Middlebury College

Dr. Devon Anderson joined the sports medicine department in the fall of 2024 and is a College Physician and a team Orthopaedic Surgery consultant. He is an Orthopaedic Sports Medicine surgeon at the University of Vermont, the lead of Orthopaedic Surgery at Porter Medical Center and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the UVM Lerner College of Medicine.

• 2024 Bruce Reider MD Scholarship, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
• 2023 Kenneth E. DeHaven, MD, Outstanding Orthopaedic Resident Research Award, University of Rochester
• 2022 Orthopaedic Resident Teaching Award, University of Rochester
• 2019 Blue Key Award for outstanding alumnus service, Colby College
• 2015-2018 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship, ARCS Portland
• 2011-2018 Medical Scientist Training Program Scholarship, Oregon Health and Science University
• 2015 ORS Collaborative Exchange Award, Orthopaedic Research Society
• 2013 N.L. Tartar Research Fellowship, Oregon Health and Science University
• 2010 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalist & Second-Place Winner, USPTO and Invent Now
• 2010 Thayer Corporate Collaboration Council Engineering Design Prize, Dartmouth College
• 2009 Asaph H. Hall 1955 Engineering Fellowship, Dartmouth College
• 2009 Magna cum laude, Colby College
• 2009 Distinction in biology, Colby College

• College Physician & Orthopedic Surgery consultant - Middlebury College (2024-present)
• United States Alpine Ski Team Physician - United States Ski and Snowboard (2024-present)
• Orthopaedic Consultant - National Basketball Association (NBA) Combine (2024)
• Football, Basketball, Baseball & Olympic Sports Team Physician - Duke University (2023-2024)
• Football Team Physician - North Carolina Central University (2023)
• Football Team Physician - Riverside High School in Durham, North Carolina (2023)
• FISU World University Games Sideline Physician - Lake Placid Sports Medicine (2023)
• Ice Hockey and Rugby Team Physician - Nazareth College (2022-2023)
• Football Team Physician - University of Rochester (2022-2023)
• Football Team Physician - Rochester Public School District (2019-2023)
• Sports Medicine Mass Event Medical Student Volunteer - Oregon Health and Science University (2011-2013)

• Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship - Duke University - 2024
• Orthopaedic Surgery Internship and Residency - University of Rochester - 2023
• Doctor of Medicine - Oregon Health and Science University - 2018
• Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering - Oregon Health and Science University - 2018
• Bachelor of Engineering - Dartmouth College - Biomedical Engineering - 2010
• Bachelor of Arts - Colby College - Biology - 2009

• Vermont Medical License
• North Carolina Resident Training License
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) Board Eligible
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification
• Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification

• American Orthopaedic Association - Emerging Leader Member
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Candidate Member
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine - Member
• Arthroscopy Association of North America - Member
• Orthopaedic Research Society - Member
• Vermont Orthopaedic Society - Member

