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Faculty Detail |
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Seth S. Leopold, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair
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Specialty:
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Hip & Knee |
| College: | B.A. in Biology (cum laude), Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1989 | | Medical School: | M.D. (with Honors in Research), Cornell University Medical College, 1993 | | Internship: | University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, General Surgery, 1993-1994 | | Residency: | University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1994-1998 | | Fellowship: | Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Joint Replacement and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, 1998-1999 | | Articles, Videos and Publications: |
Scientific Publications (PubMed Listing)
Articles, videos, and abstracts:
Dr. Leopold has been listed as "Top Doctors" in the category of "Joint Replacement Surgery".
News source: Seattle Magazine, September 2007.
Dr. Leopold was featured in the Summer 2006 Breakthrough article, Swinging with a new knee ( ) and Summer 2004 Breakthrough article, Quadriceps-sparing total knee replacements ().
Minimally-Invasive Joint Replacement Video featuring Dr Leopold.
Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement Surgery Video featuring Dr Leopold.
June 12, 2007: Latest Scientific Articles by Dr. Leopold
- Lynch JR, Cunningham MR, Warme WJ, Schaad DC, Wolf FM, Leopold SS.
Commercially funded and United States-based research is more likely to be published; good-quality studies with negative outcomes are not.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 May;89(5):1010-8.
- Cunningham MR, Warme WJ, Schaad DC, Wolf FM, Leopold SS.
Industry-funded positive studies not associated with better design or larger size.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Apr;457:235-41.
- Lynch JR, Schmale GA, Schaad DC, Leopold SS.
Important demographic variables impact the musculoskeletal knowledge and confidence of academic primary care physicians.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Jul;88(7):1589-95.
- Morgan H, Battista V, Leopold SS.
Constraint in primary total knee arthroplasty.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2005 Dec;13(8):515-24. Review.
- Leopold SS, Morgan HD, Kadel NJ, Gardner GC, Schaad DC, Wolf FM.
Impact of educational intervention on confidence and competence in the performance of a simple surgical task.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 May;87(5):1031-7.
- Endogenous cortisol production in response to knee arthroscopy and total knee arthroplasty.
- Association between funding source and study outcome in orthopaedic research.
- Corticosteroid
compared with hyaluronic acid injections for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. A prospective, randomized trial.
- Impaction allografting for femoral component revision: clinical update.
May, 2007: Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Dr. Leopold is the lead author for an article in the May 2007 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Read the abstract of the article, "Commercially Funded and US-Based Research Is More Likely to Be Published; Good-Quality Studies with Negative Outcomes Are Not," here.
February 5, 2003: Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Dr. Leopold is the lead author for an article in the February 2003 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Read the abstract of the article, "Isolated Revision of the Patellar Component in Total Knee Arthroplasty," here.
January 10, 2003: In the press
Dr. Leopold was featured in Sunday's Wall Street Journal article about minimally-invasive knee replacement. The article, "Take Some Time to Ease Those Aching Knees", recommended Dr. Leopold's Minimally-Invasive Knee Replacement" article on our web site.
January 2, 2003: Leopold receives grant
Dr. Leopold has received a prestigious grant. He was awarded the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation/Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgery Career Development Award, and $50,000 for this project: Reduction of Total Knee Arthroplasty Risk in Morbidly Obese Patients Using Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: A Prospective, Controlled Trial.
September 13, 2002: Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Dr. Leopold is the lead author for an article in the August 2002 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Read
the abstract of the article, "Increased Frequency of Acute Local Reaction to Intra-Articular Hylan GF-20 (Synvisc) in Patients Receiving More Than One Course of Treatment," here.
 View a patient skiing
deep powder at Bridger Bowl, Montana, several months after a minimally-invasive total knee replacement; note that not all patients are able to ski, and we do not recommend this activity to patients with knee replacements. | | Memberships: | American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
Academic Orthopaedic Society | | Board Certification: | Board Certified | | Common Surgeries Performed: | - Total knee replacement
- Minimally-invasive partial knee replacement (unicompartmental)
- Knee osteotomy
- Total hip replacement
- "Mini-incision" total hip replacement
- Hemiresurfacing arthroplasty of the hip ("partial hip replacement")
- Hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture
- Open reduction internal fixation ("repair") of hip fractures
- Knee arthroscopy
| | Common Diagnoses Treated: | - Osteoarthritis (hip/knee)
- Rheumatoid arthritis (hip/knee)
- Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis of the femoral head)
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Metastatic disease to the hip/pelvis/knee
- Hip fracture
- Meniscus tears in the knee
| | Philosophy of care/General Information: | Dr. Leopold specializes in surgical treatments for hip and knee
arthritis. He has a particular interest in less-invasive methods of hip
and knee replacement surgery. These newer techniques can decrease
post-operative pain, decrease the risk of surgery, and shorten the
post-operative recovery period. Dr. Leopold also performs traditional
hip and knee replacement surgery.
His academic interests include orthopaedic education, unusual
sources of bias in the scientific literature, surgical and non-surgical
treatments for arthritis, and the problems associated with failed joint
replacements.
Dr. Leopold sees patients on the east side of Seattle at the Eastside Specialty Center, which can be reached by calling (425) 646-7777. He also sees patients at the Bone and Joint Center near the University of Washington. Call 206-598-BONE (2663) to reach his patient care coordinator at the Bone and Joint Center.
You can also request an appointment using our online referrals website. For more information, please click here. | | Appointment request information (web, phone, fax): | University of Washington Bone and Joint Center - Phone: 206-598-BONE (2663) or Eastside Specialty Center: (425) 646-7777 or the online referrals website |
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An interview with Seth S. Leopold, M.D.
Dr. Leopold specializes in knee and hip replacement surgery. He has a particular interest in the use of minimally-invasive joint replacement techniques to decrease post-operative pain, shorten the hospital stay, and help his patients recover more quickly following the surgery. He performs and teaches quadriceps-sparing total knee replacement, a new technique that may help patients return to function within weeks of knee replacement surgery, rather than months.
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Dr. Leopold, Vice chair of the orthopedics and sports medicine at the UW Medical Center, is featured in the treatyouwell.org
Dr. Leopold lectured recently in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the
Hippocrates Winslow Babbage Foundation.
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