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Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington

The fellowship-trained surgeon faculty of University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine provides expert and personalized surgical approaches to the bone and joint problems that threaten the comfort and function of thousands of individuals each year. These surgeons combine decades of experience, knowledge of the world's literature and their own cutting edge research to optimize the approaches to the vast range of conditions that can be effectively managed by arthroscopic surgery, arthritis and arthritis surgery, foot and ankle surgery, hand and wrist surgery, hip and knee reconstruction, pediatric orthopaedic surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery, spine surgery, orthopaedic trauma surgery, as well as tumor surgery and post surgical reconstruction.

 Featured Article
Total Knee Replacement: A Patient's Guide.

Total Knee Replacement: A Patient's Guide.
by Seth S. Leopold, M.D.

Knee replacement is a surgical procedure that decreases pain and improves the quality of life in many patients with severe arthritis of the knees. Typically, patients undergo this surgery after non-operative treatments have failed to provide relief. View the Article

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Spine: Neoplastic & Infectious Lesions of the Spine
Featuring Paul A. Anderson, M.D., Alexander G. West, M.D., Ph.D., Julie York, M.D., Jens R. Chapman, M.D., Sohail K. Mirza, M.D., Major Robert Molinari, Carlo Bellabarba, M.D.

Spine experts discuss infections and tumor metastases to the spine in this UWTV video. View the Video

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 UW OrthoSource

Do you have questions about bone & joint conditions? Use our natural language search engine to search UW Orthosource, including hundreds of informative articles and videos written by and featuring Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine faculty and surgeons.

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 Faculty Feature
An interview with Richard J. Bransford, M.D. 
An interview with Richard J. Bransford, M.D. I love to see people get better and see their change in outlook. I love to take care of challenging problems and see a positive outcome. Read More
 Department News

The University of Washington Medical Center was again ranked highly for orthopaedic surgery by US News and World Report, this year being listed as 13th in the nation, the best in the west.



The Zimmer Durom component has been implicated in failed hip replacements; this device has NOT been used at the University of Washington. For details on the failed device, see this article in the NY Times.


Ted Gross and Sundar Srinivasan receive NIH funding for their research in osteoporosis and bone loss.


Dr. Susan Ott, associate professor, Division of Metabolism at the UW Medical Center, is featured in The New York Times news - "Drugs to Build Bones May Weaken".
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