DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS & REHABILITATION ANNOUNCES NEW FACULTY MEMBERS

Brandee S. Black, MEd, MD, joined UNM Orthopaedics faculty in early August after completing an ACGME-accredited Sports Medicine Fellowship with the department. Black earned her Doctor of Medicine from Michigan State University and completed an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the University of Missouri—Columbia. Previously, she obtained a master’s degree in exercise physiology in Texas and coached multi-sport athletes for 13 years. Black later shadowed UNM Orthopaedics Chair and Professor Dr. Robert Schenck as a year-long volunteer while considering an orthopaedics career. She is now an orthopaedic surgeon at UNM’s Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho and assists with the care of UNM Lobo athletes. Black resides in Albuquerque.

Dustin L. Richter, MD, came aboard with UNM Orthopaedics in late August. He was introduced to the department in 2004 as an undergraduate chemical engineering student. Under the mentorship of Schenck, Richter observed patient care and performed multi-ligament knee injury research which inspired him to pursue an orthopaedic surgery career. He has since graduated from UNM’s School of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program and recently completed the University of Virginia’s Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. Richter now practices with UNM’s Division of Sports Medicine, serving patients at UNM Hospital’s OSIS Sports Medicine and General Orthopaedic clinics. He also assists in the care of some 600 Division I athletes at UNM. Richter lives in Albuquerque with his wife, Lynsey, and their two children.

Haywan Chiu, DPM, joined UNM Orthopaedics in early September. He received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia. Earlier this year, Chiu completed a podiatry residency program with the Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System in California. He is now practicing at the UNM Center for Healing in the Lower Extremity (CHILE) which focuses on reducing foot amputations due to diabetes complications. Chiu and his wife, Allyssa, presently reside in Albuquerque.