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Peninsula Orthpaedic Associates, P.A. offers the most experienced and specialized orthopaedic care in the region. The sports medicine physicians at POA are the team physicians for the Delmarva Shorebirds, Salisbury University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Wicomico County high schools as well as other area schools. POA is one of only two Cartilage Restoration Centers in the tri-state area designated by Genzyme Biosurgery and the busiest in the Mid-Atlantic States offering cartilage transplantation and transfers, meniscus (torn cartilage) replacement, and other advanced procedures.
If you have an arthritic joint, the physicians at POA performed over 500 total joint replacements last year alone. POA physicians not only have the most experience in standard total hip and knee replacements and revisions but also perform minimally invasive (small incision) replacements.
For shoulder conditions, our physicians have the most experience in total shoulder replacements in the area and are the first to offer Reverse Total Shoulders for those people without a functioning rotator cuff. For other shoulder conditions, POA physicians are the first in the region to perform totally arthroscopic repairs and no one has done more of these cases.
POA also offers advanced treatment of other conditions including spine and upper extremity disorders by physicians who are fellowship trained in these areas giving them vast experience.
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What is Orthopedic Surgery?
Orthopedic surgery deals with problems of the spine and the extremities. An orthopedic surgeon diagnoses and treats patients whose musculoskeletal problems include arthritis, trauma and congenital deformities. He or she also works with patients who have traumatic and overuse injuries. Using both surgical and non-surgical means, the orthopedic surgeon will treat injuries and degenerative problems of the spine and extremities, such as hands, feet, knees, shoulders and elbows.
Professional Experience
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
Arthritis Foundation Advisory Board
Maryland State Medical Society
Orthopaedic Research and Education Medical Chairman
Wicomico County Medical Society
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (1992)
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (1997)
Publications
1996,
Revision Total Hip Arthoplasty and Retroperitoneal Approach to the Iliac Vessels,
The Journal of Arthroplasty, Volume 11
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1995,
Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty: The Acetabular Component,
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Volume 3, Number 1
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1994,
Acute Gouty Arthropathy After Total Knee Arthroplasty,
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 76-A: 126-128
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Awards and Honors
1993, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Award for Outstanding Clinical Reasearch Paper by a Fellow*
1992, The Clark Award for Outstanding Resident Paper*
Physician Performs
Reconstruction of arthritic hip and knee,
Revision of failed & painful hip and total knee replacement
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