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Allograft Recipient Stories (Group)

In this presentation, Alyssa Lamer and Joshua Hannan join us to share their stories. Alyssa and Joshua will present their experiences and surgical outcomes as allograft recipients.

Alyssa Lamer

Allograft Recipient

Alyssa Paulson is a 26-year-old allograft recipient who currently resides in Holmen, WI with her newlywed husband, Isaiah. She works as a Product Manager for Trane Technologies and enjoys being active, going to country concerts, and hanging out with friends/family in her free time! She has had a total of 6 knee surgeries within the last 11 years. Her previous surgeries include: 3 ACL reconstructions, multiple meniscal repairs, a scar tissue/bone/object debridement, and a meniscal transplant.

Joshua Hannan

I grew up in Southern California with a very active childhood playing nearly every sport. Eventually going to college for track and cross country, I always knew I was going to pursue a career in sports medicine and decided on becoming a Physician Assistant. During graduate school, I wanted to learn more about future cartilage treatments and chose the topic for my Senior Thesis Research Paper. After working with a large sports medicine practice treating college and professional athletes in Florida I chose to come to Kaiser Permanente. I also teach our future PA’s as a preceptor and lecture at all grade levels to help educate students about Anatomy and Sports medicine.

My personal experience as a former collegiate athlete that pursued a career in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine that includes having an osteochondral allograft surgery. After 10 years of working with athletes and assisting in thousands of knee surgeries, I suffered my own devastating knee injury in 2018. Luckily, I was able to pursue one of the latest surgical treatments and have one of the top surgeons in my network available to help. Three years later I am literally climbing mountains, running road races, and back to an active lifestyle.

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