Kenneth R. Morse, M.D.
Down East Orthopedics
404 State St.
Bangor, ME 04401
kmorse@downeastortho.com
Office: (207) 947-8381
Education
2003
Doctor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
1999
Masters of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts
1998
Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Engineering – Graduated with Honors
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts
Medical Training
2008-2009
2003-2008
Practice History
2011 - Present
2009-2010
Privileges
2009-Present
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellow
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
UPMC Center for Sports Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Resident
Department of Orthopaedics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Down East Orthopedics
Bangor, ME
Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon
St. Joseph Hospital
Bangor, ME
Acadia Medical Arts Ambulatory Surgical Center – Bangor, ME
Eastern Maine Medical Center – Bangor, ME
St. Joseph Hospital – Bangor, ME
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Licensure and Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Board Certified
Step 1, 2, and 3 United States Medical Licensing Examination
Advanced Trauma Life Support
Basic Cardiac Life Support
Societies
Maine Medical Association
Maine Orthopaedic Society
American Medical Association
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Arthroscopy Association of North America
Sports Medicine Experience
Team Orthopaedic Surgeon:
2009-Present
University of Maine at Orono – Orono, ME
Husson University – Bangor, ME
Brewer High School – Brewer, ME
John Bapst High School – Bangor, ME
Hermon High School – Hermon, ME
Sports Medicine Fellow:
2008-Present
Orthopaedic Resident:
2003-2007
Event Physician:
2009
2007
2007
Pittsburgh Steelers Football Club (NFL) – Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) – Pittsburgh, PA
University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
Duquesne University – Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Morris University – Moon Township, PA
Rochester Americans (AHL) – Rochester, NY
Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL) – Rochester, NY
Rochester Rattlers (MLL) – Rochester, NY
Rochester Knighthawks (NLL) – Rochester, NY
University of Rochester – Rochester, NY
SUNY Brockport – Brockport, NY
Greece Arcadia High School – Rochester, NY
Pittsburgh Marathon – Pittsburgh, PA
USA U-20 Men’s National Team Vs. Argentina U-20 Men’s National Team
– Rochester, NY
Division I East Regional Ice Hockey Championship – Rochester, NY
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Honors and Awards
2002
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Junior Inductee
2001
Plastic Surgery Education Foundation
The Annual Bernard G. Sarnat, MD Basic Science Senior Award for the
paper entitled Producing a Flexible Tissue-Engineered Cartilage Framework
Using Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) Membranes as a
Pseudoperichondrium by Xu JW, Peretti GM, Randolph MA, Nazzal JA,
Roses RE, Morse KR, and Yaremchuk MJ.
1999
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Biomedical Engineering Department
Annual Biomedical Engineering Research Day: Outstanding Research
Poster Presentation, First Place, Masters Category
1998
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Goddard Fellowship Recipient
1998
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Biomedical Engineering Department
The Alfred R. and Janet H. Potvin Award for the Outstanding
Undergraduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
Research
2008-2009
Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Clinical outcomes of double bundle posterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction; Evaluation of chondral pressures with lateral meniscal tears
2003-2008
Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center
Non-operative treatment of degenerative meniscal tears; Evaluation of
radiofrequency chondroplasty of the knee
2000
Division of Plastic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Conducted laboratory and surgical research involving tissue-engineered
cartilage for use in orthopaedic repair and plastics reconstruction.
1998-1999
Master Thesis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Application of the Correspondence Principle to Soft Tissue Biomechanics
Used mathematical and engineering analysis to explore the mechanical
properties of biological soft tissues.
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1997
Major Qualifying Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The Design of a Balloon Catheter for the Stemming of Mitral Valve
Regurgitation
Designed and tested a balloon catheter for use in reducing mitral valve
regurgitation in animals.
1996
Interactive Qualifying Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Research Project on Environmental Education Grants
Researched environmental education grant trends for the Environmental
Protection Agency in Washington D.C.
