Joseph Janicki, MD, MS, (Principal Investigator) is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern University and has an MS in Clinical Investigation (Northwestern). Dr. Janicki is a surgeon-scientist whose research includes bone health in children, hip dysplasia and multicenter research (4 topic specific study groups). He is currently the PI of a 19 site PROOF trial examining children’s open fracture treatment. Dr. Janicki will serve as the PI for the IMPACCT study and will be responsible for study protocols, funding, and management.

Jamie Burgess, PhD, (Co-Investigator) is a Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern University whose research focuses on increasing efficiency in multicenter trials in pediatric orthopaedics, operationalizing informed consent and evaluating educational tools for clinical research. She has served as the lead research manager on two multicenter, international studies in pediatric orthopaedics.

James Wright, MD, (Co-Investigator) is Senior Scientist and former program head of the Child Health Evaluation Sciences (CHES) Program at The Hospital for Sick Children. He is a Professor of Surgery, Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and is adjunct Professor at University of Oxford and CoI in UK trial. He has led many RCTs. He was the inaugural Associate Editor for Evidence-based Orthopaedics for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He has been supported for 20 years by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) (US Canadian equivalent of NIH).

Andrew G. Georgiadis MD is a native of Ohio and pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Gillette Children's Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. He performed residency training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, followed by fellowships in pediatric orthopaedics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. His clinical interests include pediatric orthopaedic trauma, the treatment of children with cerebral palsy, instrumented gait analysis, and limb lengthening and deformity correction.

Dr. Walter Truong attended medical school at Ohio State University before completing his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota. He spent his fellowship year at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto where he obtained a Certificate from the University of Toronto in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery. Walter enjoys returning children to optimal health and function after orthopaedic trauma and has a special interest in scoliosis treatment and orthopedic needs for children with neuromuscular, genetic, complex and rare conditions.