{"id":153,"date":"2025-04-28T09:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:17:17","slug":"richard-komistek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/faculty\/richard-komistek\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Komistek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Richard Komistek<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Fred M. Roddy Professor &amp; Co-Director of Center for Musculoskeletal Research<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2007-present<br><\/strong>Fred M. Roddy Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Center Co-Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2003-present<br><\/strong>Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2003-2007<br><\/strong>Center Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1999-2002<br><\/strong>President &amp; Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Denver, CO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1994-1999<br><\/strong>Director of Research, Rose Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory,&nbsp;Denver, CO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1994<\/strong><br>Senior Research Engineer, Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Arlington, TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1992-1994<br><\/strong>Research Engineer, Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Arlington, TN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, 1992, University of Memphis (TN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSME, 1989, University of Memphis (TN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BSME, 1988, University of Memphis (TN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developing mathematical models of the human body musculoskeletal system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analyzing the failure modes for total joint arthroplasty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In vivo kinematic and kinetic analysis of the human body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Closed and open loop control systems of the human body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design of total joint implantable devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>President, International Society of Technology in Arthroplasty, 2009-2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest Editor, Journal of Mechanics, 2005<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), Knee Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) Keynote Lecture:&nbsp;<em>Fluoroscopic Driven Inverse Dynamic Analysis of TKA Patients<\/em>, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wellmont Orthopaedic Residency Program Grand Rounds Meeting, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harvard Medical School: Department of Continuing Education: Advances in Arthroplasty Optimizing Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using Evidence-Based Medicine: Early Intervention to Complex Reconstruction:&nbsp;<em>Mechanics of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA)<\/em>, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Congress for Joint Reconstruction and Pri-Med Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) Past President, Chairman of 2009 Annual Congress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knee Society Annual Meeting Keynote Presidential Lecture:&nbsp;<em>Knee Kinematics \u2013 What Have I Learned?<\/em>, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presidential Guest Speaker, Knee Society Members Only Meeting:&nbsp;<em>In vivo Normal Knee Kinematics: Is Ethnicity or Gender an Influencing Factor?<\/em>, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaker, International Congress for Joint Reconstruction and Pri-Med Institute Annual Meeting, Outstanding Scientific Knee Papers from the Specialty Societies, Speaker:&nbsp;<em>Factors Affecting TKA Flexion<\/em>, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Case Presentations and Discussion: Panel Member. International Congress for Joint Reconstruction and Pri-Med Institute Annual Meeting:&nbsp;<em>Primary TKA: The Impact of Technique<\/em>, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book Section Editor:&nbsp;<em>Insall &amp; Scott Surgery of the Knee<\/em>&nbsp;5th Ed., Edited by W. Norman Scott. 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Journal Reviewer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1998 &#8211; Present, Journal of Biomechanics (Guest Editor 2003)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1998 &#8211; Present, Journal of Clinical Biomechanics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1999 &#8211; Present, Journal of Arthroplasty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2000 &#8211; Present, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research and Creative Achievement Award, Office of the Chancellor, University of Tennessee, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research Fellow Award, 2005, 2006, and 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conventry Award, Knee Society, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ESB Clinical Biomechanics Award, 1996-1998<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For a complete list of recent publications, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=woq6Pi8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LaCour, Sharma, Carr,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>&nbsp;and Dennis. \u201cConfirmation of Long-Term in vivo Bearing Mobility in Eight Rotating-Platform TKAs.\u201d CORR 472.9(2014):2766-773. Epub 2014 Apr 26. doi: 10.1007\/s11999-014-3642-6.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nakamura S, Sharma, Ito, Nakamura K, Zingde, Nakamura T,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>. \u201cIn vivo Femoro-tibial Kinematic Analysis of a Tri-condylar total knee prosthesis.