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    John A. Hipp, PhD

    Medical Metrics, Imaging Core Laboratory

    Dr. Hipp received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Biomechanics Laboratory at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and remained there as a research associate until 1996, also holding a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School. His research included work on fracture risk associated with metastatic defects in the spine. He then directed the Spine Research Laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) until 2010, where he developed the Quantitative Motion Analysis method and, through BCM Technologies, founded Medical Metrics, Inc. in 2000. During his tenure at BCM, Dr. Hipp’s research focused on spine biomechanics and the diagnosis of spinal disorders, and he mentored numerous residents and fellows. He has served as Chief Scientific Officer at Medical Metrics since its inception and later became Chief Scientific Officer of Medical Metrics Diagnostics, Inc. Medical Metrics functions as an imaging core research laboratory, while Medical Metrics Diagnostics specializes in automated analysis of intervertebral motion and spinal alignment from X-rays. Dr. Hipp created the original prototype of the neural networks and coded logic used for X-ray automation. An active researcher, Dr. Hipp has published extensively on spinal biomechanics and diagnostic methods for intervertebral motion and alignment abnormalities. He reviews for several spine-related journals and is a recipient of both the Kappa Delta Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the Henry Farfan Award from the North American Spine Society (NASS).

    Disclosure(s): Medical Metrics, Inc: Employee (Ongoing), Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing)

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