Jonathan Schoenecker M.D., Ph.D., is associate professor and Jeffrey Mast Chair of Orthopaedic Hip and Trauma Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is an orthopaedic surgeon-scientist dedicated to caring for children with orthopaedic hip and lower extremity conditions, trauma and infection, educating future surgeon-scientists, and conducting high impact translational research. The overarching theme of his clinical and basic science research program is to determine the biological mechanisms by which bone develops and musculoskeletal tissue responds to and recovers from tissue injury.