Elexis joined the department in September of 2013 as the lab technician. Since then, she has moved up the ladder to a Research Engineer III and directly manages the entire implant retrieval system as well as many of the projects which stem from this field of research. Her main areas of focus are implant failure analysis, material degradation, and translational aspects of implant design that may impact patient outcomes or correlate with patient demographics. While at HSS, the hospital funded her further education for her Masters Degree which she completed in 2022 at City College of New York in their Biomedical Engineering department. Her thesis was a mouse model focused on bone healing post total knee arthroplasty for patients who suffer from Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoarthritis (GIOP). She has always been interested in Orthopaedics since her undergraduate education at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. While at HSS, Elexis has helped raise awareness in the STEM field by helping programs like the Perry Initiative which introduce female high school students to careers in orthopaedics. Elexis is a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
Kahlenberg, Cynthia, et al. "Clinical and Biomechanical Characteristics of Posterior-Stabilized Polyethylene Post Fractures in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrieval Analysis." The Journal of Arthroplasty (2023).
Chen, James B., et al. "A Postmortem Analysis of Polyethylene Damage and Periprosthetic Tissue in Rotating Platform and Fixed Bearing Tibial Inserts." The Journal of Arthroplasty 37.6 (2022): 1203-1209.
Kahlenberg, Cynthia A., et al. "Retrieval analysis of polyethylene components in rotating Hinge knee arthroplasty implants." The Journal of Arthroplasty 36.8 (2021): 2998-3003.
Baral, Elexis C., et al. "Porous coatings in retrieved acetabular components." The Journal of Arthroplasty 35.8 (2020): 2254-2258.
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.