About Us

Nitin Jain is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the ARC trial. He is a physical medicine and rehabilitation trained physician with expertise in shoulder disorders.

He grew up in India and completed his residency training at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School program. He completed a fellowship in shoulder disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is now an Associate Professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, and Epidemiology at Vanderbilt. Dr. Jain’s research focuses on clinical trials and epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders. He has also worked in the area of spinal cord injury. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for his work. He has over 55 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has made numerous national and international presentations. He has served on several national and international committees, including those for the American Shoulder and Elbow Society, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Association of Academic Physiatrists, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. He is the Associate Editor for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Jain has been recognized for his work with the Young Academician Award from the Association of Academic Physiatrists and received several best paper awards. On a personal note, he enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 children, and answering the “why” questions from his kids.