Kenneth R. Morse, M. D

Kenneth R. Morse, M.D.
Down East Orthopedics

404 State St.

Bangor, ME 04401

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Education

2003 Doctor of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston, Massachusetts

1999 Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

1998 Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering – Graduated with Honors

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

Medical Training

2009. 
      Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellow
      

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

UPMC Center for Sports Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

2003-2008 Resident

Department of Orthopaedics

University of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, NY

Practice History

2011 - Present Orthopaedic Surgeon

Down East Orthopedics

Bangor, ME

2009-2010 Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon

St. Joseph Hospital

Bangor, ME

Privileges

2009-Present Acadia Medical Arts Ambulatory Surgical Center – Bangor, ME

Eastern Maine Medical Center – Bangor, ME

St. Joseph Hospital – Bangor, ME

Kenneth R. Morse, M.D.
Licensure and Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Board Certified

Step 1, 2, and 3 United States Medical Licensing Examination

Advanced Trauma Life Support

Basic Cardiac Life Support
Societies

Maine Medical Association

Maine Orthopaedic Society

American Medical Association

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

Arthroscopy Association of North America
Sports Medicine Experience

Team Orthopaedic Surgeon:

2009-Present University of Maine at Orono – Orono, ME

Husson University – Bangor, ME

Brewer High School – Brewer, ME

John Bapst High School – Bangor, ME

Hermon High School – Hermon, ME

Sports Medicine Fellow:

2008-Present Pittsburgh Steelers Football Club (NFL) – Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) – Pittsburgh, PA

University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA

Duquesne University – Pittsburgh, PA

Robert Morris University – Moon Township, PA

Orthopaedic Resident:

2003-2007 Rochester Americans (AHL) – Rochester, NY

Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL) – Rochester, NY

Rochester Rattlers (MLL) – Rochester, NY

Rochester Knighthawks (NLL) – Rochester, NY

University of Rochester – Rochester, NY

SUNY Brockport – Brockport, NY

Greece Arcadia High School – Rochester, NY
Event Physician:

2009 Pittsburgh Marathon – Pittsburgh, PA

2007 USA U-20 Men’s National Team Vs. Argentina U-20 Men’s National Team

– Rochester, NY

2007 Division I East Regional Ice Hockey Championship – Rochester, NY

Kenneth R. Morse, M.D.
Honors and Awards

2002 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Junior Inductee
2001 Plastic Surgery Education Foundation

The Annual Bernard G. Sarnat, MD Basic Science Senior Award for the paper entitled Producing a Flexible Tissue-Engineered Cartilage Framework Using Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) Membranes as a Pseudoperichondrium by Xu JW, Peretti GM, Randolph MA, Nazzal JA, Roses RE, Morse KR, and Yaremchuk MJ.

1999 Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Biomedical Engineering Department

Annual Biomedical Engineering Research Day: Outstanding Research Poster Presentation, First Place, Masters Category
1998 Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Goddard Fellowship Recipient

1998 Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Biomedical Engineering Department

The Alfred R. and Janet H. Potvin Award for the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
Research

2008-2009 Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Clinical outcomes of double bundle posterior cruciate ligament

reconstruction; Evaluation of chondral pressures with lateral meniscal tears

2003-2008 Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center

Non-operative treatment of degenerative meniscal tears; Evaluation of radiofrequency chondroplasty of the knee

2000 Division of Plastic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Conducted laboratory and surgical research involving tissue-engineered cartilage for use in orthopaedic repair and plastics reconstruction.

1998-1999 Master Thesis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Application of the Correspondence Principle to Soft Tissue Biomechanics

Used mathematical and engineering analysis to explore the mechanical properties of biological soft tissues.

Kenneth R. Morse, M.D.
1997 Major Qualifying Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The Design of a Balloon Catheter for the Stemming of Mitral Valve Regurgitation

Designed and tested a balloon catheter for use in reducing mitral valve regurgitation in animals.

1996 Interactive Qualifying Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Research Project on Environmental Education Grants

Researched environmental education grant trends for the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C.

