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The Stone Clinic is a major sponsor of the Stone Research Foundation pubic, non-profit institution that studies new treatments for injury and osteoarthritis. Many of the leading-edge treatments available today were assessed and published at the Stone Research Foundation. The Clinic supports the work of Wendy Adelson and Thomas Turek at the Stone Research Foundation in a constant effort to bring you constant advances in treatments and patient care.

Thomas Turek
Senior Scientist

Thomas focuses his research on orthopaedics, biomaterials, and product development. Prior to his affiliation with The Stone Clinic, he served with Genetics Institute of Cambridge Massachusetts and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering. Research publications include bone graft substitutes and advanced research into growth factor delivery for orthopaedic, oral, and maxillofacial indications. Thomas serves as a senior scientist for The Stone Clinic and vice-president of research and development for CrossCart, Inc. Tom is also contracted to the Stone Research Foundation, where he directs a cartilage shell graft + stem cells study which may offer the world’s first minimally invasive total biologic joint replacement.

Wendy Adelson, M.S.
Research Coordinator/ Medical Writer

Wendy graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BA in Kinesiology in 2000 and from San Diego State University with an MS in Exercise Physiology in 2004. She worked in joint replacement surgery research for three years at Scripps Clinic in San Diego before joining The Stone Clinic team. At The Stone Clinic, Wendy oversees the collection of clinical research data and coordinates clinical and public outreach. Research publication and presentation topics include articular cartilage paste grafting, meniscus allograft transplantation, and case studies in osteochondritis dissecans, clavicle fractures, tibial plateau fractures, cartilage restoration, and meniscus repair. Wendy is originally from the Bay Area, and is a devoted yogi and cyclist.