Education/CredentialsSports Medicine & Shoulder Fellowship: Massachusetts General HospitalOrthopaedic Surgery Residency: University of CincinnatiDoctor of Medicine: University of ToledoBachelor of Science: University of Notre Dame (Biological Sciences and Sociology) Board Certifications & LicensesAmerican Osteopathic Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (Certification Date: 2033-07-16) SpecialtiesOrthopaedic SurgerySports Medicine Contact Information Medical Sciences Building Office 513-558-2978 Email summerma@ucmail.uc.edu Clinical Interests Orthopaedic SurgeryOrthopaedicsSports MedicineAchilles Tendon InjuriesAcromioclavicular (AC) Joint InjuryAnterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) InjuryAthletic InjuriesComplex Multi Ligament Knee InjuryDislocated ShoulderFemoracetabular ImpingementHip Impingement (Femoroacetabular impingement)Hip Labral tearKnee Cap DislocationKnee DislocationKnee Ligament InjuryKnee OsteoarthritisKnee PainLabral TearLateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) InjuryLateral Patellar DislocationMedial Collateral Ligament (MCL) InjuryMedial Patellofemoral Ligament (MPFL) InjuryPatella Tendon TearPatellar DislocationPatellar Tendon RupturePosterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) InjuryProximal and Distal Bicep Tendon TearProximal Hamstring TearQuadricep Tendon RuptureQuadricep Tendon TearRotator Cuff InjuryRotator Cuff TearSeparated ShoulderShoulder DislocationShoulder Impingement SyndromeShoulder InstabilitySports Related Injuries Peer Reviewed Publications Lurz, Philipp; Hahn, Rebecca T; Kodali, Susheel; Makkar, Raj; Sharma, Rahul P; Davidson, Charles J; O'Neill, Brian P; Yadav, Pradeep; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott; Eleid, Mackram F; Szerlip, Molly; Smith, Robert L; Whisenant, Brian; Garcia, Santiago; Kister, Tobias; Kipperman, Robert M; Lim, D Scott; Saxon, John; Kapadia, Samir; Hermiller, James; Mishell, Jacob M; Rassi, Andrew; Herrmann, Howard C; Szeto, Wilson; Hausleiter, Jörg; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Barker, Colin M; Lindman, Brian R; Latib, Azeem; Muhammad, Kamran; von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan; Summers, Matthew; Chetcuti, Stanley J; Ailawadi, Gorav; Russo, Mark; Rinaldi, Michael; Chehab, Bassem M; Nickenig, Georg; Stinis, Curtiss; Inglessis-Azuaje, Ignacio; Dhoble, Abhijeet; Chhatriwalla, Adnan K; Petrossian, George; Shah, Pinak; Staniloae, Cezar; Williams, Mathew; Nores, Marcos; McCabe, James M; Singh, Gagan; Baldus, Stephan; Rudolph, Volker; Barb, Ilie; Klodell, Charles; Gray, William; Strote, Justin; Sannino, Anna; Grayburn, Paul; Mack, Michael J; Leon, Martin B; Thourani, Vinod H 2026. Tricuspid valve replacement outcomes by baseline tricuspid regurgitation severity: the TRISCEND II trial. European heart journal, 47 17, 2059-2073Reynolds, Matthew R; Shah, Pinak B; Kodali, Susheel K; Hahn, Rebecca T; Thourani, Vinod H; Lurz, Philipp; Grayburn, Paul A; Davidson, Charles J; Yadav, Pradeep K; Kipperman, Robert M; Szerlip, Molly A; Smith, Robert L; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Saxon, John T; Muhammad, Kamran; Garcia, Santiago; Summers, Matthew; Chhatriwalla, Adnan K; Chehab, Bassem M; Grizzell, Brett E; Hermiller, James B; Ailawadi, Gorav; Chetcuti, Stanley J; Gray, William A; Latib, M Azeem; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott M; Petrossian, George A; Herrmann, Howard C; Leon, Martin B; Mack, Michael J; Cohen, David J 2026. Impact of Adverse Events on Costs and Length of Stay