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True Knee Institute is a nonprofit of fellowship-trained orthopaedic knee surgeons committed to teaching, studying and improving anatomic knee replacement. Our goal is to restore each patient's natural anatomy and motion through understanding a patient's unique anatomy, providing reproducible surgical techniques, and studying the outcomes of our patients.
Programs
Every program is open to the profession or the public, free of charge where stated. None depends on choosing a particular surgeon, practice, implant or service. Funders have no say over content, faculty, selection or research results.
Free lessons on knee anatomy, motion and replacement, written first for surgeons: illustrated explanations, recorded case discussions, interviews and short videos. Public lessons explain what the evidence shows and what remains unknown, and what to ask your own surgeon. They are general education, not medical advice.
Surgeon lessons online now · Public lessons planned for 2027Open the surgeon education →A yearly scientific and educational meeting for surgeons, trainees, allied health professionals and interested members of the public: lectures, case reviews, research presentations, and frank sessions on complications and unfavourable results. The Institute's scientific leaders choose the faculty and content.
First meeting planned for summer 2028 · Dates and venue to be announcedTravel-and-study grants for orthopaedic surgeons and surgeons in training to spend about two weeks learning at several host sites, then report what they learned. Fellows are chosen on merit by a committee under written procedures. No one with a conflict takes part in a selection.
First cohort planned for 2028 · Applications not yet openResearch questions, outcome measures and protocols for studying the results of knee replacement, including how patients themselves report their recovery. No patient data is collected until a protocol is approved by an institutional review board. Findings will be made public, including negative or inconclusive ones.
Protocols in development · Enrollment not openHow we work
The Institute's articles of incorporation say its programs serve the public and will not primarily promote any private practice, commercial brand, device manufacturer or founder-owned enterprise.
We present what is known and what is not, and publish unfavourable results as readily as favourable ones.
Directors and faculty disclose their financial relationships every year and step aside from decisions they have an interest in.
We teach a way of thinking about the knee, not a product. We do not refer patients or recommend surgeons, practices or implants.