Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Director of Clinical Informatics, Director of the Surgical Skills Center
Dr. Michelsonjoined the GW School of Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery faculty in 2002, after having spent 13 years at Johns Hopkins and two years at the University of Vermont. While at Hopkins, he developed a productive research program devoted to the investigation of the biomechanics of the ankle, with extensive basic science and clinical components. His current interests include the development of a physiologically realistic computer model for the ankle joint that can be used for further studies about ankle injuries. While at Hopkins, he was also recruited into an effort to develop an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) for the medical center. Having seen the positive benefits that rapidly accrued to the successful development of the EPR at Hopkins, and building on his undergraduate education in Engineering, he has gradually increased his involvement in assessment and design of Electronic Medical Record systems at Johns Hopkins, The University of Vermont, and now at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. At GWU, this role has also expanded to include the more general issues of the use of technology in education. It is in this context that he has become the Director of the Surgical Skills Center, where he facilitates the development of simulation in medical education.
E-mail: msdjdm@gwumc.edu