Courses/Teaching Experience
2011
Knee Ligament – AANA Masters Experience Course
March 11-13
Cadaver Lab Instructor
Orthopaedic Learning Center, Rosemont, IL
2006
Spring
Double Helix
Curriculum Group Leader
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
1998
Spring
Graduate Small Animal Surgery
Teacher’s Assistant
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
Peer Reviewed Publications
van Eck CF, Morse KR, Lesniak BP, Kropf EJ, Tranovich MJ, van Dijk CN, Fu FH. Does the
intercondylar ridge disappear in ACL deficient patients? KSSTA. 2010. 18(9):1184-8.
van Eck CF, Morse KR, Fu FH. The anteromedial portal for anterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction. Arthroscopy. 2009. 25(10):1062-4.
Morse K, Davis AD, Afra R, Kaye EK, Schepsis A, Voloshin I. Arthroscopic versus miniopen rotator cuff repair: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis. Am J Sports Med.
2008. 36(9):1824-8.
Voloshin I, Morse KR, Allred CD, Bissell SA, Maloney MD, DeHaven KE. Arthroscopic
evaluation of radiofrequency chondroplasty of the knee. Am J Sports Med. 2007.
35(10):1702-7.
Morse K, Weight M, Molinari R. Extensive postoperative epidural hematoma after full
anticoagulation: case report and review of the literature. J Spinal Cord Med. 2007.
30(3):282-287.
Morse K, Flemister A, Baumhauer J, DiGiovanni B. Distraction Arthroplasty. Foot Ankle
Clin. 2007. 12(1):29-39.
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Peretti GM, Campo-Ruiz V, Gonzalez S, Randolph MA, Wei Xu J, Morse KR, Roses RE,
Yaremchuk MJ. Tissue engineered cartilage integration to live and devitalized cartilage: a
study by reflectance mode confocal microscopy and standard histology. Connect Tissue
Res. 2006. 47(4):190-199.
Xu JW, Randolph MA, Peretti GM, Nazzal JA, Roses RE, Morse KR, Yaremchuk MJ.
Producing a flexible tissue-engineered cartilage framework using expanded
polytetrafluoroethylene membrane as a pseudoperichondrium. Plast Reconstr Surgery.
2005. 116(2):577-589.
Peretti GM, Gill TJ, Xu JW, Randolph MA, Morse KR, Zaleske DJ. Cell-based therapy for
meniscal repair: a large animal study. Am J Sports Med. 2004. 32(1): 146-158.
Xu JW, Zaporojan V, Peretti GM, Roses RE, Morse KR, Roy AK, Mesa JM, Randolph MA,
Bonassar LJ, Yaremchuk MJ. Injectable tissue-engineered cartilage with different
chondrocyte sources. Plast Reconstr Surgery. 2004, 113(5) 1361-1371.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Van Eck CF, Morse KR, Schreiber VM, Fu FH. The Philosophy Behind Double-Bundle ACL
Reconstruction. Orthofront, Bombay Orthopaedic Society 2009;November:14-7.
Abstracts
Van Eck CF, Morse K. Does the lateral intercondylar ridge disappear in ACL deficient patients?
Abstract and poster presentation at the14th ESSKA Congress. 2010.
Maloney M, Morse K, Darr O, Tu K, DeHaven KE. Non-operative treatment of degenerative
meniscal tears. Abstract and poster presentation at the AOSSM 2008 Annual Meeting.
2008.
Maloney M, Morse K, Darr O, Tu K, DeHaven KE. Non-operative treatment of degenerative
meniscal tears. Abstract and poster presentation at the 13th ESSKA Congress. 2008.
Allred CD, Morse K, Voloshin I, Maloney M, DeHaven KE. Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the
knee following arthroscopic chondroplasty. Abstract and poster presentation at the 13th
ESSKA 2000 Congress. 2008.
Allred C, Morse KR, Voloshin I, Maloney MD, DeHaven KE. Osteonecrosis following
arthroscopic chondroplasty. Abstract and poster presentation at Arthroscopy Association
of North America. 2006.
