Dr. Schon is director of Orthopedic Innovation at Mercy Medical Center and Associate Professor at both Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. He is also Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone. He is the founder of the Orthobiologic Lab that focuses on translational musculoskeletal biology and biomedical engineering. Dr. Schon has published more than 220 peer-reviewed papers and 120 other publications and earned numerous awards including the 2012 Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Professors Award for Excellence in Teaching, AOFAS Humana Award, AOFAS Roger Mann Award, AOFAS Goldner Award, the MedStar Union Memorial Hospital Golden Apple Award and the 2015 JHU BME Clinical Innovator Award. He is a former president of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) and a consultant to professional and collegiate sports teams and dance companies. Dr. Schon is also a co-inventor of several medical devices.
Selected publications from PubMed
Severe Ankle Deformity Correction Following Transfibular Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Comparative Cohort Analysis With Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up.
Schon LC, Day J, Motsay M, Convery K, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Schafer KA
JB JS Open Access. 2026 Jul-Sep;11(3) doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.26.00234.
Surgical Intervention for Moderate-To-Large lesions (1-2.9 cm(2)): Proceedings of the International Consensus Meetings on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle.
Rubin J, Tham A, Butler JJ, Gauthier P, Kennedy JG, Adams SB Jr, Andrews CL, Angthong C, Batista JP, Bayer S, Becher C, Berlet GC, Boakye LAT, Brown AJ, Buda R, Calder JDF, Canata GL, Carreira DS, Clanton TO, Dahmen J, D'Hooghe P, DiGiovanni CW, Dombrowski ME, Ehlers M, Ferkel E, Ferkel RD, Ferrao PNF, Glazebrook M, Gianakos AL, Giza E, Gomaa M, Görtz S, Haleem AM, Hamid KS, Hangody L, Hannon CP, Haverkamp D, Hertel J, Hintermann B, Hogan MV, Hunt KJ, Hurley ET, Karlsson J, Kearns SR, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, Kim HJ, Kong SW, Krebsbach S, Labib SA, Lambers KTA, Woo Lee J, Lee KB, Ling JS, Longo UG, Marangon A, McCollum G, McCullough K, Mitchell AW, Mittwede PN, Murawski CD, Nehrer S, Nicolescu R, Niemeyer P, Nunley JA x, O'Malley MJ, Ortiz C, Osei-Hwedieh DO, Paul J, Pearce CJ, Pereira H, Phadke R, Popchak A, Prado MP, Raikin SM, Reilingh ML, Robert G, Rothrauff BB, Schon LC, Simpson H, Smyth NA, Sofka CM, Spennacchio P, Stone JW, Sullivan M, Takao M, Tanaka Y, Thermann H, Thordarson DB, Tuan R, Valderrabano V, van Bergen CJA, van Dijk CN, van Dijk PAD, Vannini F, Vaseenon T, Volesky M, Walls C, Walther M, Wiewiorski M, Xu X, Yasui Y, Yinghui H, Yoshimura I, Younger ASE, Zdanowicz U, Zhang Z
Foot Ankle Spec. 2026 Jul 29;:19386400261456897 doi: 10.1177/19386400261456897.
Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes at a Mean of 7 Years Following Primary Transfibular Total Ankle Arthroplasty in Younger and Older Patients.
Schafer KA, Day J, Motsay M, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Schon LC
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2026 Jun 18 doi: 10.2106/JBJS.25.00941.
Fibular Osteotomy Healing in Transfibular Total Ankle Arthroplasty.
Schafer KA, Day J, Min BK, Motsay M, Zhang Z, Schon LC
Foot Ankle Int. 2026 Mar;47(3):318-323 doi: 10.1177/10711007251401489.
A Novel Tibial Precut Technique for Varus Deformity Correction in Transfibular Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Technical Tip.
Yano K, Ikari K, Kakihana M, Tochigi Y, Okazaki K, Schon LC
Foot Ankle Orthop. 2025 Jul;10(3):24730114251352502 doi: 10.1177/24730114251352502.
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