Aaron Fields, PhD

Associate Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
[email protected]
+1 415 476-0960

Aaron Fields, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCSF. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Denver in 2005, and his Masters and Doctoral degrees, also in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008 and 2010. His undergraduate research was on the use of probabilistic techniques to evaluate knee implant performance, and both of his graduate thesis projects focused on discovering the mechanisms of vertebral fragility using high-resolution computational models. Aaron was appointed to a faculty position at UCSF after completing his post-doctoral fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery in 2015. His background includes extensive research in experimental and computational biomechanics. Aaron is an active member of the Orthopaedic Research Society and the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine.

Aaron currently directs the Orthopaedic Biomechanics and Biotransport Laboratory at UCSF. The lab's broad research interests are related to structure-function relationships in musculoskeletal tissues, with a particular focus on the mechanisms of nutrient transport in bone and cartilage and harnessing nutrient transport for tissue repair and regeneration. The lab combines engineering and biology approaches for (1) understanding the effects of aging and disease on structure-transport relationships and (2) developing translatable diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. An overall theme of this research is the use of advanced experimental and computational tools to measure how tissue constituents at the nano- and microscales impact whole-organ behavior.

Interests: orthopaedic biomechanics, spine, intervertebral disc degeneration, bone fragility, finite element analysis, osteoporosis, micro-CT, image analysis, materials testing, big data

Publications

The Design and Rationale of the Biomarkers for Evaluating Spine Treatments (BEST) Trial: A Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)

Mauck MC, Barth KS, Bell KM, Brooks AK, Chadwick AL, Gunn CA, Hurley RW, Ivanova A, Piva SR, Schneider MJ, Bailey JF, Bagaason S, Batorsky A, Borckardt JJ, Bowden AE, Carey TS, Castellanos J, Chen L, Chidgey B, Dalton D, Dufour JS, Fields AJ, Fritz JM, Goolsby RW, Greco CM, Harris RE, Harte S, Hassett AL, Hoffmeyer A, Jones Berkeley S, Kaplan C, Kidwell KM, Knapik GG, Kosorok MR, Kurillo G, Lobo R, Lotz JC, Mackey S, Mageswaran P, Majumdar S, Mao J, Marras WS, McCumber M, McLean SA, Mehling W, Mitchell UH, Napadow VJ, O'Neill C, Patel KV, Peltier S, Psioda M, Rowland B, Rundell SD, Schrepf A, Sperger J, Vo N, Wallace MS, Wasan AD, Weaver TE, Weber KA, Williams DA, Wilson L, Zeidan F, Zhao B, Anstrom KJ, Clauw DJ, Sowa GA

Baseline characteristics of participants in the Biomarkers for Evaluating Spine Treatments clinical trial: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial for chronic low back pain†.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)

Rowland B, Barth KS, Bell KM, Brooks AK, Chadwick AL, Cleven A, Hurley RW, Mackey S, Patel KV, Piva SR, Schneider MJ, Al-Kadhi F, Asante-Nketiah B, Bagaason S, Batorsky A, Borckardt JJ, Bowden AE, Carey TS, Castellanos J, Chen L, Chidgey B, Dalton D, Dufour JS, Eberting JL, Eller SM, Fields AJ, Fritz JM, Fu A, Ghulamhussain I, Goolsby RW, Greco CM, Grim S, Gunn CA, Hanes L, Harris RE, Harte SE, Hassett AL, Helton K, Hoffmeyer A, Ivanova A, Jones Berkeley S, Kaplan C, Kidwell KM, Knapik GG, Kosorok MR, Kurillo G, Li D, Lobo R, Long J, Lotz JC, Mageswaran P, Majumdar S, Mao J, Marras WS, McCracken LM, McCumber M, McLean SA, McMillan M, Mehling W, Mendoza R, Mitchell UH, Napadow V, O'Neill C, Pearson S, Peltier S, Rundell SD, Ryser S, Schrepf A, Schulze E, Sperger J, Vo N, Wallace MS, Wampler AM, Wasan AD, Weaver TE, Weber KA, Wilcox L, Williams DA, Wilson L, Woo JE, Zeidan F, Zhao B, Zhou B, Anstrom KJ, Clauw DJ, Sowa GA, Mauck MC

The Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program: Structure, Research Priorities, and Methods.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)

Mauck MC, Lotz J, Psioda MA, Carey TS, Clauw DJ, Majumdar S, Marras WS, Vo N, Aylward A, Hoffmeyer A, Zheng P, Ivanova A, McCumber M, Carson C, Anstrom KJ, Bowden AE, Dalton D, Derr L, Dufour J, Fields AJ, Fritz J, Hassett AL, Harte SE, Hue TF, Krug R, Loggia ML, Mageswaran P, McLean SA, Mitchell UH, O'Neill C, Pedoia V, Quirk DA, Rhon DI, Rieke V, Shah L, Sowa G, Spiegel B, Wasan AD, Wey HM, LaVange L

Pathobiology of Modic changes.

European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society

Dudli S, Fields AJ, Samartzis D, Karppinen J, Lotz JC

2013 multistate outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis infections associated with fresh produce: focus on the Texas investigations.

Epidemiology and infection

Abanyie F, Harvey RR, Harris JR, Wiegand RE, Gaul L, Desvignes-Kendrick M, Irvin K, Williams I, Hall RL, Herwaldt B, Gray EB, Qvarnstrom Y, Wise ME, Cantu V, Cantey PT, Bosch S, DA Silva AJ, Fields A, Bishop H, Wellman A, Beal J, Wilson N, Fiore AE, Tauxe R, Lance S, Slutsker L, Parise M, Multistate Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Investigation Team

Vertebral fragility and structural redundancy.

Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Fields AJ, Nawathe S, Eswaran SK, Jekir MG, Adams MF, Papadopoulos P, Keaveny TM

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