Peretti GM, Gill TJ, Xu JW, Randolph MA, Morse KR, Roses RE, Zaleske DJ. Cell-based
therapy for meniscus healing: a large animal study. Abstract of the 4th International
Cartilage Repair Society Symposium, 2002.
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Peretti GM, Xu JW, Randolph MA, Kirchhoff CH, Trahan C, Roses RE, Morse KR,
Yaremchuk MJ. Autologous chondrocytes and allogeneic cartilage for cartilage repair: a
large animal study. Abstract of the 4th International Cartilage Repair Society Symposium,
2002.
Xu JW, Peretti GM, Randolph MA, Nazzal JA, Roses RE, Morse KR, Yaremchuk MJ.
Producing a flexible tissue-engineered cartilage framework using expanded
polytetrafluoroethylene as a pseudoperichondrium. Abstract of the 70th Annual Scientific
Meeting of ASPS-PSEF-ASMS, 2001.
Xu JW, Peretti GM, Morse KR, Roses RE, Randolph MA, Yaremchuk MJ. Tissue-engineered
cartilage framework using lyophilized perichondrium to generate flexible cartilage.
Abstract of the 1st Biennial Meeting of the European Tissue Engineering Society
International (ETES), 2001. Tissue Engineering 2001, 7(5):652.
Xu JW, Peretti JM, Morse KR, Roses RE, Randolph MA, Yaremchuk MJ. A flexible tissueengineered cartilage framework using lyophilized perichondrium as pseudoperichondrium.
Abstract of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2001.
Peretti GM, Randolph MA, Fellers J, Morse KR, Bonassar LJ. Bonding properties of cultured
chondrocytes in vitro. Abstract of the 3rd Biennial Meeting of the Tissue Engineering
Society, 2000. Tissue Engineering 2000, 6(6):686.
Kirchhoff CH, Xu JW, Peretti GM, Morse KR, Roses RE, Randolph MA, Yaremchuk MJ.
Improved mass and shape control of tissue engineered cartilage constructs by the addition
of TGF-, IGF-1, and FGF-2 to fibrin glue polymer. Abstract of the 3rd Biennial Meeting
of the Tissue Engineering Society, 2000. Tissue Engineering 2000, 6(6):686.
Morse K, Kohles S, A Hoffman A. Application of the correspondence principle to soft tissue
biomechanics. Submitted to Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering
Research Day, 1999.
Presentations
Morse K. Posterior Horn Medial Meniscus Root Tears. Presented at Contemporary Topics in
Orthopedics. 2009. Sugarloaf Resort. Bethel, ME.
Morse K. Double Bundle ACL Reconstruction. Presented at Contemporary Topics in Orthopedics.
2009. Sugarloaf Resort. Bethel, ME.
Morse K, Lesniak B, Irrgang J. Isokinetic and isometric assessment of knee flexor strength
following autogenous hamstring graft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Presented
at the AOSSM 2009 Annual Meeting. Keystone, CO.
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Voloshin I, Davis AD, Morse K, Krall-Kaye E, Schepsis A. Arthroscpic versus mini-open
rotator cuff repair – a meta analysis. Presented at the 2008 Combined Meeting of the AOA
and COA. Presented by Dr. Ilya Voloshin. 2008.
Morse K, Darr O, Tu K, DeHaven K, Maloney M. Non-operative treatment of degenerative
meniscal tears. Presented at the 2008 Annual R. Plato Schwartz Lectureship. Rochester,
NY
Book Chapters
Morse KR and CD Harner. Management of patients with femoral and tibial tunnel bone loss. In:
ACL Surgery: How to get if right the first time and what to do when your surgery fails.
Bach, Provencher. 2010.
Morse KR and CD Harner. Posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Double bundle technique.
In: Operative Techniques: Sports Medicine. Provencher, Terry, Reider. 2010.
Consultation Agreements
2011 DePuy Mitek – Raynham, MA
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