medical License 2023 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2016 - 2024
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

38 citations
Form and functional repair of long bone using 3D-printed bioactive scaffolds.
Nick Tovar, Lukasz Witek, Pablo J. Atria, Michael C. Sobieraj, Michelle Bowers, Christopher D. Lopez, Bruce N. Cronstein, Paulo G. Coelho> ;Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 2018 Sep 1
19 citations
Prophylactic Tibial Stem Fixation in the Obese: Comparative Early Results in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Joshua T. Steere, Michael C. Sobieraj, Christopher J. DeFrancesco, Craig L. Israelite, Charles L. Nelson, and Atul F. Kamath> ;Knee Surgery & Related Research. 2018 Sep 1
10 citations
Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) in Total Joint Arthroplasty.
Michael C. Sobieraj, Scott Marwin> ;Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease. 2018 Mar 1
2 citations
Staphylococcus lugdunensis Septic Arthritis of a Native Knee A Case Report.
John P Begly, Michael C. Sobieraj, Frank A. Liporace, Alan J. Dayan> ;Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease. 2016 Nov 1
19 citations
Functional assessment of the ex vivo vocal folds through biomechanical testing: A review
Gregory R. Dion, Seema Jeswani, Scott Roof, Mark A. Fritz, Paulo G. Coelho, Michael C. Sobieraj, Milan R. Amin, Ryan C. Branski> ;Materials Science & Engineering. C, Materials for Biological Applications. 2016 Jul 1
2 citations
Preliminary investigation of a novel technique for the quantification of the ex vivo biomechanical properties of the vocal folds.
Paulo G. Coelho, Michael C. Sobieraj, Nick Tovar, Kenneth Andrews, Benjamin C. Paul, Nandini Govil, Seema Jeswani, Milan R. Amin, Malvin N. Janal, Ryan C. Branski> ;Materials Science & Engineering. C, Materials for Biological Applications. 2014 Dec 1
3 citations
Strain rate effects on the mechanical properties and fracture mode of skeletal muscle.
Michael C. Shapiro, Nick Tovar, Daniel Yoo, Micheal Sobieraj, Nikhil Gupta, Ryan C. Branski, Paulo G. Coelho> ;Materials Science & Engineering. C, Materials for Biological Applications. 2014 Jun 1
Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Patients Receiving TNFα Antagonists.
Nimrod Snir, Ran Schwarzkopf, Michael C. Sobieraj, Andrew J Lovy, James D. Slover> ;Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease. 2014 Jan 1
6 citations
Monotonic and fatigue behavior of five clinically relevant conventional and highly crosslinked UHMWPEs in the presence of stress concentrations.
Michael C. Sobieraj, James E. Murphy, Jennifer G. Brinkman, S. M. Kurtz, Clare M. Rimnac> ;Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2013 Dec 1
10 citations
The effects of loading conditions and specimen environment on the nanomechanical response of canine cortical bone.
Kun-Lin Lee, Michael C. Sobieraj, Marta Baldassarri, Nikhil Gupta, Dinesh Pinisetty, Malvin N. Janal, Nick Tovar, Paulo G. Coelho> ;Materials Science & Engineering. C, Materials for Biological Applications. 2013 Dec 1
1 citations
Mechanical effects of defect closure following BPTB graft harvest for ACL reconstruction.
Michael C. Sobieraj, A. J. Egol, F. J. Kummer, Eric J. Strauss> ;International Journal of Sports Medicine. 2013 Sep 18
15 citations
Notched Fatigue Behavior of PEEK
Michacl C. Sobieraj, James E. Murphy, Jennifer G. Brinkman, S. M. Kurtz, Clare M. Rimnac> ;Biomaterials. 2010 Dec 1
26 citations
Notch sensitivity of PEEK in monotonic tension
Michael C. Sobieraj, Steven M. Kurtz, Clare M. Rimnac> ;Biomaterials. 2009 Nov 1
90 citations
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene: mechanics, morphology, and clinical behavior.
Michael C. Sobieraj, Clare M. Rimnac> ;Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2009 Oct 1
9 citations
Notched stress-strain behavior of a conventional and a sequentially annealed highly crosslinked UHMWPE
Michael C. Sobieraj, Steven M. Kurtz, Aiguo Wang, Michael M. Manley, Clare M. Rimnac> ;Biomaterials. 2008 Dec 1
10 citations
Large deformation compression induced crystallinity degradation of conventional and highly crosslinked UHMWPEs.
Michael C. Sobieraj, Steven M. Kurtz, Clare M. Rimnac> ;Biomaterials. 2005 Nov 1
11 citations
Notch strengthening and hardening behavior of conventional and highly crosslinked UHMWPE under applied tensile loading.
Michael C. Sobieraj, S. M. Kurtz, Clare M. Rimnac> ;Biomaterials. 2005 Jun 1
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Hospital Affiliations

UConn, John Dempsey HospitalFarmington, Connecticut