Dr. Clifford Wesley Colwell, MD

Started Practice: 1968 Joined Scripps Clinic Medical Group: 1977Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital Leadership Roles: -Director, Alfred A. and Marian E. Smith Joint Mechanics Laboratory, 1985 present -Director, Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education at Scripps Clinic, 1988 present Teaching Roles: -Clinical Professor, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, 1992 present -Clinical Member, Department of Academic Affairs, Scripps Clinic, 1977 present -Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Basic Science and Clinical Research, The Scripps Research Institute, 1977 present -Director, Lower Extremity Reconstruction Fellowship Program, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Scripps Clinic, 1984 present Professional Societies: -American Medical Association -California Medical Association -San Diego County Medical Society -American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons -Association for Research in General Orthopaedics -Western Orthopaedic Association -California Orthopeadic Association, Inc. -Wilson-Bost Interurban Club -San Diego Rheumatism Society -Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons -Orthopaedic Research Society -Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Board of Trustees -Knee Society -La Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopaedique et de Traumatologie -American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons -American Orthopaedic Society -American Orthopaedic Association -Hip Society -National Institutes of Health, Orthopaedic Research Grant Request Review -Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) Board Membership: -YMCA Board of Directors Honors & Awards: -Francis West, MD Award, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine In recognition of outstanding contributions to resident education, (1991, 1994) -Knee Society Award A Clinical Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Enoxaparin: A Low Molecular Weight Heparin and Unfractionated Heparin for the Prevention of Deep Venous Thrombosis after Elective Knee Replacement Surgery, 1995 -Nicolas Andry Award Venous Thromboembolic Disease Prophylaxis and Surveillance in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Awarded by the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and based on a body of work dealing with the musculoskeletal system done over an extended time, 1997 -The Spirit of Scripps Award, 1999 -International Award for Basic Cartilage Research from the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS), 2000. -HAP Paul Award- Tibial Forces Measured In Vivo after Total Knee Arthroplasty from the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) for the best paper on the development of and/or the evaluation of new technology relating to joint replacement, 2004 -Chitranjan Ranawat Award In Vivo Knee Forces after Total Knee Arthroplasty from The Knee Society for the best work on surgical technique, 2004 -Kappa Delta Award Cartilage Injury Chondrocyte Apoptosis and Matrix Degradation: In Vitro, In Vivo and Clinical Consequences from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) for outstanding basic research related to the musculoskeletal system, 2004 -Best Paper Award Dynamic Intraoperative Ligament Balancing for Total Knee Arthroplasty, from the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, 2006 Research Focus: -Lower extremity reconstruction Clinical Interests Within Specialty: -Lower extremity reconstruction