Joseph Burns, MD, and Deryk Jones, MD, are joining the scientific advisory board for Biorez, an orthopedic startup.
Dr. Burns is a sports medicine and shoulder specialist, according to an April 6 news release. He practices at Wellstar Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Marietta, Ga. Dr. Jones is an orthopedic professor at Ochsner Clinical School and the University of Queensland in Australia.
Biorez focuses on soft tissue healing. Its BioBrace implant is a biocomposite scaffold reinforced with bioresorbable microfilaments, according to the release.