Maria Virginia Velasquez-Hammerle, MD

Beyond thrilled and grateful to get to stay at this amazing program for my full training!!!

Congratulations to our IRI alumni on their incredible success in the 2026 Match. Your hard work, perseverance, and passion inspire our entire community. We are so proud of you! ✨👏

So incredibly proud of you! Excited to see everything you’ll achieve and what a great surgeon you’ll become! 😍♥️🎉

Delighted to announce that Dr. Ara Nazarian (@NazarianLab) has been inducted into the @AIMBE College of Fellows, a top honor for medical and biological engineers. He holds the Augustus White, III Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery at @BIDMChealth. @HarvardMed #EngineeringExcellence

Happy #Matchday2025! We are proud to introduce the newest members of the BIDMC family. We can’t wait for you to join us in June! #MatchDay #medtwitter #SurgTwitter #GenSurgMatch2025

Thrilled to present our latest paper with partners at @BioSensics, exploring #AI-driven analysis of body composition for #cancer patients using CT scans. @SIIM_Tweets #HarvardMed #Ortho_BIDMC

Excited to hear Xinping Zhang talk about nanostring GeoMx digital spatial profiling of #bone graft healing in murine segmental defect model #ORS2025 @isfrfractures @UofR (Bone Health Healing)

Congratulations to the BIDMC Transplant Team for completing the First Robotic Living Donor for Liver Transplantation! #BIDMC #BILH #transplant

Thrilled to welcome Dr. Matthew Silva from @WashU_MRC for our Wilson C Hayes MSK Health Talks on February 5 at @Ortho_BIDMC @HarvardMed! Discover how #mechanicalforces and #Wnt activators create new #bone. 👉 Zoom: buff.ly/4gnXHBd | ID: 813 7055 6455 | Code: 436034 🦴

We are delighted to announce the establishment of the Augustus A. White III, MD, PhD Chair in Orthopedic Surgery at @BIDMChealth with @NazarianLab as the inaugural Chair holder. @harvardmed @harvardortho

congrats to @AhmadRZV @NazNFS & team for devising a computational framework that merges unrestricted callus expansion, mechanobiology, and angiogenesis to predict bone repair @SciReports. Check it out: buff.ly/3D2Mh7V @ISFRfractures @Ortho_BIDMC #BoneHealing @HarvardMED

Great job by @MJGarcia0117, Daniela Caro & team for valuable clinical insights on #RotatorCuff tear progression, highlighting tear enlargement risk factors & symptom development, & recommendations for standardized clinical reporting. @JBJS #OpenAccess @Ortho_BIDMC @HarvardMed

Happy to share our long-awaited work published in JSR 💪🏼✨ thank you for your support, guidance, and help @GomezJorgeMD @j_broekhuis @benjamesMD doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.…

And that’s a wrap on #ACSCC2024! Shout out to @GomezJorgeMD and @benjamesMD @BIDMCSurgery for sharing critical research on financial toxicity among patients with cancer in MA.

Proud to share our new publication on disparities in #RotatorCuff tear progression definition & rates. Grateful to have been part of this work with my colleagues @DanielaCaroH @Mjgarcia0117 and mentor @NazarianLab journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltex… @harvardmed @harvardortho @BIDMC_Research

Excited about our recent study on the biomechanics of 2 stemless shoulder arthroplasty implants, just published in @JCLinBiomech with Arun Ramappa from @Ortho_BIDMC & Sarav Shah from @NEBHOrtho. #ShoulderHealth #Orthopedics 👉 buff.ly/4gxeByf

Our recent study with @MJGarcia0117 examines how tear size and location impact #supraspinatus tendon #strain during daily activities and physiotherapy. Check out the findings here: buff.ly/4fF7qnt @BUCollegeofENG @Ortho_BIDMC @HarvardMed #research #physicaltherapy

Excited for @mcnultylab upcoming lecture on post-meniscus injury changes and strategies for #meniscus repair! Join us on Oct 2, 8 AM ET. Link: buff.ly/3MBpXno | Passcode: 298197. @DukeMedSchool @DukeUBME @Harvard Med @Ortho_BIDMC #MSKHealth #PTOAprevention

Exploring the impact of structural rigidity analysis on rat bones with metastatic lesions, assessing tumor and treatment effects. Check out our latest research in the field of cancer. #BoneHealth @BMC_Series #Research #Healthcare buff.ly/3AnA8Jg @Ortho_BIDMC @HarvardMed

Discover the newest findings on MRI accuracy in diagnosing discoid meniscus tears in a recent review by @JEO_Journal. Dive in here: buff.ly/46R94yo @Ortho_BIDMC #MedicalImaging #Orthopedics