Welcome to the Philadelphia Center for Minimally Invasive Knee Surgery

My staff and I welcome you to my practice, which is now dedicated exclusively to the care of disorders of the knee. We look forward to meeting you and guiding you as you embark on the experience of knee replacement surgery.

As Director of the Philadelphia Center for Minimally Invasive Knee Surgery, I invite you to explore the treatment alternatives for your knee arthritis. In addition to educational content, this site also contains forms for you to fill out before your initial and follow-up visits with my associates and me, directions to our offices, physical therapy protocols, instructions regarding what you should do before and after surgery, and a library of my publications, which may give you additional insight into your condition or experience. At the Center, we place an emphasis on providing highly personalized and compassionate care, and offer state-of-the-art minimally invasive techniques of total and partial knee replacement surgery. Presumably, most of you are coming for evaluation of your arthritic knee having already tried general non-operative treatments, including activity modifications, medication, injections, physical therapy, and perhaps weight loss. These interventions will be discussed further with you.

Baby boomers, long fearful of surgical treatment of their painful and arthritic knees, and reluctant to pursue surgery because it would mean time out of work or away from their families, now have alternatives which make knee replacement surgery more feasible and palatable for them. Each year, millions of people are diagnosed with arthritis of the knee. While the majority of arthritis sufferers can be managed successfully without surgery, each year approximately 1 million people around the world have knee replacement surgery, and that number is expected to triple over the next 25 years. In my practice, nearly 90% of patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery are candidates for a minimally invasive surgical approach. Additionally, approximately 10-20% of patients who come to us for knee replacement surgery are candidates for more conservative partial knee resurfacing procedures - unicompartmental, patellofemoral, or bicompartmental knee resurfacing - and each of these is performed with minimally invasive techniques. Given the increasingly complex lifestyle demands of our patients and a pervasive interest in quicker recovery of independent and active living, the minimally invasive approach to both total and partial knee replacement is attractive to patients who have come to me from around the world. I am proud and honored that you are allowing my team and me at the Center the privilege of caring for you.

I believe wholeheartedly in the sage comment by the world-renowned cardiac surgeon, Michael Debakey, M.D., who said “You’re only as good as your surgical team.” I value the professionalism, intelligence, commitment, and strong sense of values of my staff at the Philadelphia Center for Minimally Invasive Knee Surgery and 3B Orthopaedics. Together we work as a close-knit team to ensure that your questions are answered and that you are provided with the highest level of compassionate quality care. We work intimately with the hospital nurses, physical therapists, social workers, discharge planners, and administration to meet the needs of our patients.

Contemplating surgery can be a frightening experience for patients. It is our philosophy at the Philadelphia Center for Minimally Invasive Knee Surgery to spend adequate time with you so that you understand the potential risks and benefits of surgery and alternative treatment options, have appropriate expectations for the postoperative period, and are empowered in the decision process and engaged in the experience. It is our intention that this website and your personal visit with us will make your knee replacement experience as informative and pleasant as possible.