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Biography
A valuable source of information for healthy aging and orthopaedic issues, Dr. Wright has been quoted in many national publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, CNN.com and MSNBC, as well as numerous regional publications. She is often quoted in magazines such as Maxim, Best Life, Prevention and Arthritis Today. She also has made many television appearances, including segments on ABC Health News, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and CBS affiliate KDKA-TV’s Pittsburgh TODAY Live. Dr. Wright serves on the medical advisory board of the National Arthritis Foundation and www.RaceNation.com a premier web-based racing site. She was the research coordinator for the 2005 Summer National Senior Games – The Senior Olympics, held in Pittsburgh. Since 2003, Dr. Wright has been looking at health research data related to Senior Olympians, with the hypothesis that athletes over age 40 who maintain high levels of functional capacity and quality of life throughout their life spans may be the best model of healthy aging. Dr. Wright just received two prestigious grants examining “The Effect of Gender and Aging on Stem Cell Transplantation for Tendon Tissue Engineering.” Her research has been rewarded in the form of grants, numerous awards, peer-reviewed publications and international and national presentations. Dr. Wright sees patients in the clinic at the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine, and performs surgery at UPMC Shadyside and UPMC South Side. One of few women in the field of orthopaedic surgery, she is assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She first came to Pitt in 1999 as an orthopaedic surgery resident. She had completed a research fellowship in Pitt’s Musculoskeletal Growth & Development Lab under the direction of Johnny Huard, Ph.D. Following the 2005 Summer Games, Dr. Wright completed a one-year Sports Medicine and Upper Extremity Fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Wheaton College, in Wheaton, Ill.; her master’s degree in oncology nursing from Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, and her medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
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Vonda
Wright, M.D., is an orthopaedic surgeon, speaker, author and researcher.
Currently practicing at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(UPMC), Dr. Wright specializes in sports medicine and is the Director
of P.R.I.M.A: the
Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes. In
these roles she cares for patients with a variety of musculoskeletal
injuries while conducting research focused on athletes over 40. 