Christina Morganti, MD, is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in sports medicine. Dr. Morganti spent the first 25 years of her career in Annapolis, MD, where she practiced sports medicine surgery and also developed unique programs in her community. These included a unique bone health program centered in the department of orthopedics that provided access to holistic care of orthopedic injuries. Over time, the program grew collaborations with physical therapy, nutrition, and sports team in the community. These collaborations were furthered with a youth sports injury prevention program so that promotion of healthy activity encompassed the entire spectrum of age. This effort complemented her sports medicine practice and the interests she developed during her training: studying successful aging in the exercise and aging physiology lab at Tufts University, during residency studying bone and dose of gymnastics exercise with Dr. Scerpella – and in her endeavors as a competitive runner and lover of the outdoors and an active lifestyle.

Dr. Morganti joins the UW with a novel opportunity to further develop an already cutting edge and outstanding bone health program, and to cultivate further collaborations with colleagues from multiple UW disciplines who are also interested in bone health and the maintenance of, return of, and promotion of function for patients and in our community.