Patient Care Bio
Dr. Mesfin is an Assistant Professor of Orthpaedics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He attended Drexel University for medical school and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the John Hopkins University. Dr. Mesfin completed his fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery at the Washington University in St. Louis. He also completed traveling fellowships focusing on spine oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kanazawa University and Keio University in Japan and at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Italy.
Dr. Mesfin is board-eligible in Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member the North American Spine Society and candidate member of the Scoliosis Research Society. He is also a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Association's Emerging Leader Program. Dr. Mesfin has given numerous national and international presentations, authored many spine related publications in peer-reviewed journals and has won awards for his research. He also serves in the United States Army Reserve.
| Best Paper Outcomes/Cost-utility | North American Spine Society |
2012 |
| Russel Hibbs Award Nominee for Best Clinical Presentation | Scoliosis Research Society |
2012 |
| Jacquelin Perry Award for Best Paper | Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association |
2012 |
| 1st Place Winner Resident/Fellow Research Competition | National Medical Association-Orthopaedic Section |
2012 |
| Cervical Spine Research Society Resident/Fellow Paper Award |
2012 |
| Whitecloud Award Nominee for Best Basic Science Presentation | IMAST | Istanbul, Turkey |
2012 |
| Eastern Orthopaedic Association Resident/Fellow Research Award | Lake George, New York |
2012 |
| American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Emerging Leaders Program | American Orthopaedic Association |
2011 |
| AAOS/OREF/ORS Clinician Scholar Development Program Awardee |
2011 |
| Russel Hibbs Award Winner for Best Clinical Presentation | Scoliosis Research Society |
2011 |
| 2nd Place winner OREF Virginia Region Resident Research Competition | Orthopaedic Research Education Fund |
2009 |
| Emerging Scholar Award, National Medical Association |
2004 - 2005 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb-NMF Fellowship Program in Academic Medicine |
2003 - 2004 |
| American Pediatric Society & Society for Pediatric Research Fellow |
2002 |
| Fogarty/MIRT Research Fellow | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1999 |
| University of Maryland Delegate Scholarship Recipient |
1997 |
