Kate Meyers, MS

Kate Meyers started in orthopedics as an undergraduate student at Syracuse University where she collaborated on a design for a new cadaveric knee simulator. After receiving her B.S. and M.S. in Biomechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, she worked as a design engineer for Stryker Howmedica Osteonics designing and overseeing the manufacture of custom implants.

After leaving Stryker, Kate worked in research at Mount Sinai Medical School and New York University School of Medicine before joining the Biomechanics Department at Hospital for Special Surgery in 2004. Her main focus at HSS is collaborating with residents and fellows from all of the surgical services to help them learn more about biomechanics while furthering their research interests. She also conducts industry sponsored research and core mechanical testing.

Selected Publications

Fragomen AT, Meyers KN, Davis N, Shu H, Wright TM, Rozbruch SR. A Biomechanical comparison of micromotion after ankle fusion using two fixation techniques: Intramedulary nail or Ilizarov external fixator. (Accepted for publication Foot Ankle Int.)

Meyers KN, Campbell DA, LipmanJD, Zhang K, Myers ER, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Wright TM. Dynamics of an intervertebral disc prosthesis in human cadaveric spines. HSS Journal. 2007;3(2):164-168.

Maher SA, Meyers K, Borens O, Suk M, Grose A, Wright TM, Helfet D. Biomechanical evaluation of an expandable nail for the fixation of midshaft fractures.J Trauma. 2007; 63(1):103-7.

Meyers K, Tauber M, Sudin Y, Fleischer S, Arnin U, Girardi F, Wright T. The use of instrumented pedicle screws to evaluate load sharing in posterior dynamic stabilization systems. Spine J. 2007 Nov 22; [Epub ahead of print]

Recent Presentation

Meyers K, Partal G, Sama N, Helfet D, Wright T. A Biomechanical comparision of clavicle plating. Trans Orthop Res Soc. 2007.

Meyers K, Fragomen A, Davis N, Rozbruch S, Wright T. A Biomechanical comparision of miromotion after ankle fusion using two techniques: fixation with an IM nail or Ilizaraov external fixation. Trans Orthop Res Soc. 2006.