Following Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement. Structural heart : the journal of the Heart Team, 10 7, 101049Hahn, Rebecca T; Makkar, Raj; Thourani, Vinod H; Makar, Moody; Sharma, Rahul P; Haeffele, Christiane; Davidson, Charles J; Narang, Akhil; O'Neill, Brian; Lee, James; Yadav, Pradeep; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott; Eleid, Mackram; Pislaru, Sorin; Smith, Robert; Szerlip, Molly; Whisenant, Brian; Sekaran, Nishant K; Garcia, Santiago; Stewart-Dehner, Terri; Thiele, Holger; Kipperman, Robert; Koulogiannis, Konstantinos; Lim, D Scott; Fowler, Dale; Kapadia, Samir; Harb, Serge C; Grayburn, Paul A; Sannino, Anna; Mack, Michael J; Leon, Martin B; Lurz, Philipp; Kodali, Susheel K 2025. Transcatheter Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation. The New England journal of medicine, 392 2, 115-126Makkar, Raj R; Thourani, Vinod H; Vahl, Torsten P; Yadav, Pradeep K; McCabe, James M; George, Isaac; Satler, Lowell; Chetcuti, Stan; Daniels, David V; Waggoner, Thomas; Whisenant, Brian; Russo, Mark; Summers, Matthew; Garcia, Santiago; Frisoli, Tiberio; Ramana, Ravi K; Stinis, Curtiss; Golwala, Harsh; Zahr, Firas; Greenbaum, Adam; Rovin, Joshua; Sanchez, Carlos; Szerlip, Molly; Deeb, George Michael; Amoroso, Nicholas; Patel, Dhairya; Fahy, Martin; Ranard, Lauren S; Gupta, Aakriti; Chakravarty, Tarun; Skaf, Sabah; Chuang, Michael; Kodali, Susheel K; Figulla, Hans R; Treede, Hendrik; Baldus, Stephan; Pinto, Duane S; Leon, Martin B 2025. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the Trilogy valve for symptomatic native aortic regurgitation (ALIGN-AR): a pivotal, multicentre, single-arm, investigational device exemption study. Lancet (London, England), 406 10521, 2757-2771Kenney, Nick; Stackpole, Chris; Salazar, Michael; Spiro, Steve; Waters, Eric; Summers, Matt; VanZant, Piet; Bastin, Kevin; Soloff, Lonnie; Quinlan, James; Graham, Thomas J 2023. The Role of the Surgical Specialty Consultants in the Care of Professional Sports Teams: A Head Athletic Trainers' Round Table. Sports medicine and arthroscopy review, 31 1, 12-14Kucharik, Michael P; Eberlin, Christopher T; Cherian, Nathan J; Summers, Melissa A; Martin, Scott D 2023. Using a Combined All-Inside, Inside-Out, and Outside-In Technique to Repair Bucket-Handle Medial Meniscal Tears Without a Safety Incision. Arthroscopy techniques, 12 7, e1065-e1073Berry, Chirag A; Summers, Melissa A; Reddy, Krishna I A 2021. Superior Patellar Dislocation Reduced by Intra-articular Injection: A Case Report and Review of Literature. JBJS case connector, 11 2, Summers, Melissa A; Matar, Robert N; Denning, Jaime Rice; Dixon, Tonya L; Ramalingam, Wendy G; Asghar, Ferhan A; Grawe, Brian M 2020. Closing the Gender Gap: Barriers to Success for Recruitment and Retention of the Female Orthopaedic Surgery Applicant. JBJS reviews, 8 5, e0211Bedeir, Yehia H; Summers, Melissa A; Patel, Dhavalkumar J; Grawe, Brian M; Colosimo, Angelo J 2018. Anatomic Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Without Bone Tunnels or Anchors in the Patella. Arthroscopy techniques, 7 6, e611-e615
