Miho Tanaka | Harvard Catalyst Profiles

Miho J Tanaka, M.D.

Title

Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Institution

Massachusetts General Hospital

Department

Orthopedic Surgery

Address

Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit St
Boston MA 02114

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Biography

education and training

Stanford University, Stanford, CA	BA	2001	Human Biology
Stanford University, Stanford, CA	MA	2001	Sociology, Social Stratification and Inequality
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY	MD	2006	Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD		2011	Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical School, New York, NY		2012	Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery

awards and honors

2022

Magic Wand Innovation Award

2021

MGB PROMs Abstract Competition Winner

2021

Patellofemoral Research Excellence Award

2021 - 2022

Co-PI, Stepping Strong Innovator Award

2021

iSolve Award

2020 - 2021

Shore Program Award

2020 - 2021

Leadership Development Program for Researchers

2020

Community Grant Award

2017 - 2018

Leadership Fellows Program

2017

AOSSM Traveling Fellowship

2015 - 2016

Community Partnership Award

2014

Patellofemoral Surgical Anatomy Excellence Award

2006

Charlotte D. Yudell, MD '33 Memorial Award

Overview

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	Anaerobic and Aerobic Exercise Are Much Different, but Each Play a Key Role in Your Fitness Plan (3/6/19)
	Perspective: Medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomy impacts patellofemoral joint alignment, cartilage (9/9/19)
	Update on medial patellofemoral anatomy, implications for reconstruction (March 2016)
	Perspective: Generalized joint hypermobility does not affect clinical outcomes after MPFL reconstruction (4/8/19)
	Perspective: Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction seen as safe, effective in patients with high BMI (5/16/19)
	Perspective: Age, gender did not impact patient-reported outcomes after MPFL reconstruction (7/8/19)
	Perspective: Double-bundle reconstruction of MPFL seen as effective treatment for patellar instability (3/7/19)
	Perspective: Risk factors identified for recurrent instability in treatment of osteochondral defects (1/7/19)
	MPFL, MPFC, MQTFL reconstruction: Patellar stabilization and alphabet soup (1/18/18)
	The evaluation of patellar maltracking (1/30/17)
	Update on medial patellofemoral anatomy, implications for reconstruction (11/18/15)
	Variability in tibial tubercle to trochlear groove distance and measurements of malalignment (1/29/14)
	Medial patellar instability: Beware of the lateral release (11/4/14)
	What Hurts Today? Dr. Miho Tanaka on Exercise, Fitness, Coping with Injuries (4/24/19)
	What Hurts Today? Ask Dr. Miho Tanaka! (5/30/18)
	6 Knee Pain Causes That Have (Almost) Nothing to Do With Getting Old (5/11/18)
	9 Causes of Shoulder Pain That Have Nothing to Do With Getting Older (9/27/18)
	5 Upper Back Pain Causes You Can Easily Fix (5/1/18)
	Bruises, Bites, and Broken Bones: 5 Dangers That Come with Parenting (Oct 2018)
	20 Women Who Are Changing The Sport Of Running (And The World) (9/8/16)
	Serena Williams. New Mom. Elite Athletes. Extraordinary and Ordinary all at Once (8/31/18)
	13 medical reasons for your shoulder pain (11/29/19)
	Pain behind the knee: Here’s what it could mean (1/15/19)
	6 Tips for Getting Back Into Running (When You Just Really Don't Wanna) (Nov 2018)
	Don’t let these 12 sports injuries ruin your summer (7/2/18)
	Contortion that’s no circus act (2/24/18)
	Concussions in female athletes (8/5/17)
	How to Conduct a Virtual Orthopaedic Examination (4/21/20)
	Virtual checklist prepares patients for virtual care at Massachusetts General (5/27/20)
	Women in Sports Medicine (12/2020)
	Foam Rolling 101: all your foam rolling questions, answered (4/7/21)
	7 of the best stretches to help manage IT band syndrome (4/13/21)
	The three components of Mass General’s Women’s Sports Medicine Program (6/10/21)
	The Pill Linked to Higher Risk of Blood Clots After Knee Surgery (9/7/21)
	Are Young Female Athletes Taking More Hits to the Head? (9/7/21)
	Youth Sports Injuries (9/2021)
	Returning to exercise after COVID-19 (1/15/22)
	Virtual is the new reality: incorporating telemedicine into post-pandemic orthopaedic practice (1/24/22)
	How to incorporate telemedicine into an orthopedic practice (3/29/22)

Research

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(Tanaka) Jun 1, 2021 - May 30, 2022

Arthroscopy Association of North America

Application of MRI T2 mapping protocols to compare the effects of operative vs nonoperative treatment on patellofemoral cartilage after first-time patellar dislocation

Role: PI
(Tanaka) Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021

Arthroscopy Association of North America

Quantification of morphological risk factors for patellar instability through machine learning

Role: PI
(Tanaka) Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2020

Arthroscopy Association of North America

Effects of tibial tuberosity distalization on patellofemoral kinematics and contact pressures

Role: PI
(Tanaka, Cosgarea) Jun 1, 2017 - May 31, 2018

Arthroscopy Association of North America

Effects of medial patellofemoral complex graft position on patellar kinematics

Role: Co-PI

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Year	Publications
2008	2
2009	1
2011	2
2012	3
2013	2
2014	5
2015	3
2016	3
2017	6
2018	7
2019	9
2020	10
2021	6
2022	9
2023	14
2024	4

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