Dr. Gatt is on the executive committee of RCCC, which is one of two academic consortia for AFIRM, a five-year funded "multi-institutional interdisciplinary network working to develop advanced treatment options for severely wounded servicemen and women." Along with his co-investigator Michael Dunn, MD, Dr. Gatt has pioneered the creation of a weight-bearing scaffold that facilitates the body's repair of meniscus tears.
Dr. Gatt has a special interest in sports medicine and arthroscopy, and he completed a fellowship in orthopedic sports medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
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Rutgers-Cleveland Clinic Consortium of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine Appoints Dr. Charles Gatt Program Director
Written by Laura Miller | September 19, 2011
Charles J. Gatt Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon at University Orthopaedic Associates in New Jersey, has been appointed as Program Director of Limb Salvage and Regeneration for the Rutgers-Cleveland Clinic Consortium of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, according to a University Orthopaedic Associates news release.
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