Clinical Interests Orthopaedic SurgeryOrthopaedicsSports MedicineAchilles Tendon InjuriesAcromioclavicular (AC) Joint InjuryAnterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) InjuryAthletic InjuriesComplex Multi Ligament Knee InjuryDislocated ShoulderFemoracetabular ImpingementHip Impingement (Femoroacetabular impingement)Hip Labral tearKnee Cap DislocationKnee DislocationKnee Ligament InjuryKnee OsteoarthritisKnee PainLabral TearLateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) InjuryLateral Patellar DislocationMedial Collateral Ligament (MCL) InjuryMedial Patellofemoral Ligament (MPFL) InjuryPatella Tendon TearPatellar DislocationPatellar Tendon RupturePosterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) InjuryProximal and Distal Bicep Tendon TearProximal Hamstring TearQuadricep Tendon RuptureQuadricep Tendon TearRotator Cuff InjuryRotator Cuff TearSeparated ShoulderShoulder DislocationShoulder Impingement SyndromeShoulder InstabilitySports Related Injuries
Peer Reviewed Publications Lurz, Philipp; Hahn, Rebecca T; Kodali, Susheel; Makkar, Raj; Sharma, Rahul P; Davidson, Charles J; O'Neill, Brian P; Yadav, Pradeep; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott; Eleid, Mackram F; Szerlip, Molly; Smith, Robert L; Whisenant, Brian; Garcia, Santiago; Kister, Tobias; Kipperman, Robert M; Lim, D Scott; Saxon, John; Kapadia, Samir; Hermiller, James; Mishell, Jacob M; Rassi, Andrew; Herrmann, Howard C; Szeto, Wilson; Hausleiter, Jörg; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Barker, Colin M; Lindman, Brian R; Latib, Azeem; Muhammad, Kamran; von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan; Summers, Matthew; Chetcuti, Stanley J; Ailawadi, Gorav; Russo, Mark; Rinaldi, Michael; Chehab, Bassem M; Nickenig, Georg; Stinis, Curtiss; Inglessis-Azuaje, Ignacio; Dhoble, Abhijeet; Chhatriwalla, Adnan K; Petrossian, George; Shah, Pinak; Staniloae, Cezar; Williams, Mathew; Nores, Marcos; McCabe, James M; Singh, Gagan; Baldus, Stephan; Rudolph, Volker; Barb, Ilie; Klodell, Charles; Gray, William; Strote, Justin; Sannino, Anna; Grayburn, Paul; Mack, Michael J; Leon, Martin B; Thourani, Vinod H 2026. Tricuspid valve replacement outcomes by baseline tricuspid regurgitation severity: the TRISCEND II trial. European heart journal, 47 17, 2059-2073Reynolds, Matthew R; Shah, Pinak B; Kodali, Susheel K; Hahn, Rebecca T; Thourani, Vinod H; Lurz, Philipp; Grayburn, Paul A; Davidson, Charles J; Yadav, Pradeep K; Kipperman, Robert M; Szerlip, Molly A; Smith, Robert L; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Saxon, John T; Muhammad, Kamran; Garcia, Santiago; Summers, Matthew; Chhatriwalla, Adnan K; Chehab, Bassem M; Grizzell, Brett E; Hermiller, James B; Ailawadi, Gorav; Chetcuti, Stanley J; Gray, William A; Latib, M Azeem; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott M; Petrossian, George A; Herrmann, Howard C; Leon, Martin B; Mack, Michael J; Cohen, David J 2026. Impact of Adverse Events on Costs and Length of Stay Following Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement. Structural heart : the journal of the Heart Team, 10 7, 101049Hahn, Rebecca T; Makkar, Raj; Thourani, Vinod H; Makar, Moody; Sharma, Rahul P; Haeffele, Christiane; Davidson, Charles J; Narang, Akhil; O'Neill, Brian; Lee, James; Yadav, Pradeep; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott; Eleid, Mackram; Pislaru, Sorin; Smith, Robert; Szerlip, Molly; Whisenant, Brian; Sekaran, Nishant K; Garcia, Santiago; Stewart-Dehner, Terri; Thiele, Holger; Kipperman, Robert; Koulogiannis, Konstantinos; Lim, D Scott; Fowler, Dale; Kapadia, Samir; Harb, Serge C; Grayburn, Paul A; Sannino, Anna; Mack, Michael J; Leon, Martin B; Lurz, Philipp; Kodali, Susheel K 2025. Transcatheter Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation. The New England journal of medicine, 392 2, 115-126Makkar, Raj R; Thourani, Vinod H; Vahl, Torsten P; Yadav, Pradeep K; McCabe, James M; George, Isaac; Satler, Lowell; Chetcuti, Stan; Daniels, David V; Waggoner, Thomas; Whisenant, Brian; Russo, Mark; Summers, Matthew; Garcia, Santiago; Frisoli, Tiberio; Ramana, Ravi K; Stinis, Curtiss; Golwala, Harsh; Zahr, Firas; Greenbaum, Adam; Rovin, Joshua; Sanchez, Carlos; Szerlip, Molly; Deeb, George Michael; Amoroso, Nicholas; Patel, Dhairya; Fahy, Martin; Ranard, Lauren S; Gupta, Aakriti; Chakravarty, Tarun; Skaf, Sabah; Chuang, Michael; Kodali, Susheel K; Figulla, Hans R; Treede, Hendrik; Baldus, Stephan; Pinto, Duane S; Leon, Martin B 2025. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the Trilogy valve for symptomatic native aortic regurgitation (ALIGN-AR): a pivotal, multicentre, single-arm, investigational device exemption study. Lancet (London, England), 406 10521, 2757-2771Kenney, Nick; Stackpole, Chris; Salazar, Michael; Spiro, Steve; Waters, Eric; Summers, Matt; VanZant, Piet; Bastin, Kevin; Soloff, Lonnie; Quinlan, James; Graham, Thomas J 2023. The Role of the Surgical Specialty Consultants in the Care of Professional Sports Teams: A Head Athletic Trainers' Round Table. Sports medicine and arthroscopy review, 31 1, 12-14Kucharik, Michael P; Eberlin, Christopher T; Cherian, Nathan J; Summers, Melissa A; Martin, Scott D 2023. Using a Combined All-Inside, Inside-Out, and Outside-In Technique to Repair Bucket-Handle Medial Meniscal Tears Without a Safety Incision. Arthroscopy techniques, 12 7, e1065-e1073Berry, Chirag A; Summers, Melissa A; Reddy, Krishna I A 2021. Superior Patellar Dislocation Reduced by Intra-articular Injection: A Case Report and Review of Literature. JBJS case connector, 11 2, Summers, Melissa A; Matar, Robert N; Denning, Jaime Rice; Dixon, Tonya L; Ramalingam, Wendy G; Asghar, Ferhan A; Grawe, Brian M 2020. Closing the Gender Gap: Barriers to Success for Recruitment and Retention of the Female Orthopaedic Surgery Applicant. JBJS reviews, 8 5, e0211Bedeir, Yehia H; Summers, Melissa A; Patel, Dhavalkumar J; Grawe, Brian M; Colosimo, Angelo J 2018. Anatomic Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Without Bone Tunnels or Anchors in the Patella. Arthroscopy techniques, 7 6, e611-e615
Lurz, Philipp; Hahn, Rebecca T; Kodali, Susheel; Makkar, Raj; Sharma, Rahul P; Davidson, Charles J; O'Neill, Brian P; Yadav, Pradeep; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott; Eleid, Mackram F; Szerlip, Molly; Smith, Robert L; Whisenant, Brian; Garcia, Santiago; Kister, Tobias; Kipperman, Robert M; Lim, D Scott; Saxon, John; Kapadia, Samir; Hermiller, James; Mishell, Jacob M; Rassi, Andrew; Herrmann, Howard C; Szeto, Wilson; Hausleiter, Jörg; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Barker, Colin M; Lindman, Brian R; Latib, Azeem; Muhammad, Kamran; von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan; Summers, Matthew; Chetcuti, Stanley J; Ailawadi, Gorav; Russo, Mark; Rinaldi, Michael; Chehab, Bassem M; Nickenig, Georg; Stinis, Curtiss; Inglessis-Azuaje, Ignacio; Dhoble, Abhijeet; Chhatriwalla, Adnan K; Petrossian, George; Shah, Pinak; Staniloae, Cezar; Williams, Mathew; Nores, Marcos; McCabe, James M; Singh, Gagan; Baldus, Stephan; Rudolph, Volker; Barb, Ilie; Klodell, Charles; Gray, William; Strote, Justin; Sannino, Anna; Grayburn, Paul; Mack, Michael J; Leon, Martin B; Thourani, Vinod H 2026. Tricuspid valve replacement outcomes by baseline tricuspid regurgitation severity: the TRISCEND II trial. European heart journal, 47 17, 2059-2073Reynolds, Matthew R; Shah, Pinak B; Kodali, Susheel K; Hahn, Rebecca T; Thourani, Vinod H; Lurz, Philipp; Grayburn, Paul A; Davidson, Charles J; Yadav, Pradeep K; Kipperman, Robert