Courses/Teaching Experience

2011 Knee Ligament – AANA Masters Experience Course

March 11-13 Cadaver Lab Instructor

Orthopaedic Learning Center, Rosemont, IL
2006 Double Helix

Spring Curriculum Group Leader

University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
1998 Graduate Small Animal Surgery

Spring Teacher’s Assistant

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
Peer Reviewed Publications

van Eck CF, Morse KR, Lesniak BP, Kropf EJ, Tranovich MJ, van Dijk CN, Fu FH. Does the

intercondylar ridge disappear in ACL deficient patients? KSSTA. 2010. 18(9):1184-8.
van Eck CF, Morse KR, Fu FH. The anteromedial portal for anterior cruciate ligament

reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 2009. 25(10):1062-4.

Morse K, Davis AD, Afra R, Kaye EK, Schepsis A, Voloshin I. Arthroscopic versus mini-

open rotator cuff repair: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis. Am J Sports Med. 2008. 36(9):1824-8.

Voloshin I, Morse KR, Allred CD, Bissell SA, Maloney MD, DeHaven KE. Arthroscopic

evaluation of radiofrequency chondroplasty of the knee. Am J Sports Med. 2007. 35(10):1702-7.

Morse K, Weight M, Molinari R. Extensive postoperative epidural hematoma after full

anticoagulation: case report and review of the literature. J Spinal Cord Med. 2007.

30(3):282-287.
Morse K, Flemister A, Baumhauer J, DiGiovanni B. Distraction Arthroplasty. Foot Ankle

Clin. 2007. 12(1):29-39.

Kenneth R. Morse, M.D.
Peretti GM, Campo-Ruiz V, Gonzalez S, Randolph MA, Wei Xu J, Morse KR, Roses RE,

Yaremchuk MJ. Tissue engineered cartilage integration to live and devitalized cartilage: a study by reflectance mode confocal microscopy and standard histology. Connect Tissue Res. 2006. 47(4):190-199.

Xu JW, Randolph MA, Peretti GM, Nazzal JA, Roses RE, Morse KR, Yaremchuk MJ.

Producing a flexible tissue-engineered cartilage framework using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane as a pseudoperichondrium. Plast Reconstr Surgery. 2005. 116(2):577-589.

Peretti GM, Gill TJ, Xu JW, Randolph MA, Morse KR, Zaleske DJ. Cell-based therapy for

meniscal repair: a large animal study. Am J Sports Med. 2004. 32(1): 146-158.

Xu JW, Zaporojan V, Peretti GM, Roses RE, Morse KR, Roy AK, Mesa JM, Randolph MA,

Bonassar LJ, Yaremchuk MJ. Injectable tissue-engineered cartilage with different chondrocyte sources. Plast Reconstr Surgery. 2004, 113(5) 1361-1371.

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

Van Eck CF, Morse KR, Schreiber VM, Fu FH. The Philosophy Behind Double-Bundle ACL

Reconstruction. Orthofront, Bombay Orthopaedic Society 2009;November:14-7.

Abstracts

Van Eck CF, Morse K. Does the lateral intercondylar ridge disappear in ACL deficient patients?

Abstract and poster presentation at the14th ESSKA Congress. 2010.

Maloney M, Morse K, Darr O, Tu K, DeHaven KE. Non-operative treatment of degenerative

meniscal tears. Abstract and poster presentation at the AOSSM 2008 Annual Meeting.

2008.
Maloney M, Morse K, Darr O, Tu K, DeHaven KE. Non-operative treatment of degenerative

meniscal tears. Abstract and poster presentation at the 13^th ESSKA Congress. 2008.

Allred CD, Morse K, Voloshin I, Maloney M, DeHaven KE. Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the

knee following arthroscopic chondroplasty. Abstract and poster presentation at the 13^th

ESSKA 2000 Congress. 2008.
Allred C, Morse KR, Voloshin I, Maloney MD, DeHaven KE. Osteonecrosis following

arthroscopic chondroplasty. Abstract and poster presentation at Arthroscopy Association of North America. 2006.

