ASEC Team
 Douglas Smith, MD
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Douglas G. Smith serves as the Director of PRS, an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Washington (UW), and the Medical Director for the ACA. He is an attending surgeon at Harborview Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the UW Medical Center, the Seattle VA Medical Center and a consultant for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Amputee Service. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association, Western Orthopaedic Association, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, and the Washington State Medical Association.
Doug attended the University of Notre Dame and University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. His Internship and Residency were performed at Loyola University Medical Center and a Fellowship in Foot, Ankle and Amputation Surgery under the direction of Sigvard T. Hansen, MD, and Ernest M. Burgess, MD at Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington. Brian Hafner is the project manager and Senior Bioengineer for engineering-related research at PRS. Brian graduated with a Ph.D. in Bioengineering in March, 2003 from the University of Washington. His dissertation, entitled “ Transtibial amputee gait adaptation: correlating residual limb compliance to energy storage and return prosthetic foot compliance in bouncing gait,” examined the complex interaction between the prosthetic and residual limb in bouncing gaits such as jogging and hopping. His research interests include amputee gait analysis, lower-limb prosthetic alignment methodologies, and multimedia-based education focusing on amputation surgery and prosthetic care. Brian received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 1996. Before graduating, Brian worked as an engineering intern with Pratt & Whitney/United Technologies in the Commercial Electronic Engine Control Systems Division. Katie Treadwell is an engineering assistant at PRS. She started work on the ASEC in 2004. Her work on the project includes website and educational module development/maintenance, content collection and distribution, and multimedia collection and editing. Katie graduated from Texas A&M University in 2003. She earned her degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on mechanics, and also completed pre-medical requirements. As an undergraduate, Katie participated in research at the University of Texas Medical Branch, the University of California, Berkeley, and Centerpulse (Zimmer) Orthopedics in the areas of biomechanics, optics, and biomaterials. |
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