M; Szerlip, Molly A; Smith, Robert L; Babaliaros, Vasilis; Saxon, John T; Muhammad, Kamran; Garcia, Santiago; Summers, Matthew; Chhatriwalla, Adnan K; Chehab, Bassem M; Grizzell, Brett E; Hermiller, James B; Ailawadi, Gorav; Chetcuti, Stanley J; Gray, William A; Latib, M Azeem; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott M; Petrossian, George A; Herrmann, Howard C; Leon, Martin B; Mack, Michael J; Cohen, David J 2026. Impact of Adverse Events on Costs and Length of Stay Following Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement. Structural heart : the journal of the Heart Team, 10 7, 101049Hahn, Rebecca T; Makkar, Raj; Thourani, Vinod H; Makar, Moody; Sharma, Rahul P; Haeffele, Christiane; Davidson, Charles J; Narang, Akhil; O'Neill, Brian; Lee, James; Yadav, Pradeep; Zahr, Firas; Chadderdon, Scott; Eleid, Mackram; Pislaru, Sorin; Smith, Robert; Szerlip, Molly; Whisenant, Brian; Sekaran, Nishant K; Garcia, Santiago; Stewart-Dehner, Terri; Thiele, Holger; Kipperman, Robert; Koulogiannis, Konstantinos; Lim, D Scott; Fowler, Dale; Kapadia, Samir; Harb, Serge C; Grayburn, Paul A; Sannino, Anna; Mack, Michael J; Leon, Martin B; Lurz, Philipp; Kodali, Susheel K 2025. Transcatheter Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation. The New England journal of medicine, 392 2, 115-126Makkar, Raj R; Thourani, Vinod H; Vahl, Torsten P; Yadav, Pradeep K; McCabe, James M; George, Isaac; Satler, Lowell; Chetcuti, Stan; Daniels, David V; Waggoner, Thomas; Whisenant, Brian; Russo, Mark; Summers, Matthew; Garcia, Santiago; Frisoli, Tiberio; Ramana, Ravi K; Stinis, Curtiss; Golwala, Harsh; Zahr, Firas; Greenbaum, Adam; Rovin, Joshua; Sanchez, Carlos; Szerlip, Molly; Deeb, George Michael; Amoroso, Nicholas; Patel, Dhairya; Fahy, Martin; Ranard, Lauren S; Gupta, Aakriti; Chakravarty, Tarun; Skaf, Sabah; Chuang, Michael; Kodali, Susheel K; Figulla, Hans R; Treede, Hendrik; Baldus, Stephan; Pinto, Duane S; Leon, Martin B 2025. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the Trilogy valve for symptomatic native aortic regurgitation (ALIGN-AR): a pivotal, multicentre, single-arm, investigational device exemption study. Lancet (London, England), 406 10521, 2757-2771Kenney, Nick; Stackpole, Chris; Salazar, Michael; Spiro, Steve; Waters, Eric; Summers, Matt; VanZant, Piet; Bastin, Kevin; Soloff, Lonnie; Quinlan, James; Graham, Thomas J 2023. The Role of the Surgical Specialty Consultants in the Care of Professional Sports Teams: A Head Athletic Trainers' Round Table. Sports medicine and arthroscopy review, 31 1, 12-14Kucharik, Michael P; Eberlin, Christopher T; Cherian, Nathan J; Summers, Melissa A; Martin, Scott D 2023. Using a Combined All-Inside, Inside-Out, and Outside-In Technique to Repair Bucket-Handle Medial Meniscal Tears Without a Safety Incision. Arthroscopy techniques, 12 7, e1065-e1073Berry, Chirag A; Summers, Melissa A; Reddy, Krishna I A 2021. Superior Patellar Dislocation Reduced by Intra-articular Injection: A Case Report and Review of Literature. JBJS case connector, 11 2, Summers, Melissa A; Matar, Robert N; Denning, Jaime Rice; Dixon, Tonya L; Ramalingam, Wendy G; Asghar, Ferhan A; Grawe, Brian M 2020. Closing the Gender Gap: Barriers to Success for Recruitment and Retention of the Female Orthopaedic Surgery Applicant. JBJS reviews, 8 5, e0211Bedeir, Yehia H; Summers, Melissa A; Patel, Dhavalkumar J; Grawe, Brian M; Colosimo, Angelo J 2018. Anatomic Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Without Bone Tunnels or Anchors in the Patella. Arthroscopy techniques, 7 6, e611-e615