Vonda Wright, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon; Authority on Active Aging and Mobility
Biography
Dr. Vonda Wright is a double board-certified orthopedic sports medicine surgeon specializing in shoulder, hip and knee arthroscopy for athletes and active people of all ages. She is especially interested in aging athletes and how physical aptitude affects mobility, and other aspects of general health, as people age. Located at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes (PRIMA) is a service to help both aging athletes and sedentary adults over age 40 to remain fit and perform their best. A valuable source of information for healthy aging, sports medicine and orthopaedic issues, Dr. Wright has been cited in numerous national news publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, CNN.com and MSNBC; as well as in the national magazines AARP, Best Life, Maxim, Prevention, SELF and Runners World. Dr. Wright regularly speaks to various groups on how to take an active role in aging, and she also has made several TV appearances, including a segment on CBS affiliate KDKA-TV’s Pittsburgh TODAY Live. In 2005, Dr. Wright was the research coordinator for the Summer National Senior Games – The Senior Olympics, held in Pittsburgh. Since then, she has analyzed and published health research data on Senior Olympians, demonstrating that older adults who are highly physically active throughout their life spans may be the best model of healthy aging, free from the variable of disuse. In 2013, Dr. Wright ignited a national conversation on Women’s Health via her online and live conference series, Women’s Health Conversations, focused on educating and empowering smart savvy women to make the best health decisions for themselves and those they touch. Dr. Wright’s additional research interests include osteoporosis in men and how high-impact sports actually improve bone strength. Dr. Wright is currently researching stem cell therapy for the enhancement of bone and muscle healing, specifically the healing effects of cells’ sex and age differences. 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 Rooney Sports Complex and performs surgery at UPMC Shadyside and UPMC South Side. One of few women in her field, she is assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and assistant team physician for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team. 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, PhD, and was one of only 10 residents to participate in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinician Scientist Development Program. 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.
Speech Topics
Innovation & Research - Science Fiction is Now Reality - Regenerative Medicine is Changing How We Live
We live in an amazing age of medical discovery and innovation. The imagination of science fiction epics is becoming reality as we harness the body’s potential for healing and regenerating itself as well and fuse the line between man and machine. Dr. Wright draws on her more than 20 years of research experience to illuminate today’s “wonders of the world” for non-science business and community audiences.
Business & Entrepreneurship - Strong & Courageous: Empowering Women to Take the Lead
Dr. Wright explains how the best health is no accident but requires purposeful strategic planning. This fun speech or workshop unfolds the 4 steps for Creating A Vision for your future, taking Action via Move-ing and Eat-ing, addressing Attitudes that create barriers tohealth and the amazing science between the body-brain- connection and measuring Achievement in short and long term health. Perfect for executive innovation seminars, university or community groups. Based on: Dr. Vonda Wright’s Guide to THRIVE **This program can also be modified for investment/financial groups as the strategic planning is couched in parallels to “Physical Wealth, ROI, diversification, dividends, etc”
Personal & Corporate Wellness - 4 Steps to Body, Brains, Bliss
Dr. Wright explains how the best health is no accident but requires purposeful strategic planning. This fun speech or workshop unfolds the 4 steps for Creating A Vision for your future, taking Action via Move-ing and Eat-ing, addressing Attitudes that create barriers to health, and the amazing science between the body-brain connection and measuring Achievement in short and long term health. Perfect for executive innovation seminars, university, or community groups.
Women & Health - Millennial Well-th: The Future of Health and Wellbeing
Women make more than 80% of the health care decisions in this country, not only for themselves but for everyone they touch in their lives – their children, spouses, parents, friends, co-workers. It is women who impact individual health and therefore the nation’s health. And with Millennials growing into a massive influential block in our economy, it’s time to identify and address the needs of this powerful generation of women. Orthopedic surgeon, author, and researcher Dr. Vonda Wright with her non-profit Women’s Health Conversations set out to explore the health behaviors, attitudes, and desires of Millennial women. Hear the surprising trends we uncovered and stay ahead of the curve in order to innovate our health, culture, and economy in 2021 and beyond.
Well-Being & Performance - VITALITY: Rethinking What It Means to Live Long & Prosper
Despite the “age-old” myth, aging is not an inevitable decline from the vitality of youth to the frailty of old age. It is the natural flow of life, and yet, with the passing of each emotionally significant milestone -- childhood, teens, 30-something -- we reach our middle ages wondering, “Will my health last?” Orthopedic surgeon and author Dr. Vonda Wright utilizes her 20 years of research and caring for elite athletes and high-performing patients to prove that not only can you optimize your health to last, but that you can be “healthy, active, joyful… VITAL!” as you do it, long into the foreseeable future. By investing every day in your well-being and rethinking your approach to what a long and prosperous life looks like, you will be inspired to take immediate action to create a healthy future for yourself and your loved ones.
Well-Being & Performance - Pivot to Resilience: How to Build Mental & Physical Strength
In this new era where we find ourselves, we may feel the safe option is to hunker down and wait for the normal we recognize to once again return. But as leaders and highly-functioning individuals, we are more than capable of a PIVOT to a forward-facing approach to mental and physical resilience that builds a new kind of strength and moves us forward into this new world. Orthopedic surgeon, author, and researcher Dr. Vonda Wright brings tactics for building physical and mental resilience from her 20 years of experience working with high-performance and professional athletes to gird yourself against external stress, build strength in all areas of your life, bend but not break, and make the best out of our current reality.
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