Peretti GM, Gill TJ, Xu JW, Randolph MA, Morse KR, Roses RE, Zaleske DJ. Cell-based

therapy for meniscus healing: a large animal study. Abstract of the 4^th International Cartilage Repair Society Symposium, 2002.

Kenneth R. Morse, M.D.
Peretti GM, Xu JW, Randolph MA, Kirchhoff CH, Trahan C, Roses RE, Morse KR,

Yaremchuk MJ. Autologous chondrocytes and allogeneic cartilage for cartilage repair: a large animal study. Abstract of the 4^th International Cartilage Repair Society Symposium, 2002.

Xu JW, Peretti GM, Randolph MA, Nazzal JA, Roses RE, Morse KR, Yaremchuk MJ.

Producing a flexible tissue-engineered cartilage framework using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene as a pseudoperichondrium. Abstract of the 70^th Annual Scientific Meeting of ASPS-PSEF-ASMS, 2001.

Xu JW, Peretti GM, Morse KR, Roses RE, Randolph MA, Yaremchuk MJ. Tissue-engineered

cartilage framework using lyophilized perichondrium to generate flexible cartilage. Abstract of the 1^st Biennial Meeting of the European Tissue Engineering Society International (ETES), 2001. Tissue Engineering 2001, 7(5):652.

Xu JW, Peretti JM, Morse KR, Roses RE, Randolph MA, Yaremchuk MJ. A flexible tissue-

engineered cartilage framework using lyophilized perichondrium as pseudoperichondrium. Abstract of the 18^th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2001.

Peretti GM, Randolph MA, Fellers J, Morse KR, Bonassar LJ. Bonding properties of cultured

chondrocytes in vitro. Abstract of the 3^rd Biennial Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society, 2000. Tissue Engineering 2000, 6(6):686.

Kirchhoff CH, Xu JW, Peretti GM, Morse KR, Roses RE, Randolph MA, Yaremchuk MJ.

Improved mass and shape control of tissue engineered cartilage constructs by the addition of TGF-, IGF-1, and FGF-2 to fibrin glue polymer. Abstract of the 3^rd Biennial Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society, 2000. Tissue Engineering 2000, 6(6):686.

Morse K, Kohles S, A Hoffman A. Application of the correspondence principle to soft tissue

biomechanics. Submitted to Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering Research Day, 1999.

Presentations

Morse K. Posterior Horn Medial Meniscus Root Tears. Presented at Contemporary Topics in

Orthopedics. 2009. Sugarloaf Resort. Bethel, ME.

Morse K. Double Bundle ACL Reconstruction. Presented at Contemporary Topics in Orthopedics.

2009. Sugarloaf Resort. Bethel, ME.

Morse K, Lesniak B, Irrgang J. Isokinetic and isometric assessment of knee flexor strength

following autogenous hamstring graft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Presented at the AOSSM 2009 Annual Meeting. Keystone, CO.

Kenneth R. Morse, M.D.
Voloshin I, Davis AD, Morse K, Krall-Kaye E, Schepsis A. Arthroscpic versus mini-open

rotator cuff repair – a meta analysis. Presented at the 2008 Combined Meeting of the AOA and COA. Presented by Dr. Ilya Voloshin. 2008.

Morse K, Darr O, Tu K, DeHaven K, Maloney M. Non-operative treatment of degenerative

meniscal tears. Presented at the 2008 Annual R. Plato Schwartz Lectureship. Rochester, NY

Book Chapters

Morse KR and CD Harner. Management of patients with femoral and tibial tunnel bone loss. In:

ACL Surgery: How to get if right the first time and what to do when your surgery fails. Bach, Provencher. 2010.
Morse KR and CD Harner. Posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Double bundle technique.

In: Operative Techniques: Sports Medicine. Provencher, Terry, Reider. 2010.

Consultation Agreements

2011 DePuy Mitek – Raynham, MA

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