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Strategic Medical Education & Research Leader | Expert in Sports Medicine, Emerging Health Tech, and Surgeon Engagement

Profile Summary

Katherine Antoniak, MPH, is a healthcare and medical education leader with deep expertise in clinical research, surgeon education, and emerging medical technologies. With over a decade of experience spanning public health, orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, and health tech, Katherine offers consulting services at the intersection of evidence-based strategy and innovative education delivery. As Senior Medical Education Manager at Smith & Nephew, she has developed and led global education programs impacting over 6,000 sports medicine surgeons. Her work includes the integration of AI, spatial computing, and VR/AR technologies into surgical training, design and facilitation of 40+ custom courses (including the first-ever combat sports medicine course with the UFC), and oversight of multimillion-dollar education budgets. Katherine's prior role as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Children's Hospital Los Angeles involved managing over 40 multicenter clinical studies and trials across pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine. Her research has contributed to more than 15 peer-reviewed publications in areas such as athlete mental health, pediatric orthopedic imaging, epidemiology of rare skeletal conditions, maternal health, and mobile health interventions. She holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Health Law & Policy from Boston University, where she also completed a prestigious biostatistics fellowship at Mount Sinai. Her statistical expertise includes database management (STATA, R, REDCap), epidemiological study design, IRB protocol writing, and multivariable analysis. Katherine brings cross-sector fluency to every project, with additional skills in grant writing, health economics, scientific communication, and KOL management. She is especially passionate about bridging clinical, operational, and technological gaps in healthcare education and delivery.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Medical Devices
• ☆ Post-Market Surveillance
• ☆ Medical Device Marketing
• ☆ Medical Device Development
• ☆ Medical Device Design
• ☆ Medical Implants
• ☆ Wearable Technology
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ IRB Applications
• ☆ Clinical Trial Design
• ☆ Patient Recruitment
• ☆ Clinical Data Management
• ☆ Clinical Trials Data Analysis
• ☆ Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
• ☆ Foot & Ankle Orthopedics
• ☆ Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation
• ☆ Physiotherapy
• ☆ General Surgery
• ☆ Medical Education
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, User Research, Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Digital Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Insights

Product Development Concept Development, Product Launch Support

Work Experience

Senior Medical Education Manager

Smith and Nephew

October 2024 - Present

Clinical Research Coordinator

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

October 2019 - Present

Medical Education Manager

Smith and Nephew

June 2021 - October 2024

Clinical Research Coordinator

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

October 2019 - May 2021

Research Traineeship

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

June 2018 - May 2019

Research Trainee

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

January 2018 - May 2019

Exercise Specialist

Mercer Island Physical Therapy

May 2015 - September 2016

Education

Master of Public Health (Biostatistics and Empidemiology, Health Law and Policy)

Boston University School of Public Health

September 2017 - January 2019

MPH

Boston University School of Public Health

September 2017 - December 2018

Bachelors

University of Washington

September 2010 - December 2014

Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology, Pre-Medicine )

University of Washington

September 2010 - December 2014

Certifications

• n/a

  n/a

  January 2025 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Absence of Peroneus Tertius in Split Anterior Tibialis Tendon Transfer Surgery <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.

Xiaoyu Liu, Anthony P. Reeves, Katherine Antoniak, Ra&#250;l San Jos&#233; Est&#233;par, John T. Doucette, Yunho Jeon, Jonathan Weber, Dongming Xu, Juan C. Celed&#243;n, Rafael E. de la Hoz (2021). Association of quantitative CT lung density measurements and lung function decline in World Trade Center workers . The Clinical Respiratory Journal.