• Hinton Z, DE Anderson, T Stauffer, A Amendola. Medial Meniscus Transplant: Technique Video. Video Journal of Sports Medicine. 2025
• Anderson, DE, EJ Scott, RC Mather. Endoscopic Lesser Trochanter Excision for Ischiofemoral Impingement. Video Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024
• Patel, UJ, DE Anderson, YM Yen, and BD Giordano. Comparable Injury to the Indirect Head of the Rectus Femoris During Interportal and Periportal Capsulotomy: A Cadaveric Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2023 eCollection.
• Anderson, DE, KG Broun, P Kundu, X Jing, X Tang, C Lu, A Kotelsky, S Mannava, and W Lee. PIEZO1 is downregulated in glenohumeral chondrocytes in early cuff tear arthropathy following a massive rotator cuff tear in a mouse model. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 2023:11:1-9.
• Shaikh, HJF, AR Chait, Anderson, DE, G Ramirez, RD Bronstein, JP Goldblatt, BD Giordano, MD Maloney, IT Voloshin, GT Nicandri, and S Mannava. Use of Area Deprivation Index to Predict Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2023;51(11):2815-2823.
• Anderson, DE, HJF Shaikh, AR Chait, G Ramirez, RD Bronstein, JP Goldblatt, BD Giordano, MD Maloney, IT Voloshin, GT Nicandri, and S Mannava. Effect of insurance reimbursement status pre-and post-operative Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Scores following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2023;51(10):2659-2670.
• W Gao, H Hamza, DE Anderson, and W Lee. The Role of Mechanically-activated Ion Channels Piezo1, Piezo 2, and TRPV4 in Chondrocyte Mechanotransduction and Mechano-therapeutics for Osteoarthritis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 2022;10:article 885224.
• Anderson, DE, EA Bogner, SR Schiffman, SA Rodeo, J Wiedrick, and DC Crawford. Evaluation of osseous incorporation after osteochondral allograft transplantation: Correlation of computed tomography parameters with patient reported outcomes. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2021;9(8):1-10.
• Anderson, DE, BD Kuhns, S Kaupp, EM Schwarz, PT Rubery, and S Mannava. Lack of Additional Advanced Graduate Training by Orthopaedic Surgeons in Academic Practice: Current Employment and Recruitment Trends. Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Global Research & Reviews. 2020;4(5):e20.
• Anderson, DE, NT Duletzke, BE Pedigo, and MF Halsey. Multimodal pain control in adolescent posterior spinal fusion patients: a double-blind randomized, controlled trial to validate the effect of gabapentin on post-operative pain control, opioid use, and patient satisfaction. Spine Deformity. 2019;8(2):177-185.
• Anderson, DE, KS Robinson, J Wiedrick, MS Kane, and DC Crawford. Efficacy of Fresh Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation in the Knee for Adults Forty Years and Older. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2018;6(11):1-9.
• Kane, MS, RJ Williams III, TM DeBerardino, DC Taylor, CB Ma, DE Anderson, and DC Crawford. Review of an exploratory phase II FDA regulated clinical trial of a novel surgical innovation: completion of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial to compare NeoCart with the standard-of-care, microfracture, for articular cartilage repair. Annals of Joint. 2018;3(0):69.
• Anderson, DE and B Johnstone. Dynamic mechanical compression of chondrocytes for tissue engineering: a critical review. Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 2017;5(76):1-20.
• Anderson, DE, BD Markway, K Weekes, HE McCarthy, and B Johnstone. Physioxia promotes the articular chondrocyte-like phenotype in human chondroprogenitor-derived self-organized tissue. Tissue Engineering, Part A. 2017;24(3):264-274.
• Anderson, DE, M Rose, AJ Wille, J Wiedrick, and DC Crawford. Arthroscopic Mechanical Chondroplasty of the Knee is Beneficial for Treatment of Focal Cartilage Lesions in the Absence of Concurrent Pathology. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2017;5(5):1-8.
• Anderson, DE, RJ Williams III, TM DeBerardino, DC Taylor, CB Ma, MS Kane, and DC Crawford. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Characterization and Clinical Outcomes following NeoCart Surgical Therapy as a Primary Reparative Treatment for Knee Cartilage Injury. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;45(4):1-9.
• Anderson, DE, BD Markway, D Bond, HE McCarthy, and B Johnstone. Responses to altered oxygen tension are distinct between human stem cells of high and low chondrogenic capacity. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 2016;7(1):154-166.
• Markway, BD, H Cho, DE Anderson, P Holden, V Ravi, CB Little, and B Johnstone. Reoxygenation enhances tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced degradation of the extracellular matrix produced by chondrogenic cells. European Cells & Materials. 2016;31:425-439.
• Anderson, DE and BV Watts. Application of an engineering problem-solving methodology to address persistent problems in patient safety: A case study on retained surgical sponges after surgery. Journal of Patient Safety. 2013;9(3):134-139.
• Currier, JH, DE Anderson, and DW Van Citters. A proposed mechanism for squeaking of ceramic-on-ceramic hips. Wear. 2010;269(11-12):782-789.