\u201d Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol Avon) 29.4(2014): 400-5. DOI: 10.1016\/j.clinbiomech.2014.02.003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nakamura S, Ito, Kobayashi, Nakamura K, Toyoji,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>, Nakamura T. \u201cAre the long term results of a high-flex total knee replacement affected by the range of flexion?\u201d Int Orthop 38.4(2014):761-6. DOI: 10.1007\/s00264-013-2179-8. Epub 2013 Nov 28.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nakamura S, Sharma, Ito, Nakamura K, Zingde and&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>. \u201cKinematic Difference between Various Geometric Centers and Contact Points for Tri-Condylar Bi-Surface Knee System.\u201d Journal of Arthroplasty 2014 Dec 3. pii: S0883-5403(14)00896-1. DOI: 10.1016\/j.arth.2014.11.020. [Epub ahead of print].<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nakamura S, Sharma, Kobayashi, Ito, Nakamura K, Zingde, Nakamura T,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>. \u201c3D in vivo Femoro-Tibial Kinematics of Tri-condylar Total Knee Arthroplasty during Kneeling Activities.\u201d The Knee 21.1(2014): 162-7. Epub 2013 Aug 28. doi: 10.1016\/j.knee.2013.08.016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nakamura S, Sharma, Nakamura K, Ikeda, Zingde,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>. \u201cCan Post-Cam Function Be Replaced by Addition of a Third Condyle in PS TKA?\u201d Journal of Arthroplasty 29(2014): 1871-1876. doi: 10.1016\/j.arth.2014.04.024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zingde, Leszko, Sharma, Mahfouz,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>, Dennis. \u201cIn Vivo Determination of Cam-Post Engagement in Fixed and Mobile-bearing TKA.\u201d 2013 Knee Society Proceedings (also published in CORR 472.1(2014): 254-62. EPub 2013 Aug 29. doi: 10.1007\/s11999-013-3257-3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leszko,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>. \u201cBiomechanics and Vibroarthography of the Patellofemoral Joint.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Insall &amp; Scott Surgery of the Knee<\/em>&nbsp;5th Ed., Edited by W. Norman Scott. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sharma,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>. \u201cContact Mechanics of the Human Knee.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Insall &amp; Scott Surgery of the Knee<\/em>&nbsp;5th Ed., Edited by W. Norman Scott. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mueller,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>, Dennis. \u201cFluoroscopic Analysis of Total Knee Replacement.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Insall &amp; Scott Surgery of the Knee<\/em>&nbsp;5th Ed., Edited by W. Norman Scott. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leszko, Hovinga, Lerner,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>, Mahfouz. \u201cin Vivo Normal Knee Kinematics: Is Ethnicity or Gender an Influencing Factor?\u201d&nbsp;<em>CORR<\/em>&nbsp;2010 Knee Society Proceedings, 469.1 (2011): 95-106. DOI: 10.1007\/s11999-010-1517-z.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victor, Mueller,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>, Sharma, Nadaud, Bellemans. \u201cIn vivo kinematics after a cruciate substituting TKA.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Clin Orthop<\/em>468 (2010): 807-814. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Clinical Orthopedics Multimedia Award 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leszko, Sharma,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>, Mahfouz, Cates and Scuderi.&nbsp; \u201cIn vivo Comparison of Patellofemoral Kinematics for Subjects Having Either a High Flexion TKA or a Normal Knee.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Journal of Arthroplasty<\/em>&nbsp;25.3 (2010): 398-404. DOI 10.1007-s11999-009-1072-7. Clinical Orthopedics Multimedia Award 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wasielewski,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Zingde, Sheridan, and Mahfouz. \u201cLack of Axial Rotation in Mobile-bearing Knee Designs.\u201d&nbsp;<em>CORR<\/em>466.11 (2008): 2662-68. DOI 10.1007\/s11999-008-0354-9.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sharma,<strong>&nbsp;Komistek<\/strong>, Ranawat, Dennis and Mahfouz.&nbsp; \u201cIn vivo Contact Pressures in Total Knee Arthroplasties.\u201d ISTA Biomechanics Award,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Arthroplasty<\/em>&nbsp;22.3 (2007): 404-416.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glaser, Dennis,&nbsp;<strong>Komistek<\/strong>, Miner, and Mahfouz.&nbsp; \u201cIn vivo Comparison of Hip Mechanics for Minimally Invasive versus Traditional Hip Arthroplasty.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Journal of Clinical Biomechanics<\/em>&nbsp;Clinical Biomechanics Award, 2007.&nbsp; Electronic Publication: doi:10.1016\/j.clinbiomech.2007.09.015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Patents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Low Impulse Total Hip Arthroplasty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dual Cam Total Knee Arthroplasty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moment Induced Total Knee Arthroplasty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobile Tracking Fluoroscopy Unit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Vivo Orthopaedic Implant Diagnostic Device Sensing Load, Infection and Wear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Komistek-Richard.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Komistek\" class=\"wp-image-143\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Komistek-Richard.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Komistek-Richard-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>310 Perkins Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-4159<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:rkomiste@utk.edu\">rkomiste@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Komistek Fred M. 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