Casey Jo Humbyrd, MD, MBE
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
Director, Program in Surgical Ethics and Health Policy, Division of Medical Ethics
Division of Health Policy
Chair, Ethics Committee, Pennsylvania Hospital
Department: Orthopaedic Surgery
Contact information
Penn Medicine University City
3737 Market Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3737 Market Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3340
Education:
BA (Biology, Urban Studies)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2008.
MBE (Bioethics)
The Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, 2020.
Permanent linkBA (Biology, Urban Studies)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2008.
MBE (Bioethics)
The Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, 2020.
Description of Clinical Expertise
My clinical practice focuses on complex foot and ankle reconstruction. I am heavily involved in sports foot and ankle work, caring for high level athletes from high school to medical consulting for professional sports teams (including the Philadelphia 76ers, Flyers, and Union). I have a passion for getting athletes back to their game days, with or without surgery. I am also an expert in complex reconstruction, including salvage of prior surgery, including revision of prior fusions and replacements.Description of Research Expertise
My academic passion is surgical ethics. I have worked or am working on ethical issues in bundled payments, opioid policy, limb reconstruction and amputation, and shared decision-making. I am also involved in clinical ethics consultation, as the co-chair of the Pennsylvania Hospital Ethics Committee.Additionally, I am a principal investigator and collaborator in gait biomechanics. Working with Josh Baxter PhD, I am leading multiple studies on gait in Achilles rehab as well as exploration biomechanics of pregnancy on gait. My work is funded by the NIH and orthopedic societies. Finally, I am an Associate Director of The Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation (AT-CORT), overseeing the clinical research.
Selected Publications
Humbyrd CJ.: Medical Ethics. AAOS Comprehensive Orthopedic Review, Fourth Edition. Marecek G (eds.). 2024 (Anticipated).Humbyrd CJ, Taitsman L.: Shared Decision-Making in Limb Threatening Trauma. Orthopaedic Trauma Association Online Textbook. Available at: https://ota.org/education/ota-online-resources/ota-fracturebook#/+/0/score,date_na_dt/desc/ Anna Miller (eds.). 2024.
Jain D, Hsu M, Forsberg J, Humbyrd CJ. : Military Patient Perspectives on Limb Reconstruction Versus Amputation for Lower Extremity Trauma. American Medical Association Medical Student Research Day. National Harbor DC November 2023.
Mauch J, Humbyrd CJ, Lin I, Verchler J.: Current Ethics of Hand Transplants in Immunocompetent Children. Plastic Surgery. Austin, TX. October 2023.
Zhuang T, Vandal N, Alqazzaz A, Dehghani B, Humbyrd CJ.: Utilization of MRI for Ankle Sprains by Insurance Type. Eastern Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. Charleston, SC. October 2023.
Humbyrd CJ. : Gray Matters—Virtue Ethics in a Value-driven World: Pareto Meets PROMIS. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. 481(10): 1886-1887, October 2023.
Xu AL, Humbyrd CJ.: Strategies for Reducing Opioid Use in Foot and Ankle Surgery. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America. Bettin CC, Grear B (eds.). 54(4): 485-494, October 2023.
Interviewed by Chelsea Cooman: Ep 148: Repairing the Achilles tendon, with Dr. Casey Humbyrd. Podcast of the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT Insights). September 2023 Notes: https://podcasts.apple.com/is/podcast/ep-148-repairing-the-achilles-tendon-with-dr-casey-humbyrd/id1522929437?i=1000627443723.
Jain A, Humbyrd CJ. : Ethics of Cost Custodianship and Price Transparency in Orthopaedic Surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 104(5): e17, 2022 Notes: doi: 10.2106/JBJS.20.02251.
Xu AL, Dunham AM, Enumah ZO, Humbyrd CJ.: Patient understanding regarding opioid use in an orthopaedic trauma surgery population: a survey study. J Orthop Surg Res. 16(1): 736, 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1186/s13018-021-02881-w. PMID: 34952626.
Rahman R, Xu A, Dhanjani S, Zhang B, Nayar S, Humbyrd CJ, Laporte D.: Does Time to Imaging and Surgery for Distal Radius Fractures Vary based on Geographic Socioeconomic Disadvantage? Hand. 17(1_suppl): 95S-102S, 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1177/15589447221075669.
Shrestha PP, Van Pilsum Rasmussen SE, Fazal M, Chu NM, Garonzik-Wang J, Gordon EJ, McAdams-DeMarco M, Humbyrd CJ. : Patient perspectives on the use of frailty, cognitive function, and age in kidney transplant evaluation. AJOB Empirical Bioethics. 13(4): 263-274, 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1080/23294515.2022.2090460.
Shrestha PP, Van Pilsum Rasmussen SE, King EA, Gordon EJ, Faden RR, Segev DL, Humbyrd CJ, McAdams-DeMarco M. : Defining the Ethical Considerations Surrounding Kidney Transplantation for Frail and Cognitively Impaired Patients: A Delphi Study of Geriatric Transplant Experts. BMC Geriatrics. 22(1): 566, July 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03209-x.
O’Sullivan L, Shofer FS, Delgado MK, Agarwal AK, Humbyrd CJ. : Racial and Ethnic Equity in Orthopedic Postoperative Opioid Prescribing in an Academic Health System. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. 481(8): 1504-1511, August 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002596.
Bronheim RS, Humbyrd CJ. : COVID-19 and the orthopedic surgeon: Who Gets Redeployed? J Med Ethics 49(1): 3-8, 2023.
Xu AL, Humbyrd CJ, LaPorte D. : International Barriers to Women Entering and Advancing in Orthopaedic Surgery. American Orthopaedic Association Annual Leadership Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT. June 2023.
Raymond OI, Cordrey KM, Hsu NN, Humbyrd CJ. : Development and validation of a patient decision aid for the treatment of ankle arthritis. Foot and Ankle Specialist. 7(4): 2473011421S00897. October 2022.
Zhuang, T.; Vandal, N.; Dehghani, B.; Alqazzaz, A.; Humbyrd, C. : Medicaid Insurance is Associated with Decreased MRI Use for Ankle Sprains Compared with Private Insurance: A Retrospective Database Analysis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. December 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002943. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38060239.
Kwon MP, Hullfish TJ, Boakye LAT, Humbyrd CJ, Baxter JR.: Wearable sensor and machine learning estimate tendon load and walking speed during immobilizing boot ambulation. Scientific Reports. 13(1): 18086, 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-45375-x.
Nalatwad A, Quint E, Fazal M, Thompson V, Chen X, Shrestha P, Van Pilsum Rasmussen S, Li Y, Segev D, Humbyrd C, McAdams-DeMarco M. : Patient Perspectives on the Use of Aging Metrics for Kidney Transplant Decision-Making. Progress in Transplantation. 2024-in press.