PHILADELPHIA — In an ongoing effort to provide exceptional, personalized treatment to patients with basic and advanced orthopaedic conditions, Penn Orthopaedics is expanding services at its Pennsylvania Hospital location at 8th and Spruce Streets in center city Philadelphia.
As part of this expansion, David G. Nazarian, MD — a leader in joint repair and replacement surgery — will remain at Pennsylvania Hospital as part of the Penn Orthopaedics team.
“We’re pleased to offer patients the advantage of more treatment options and the most experienced surgeons all dedicated to providing the most advanced orthopaedic care at Pennsylvania Hospital,” said L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Paul B. Magnuson Professor of Bone and Joint Surgery, and professor of Surgery (Division of Plastic Surgery) at Penn Medicine. “Patients have convenient access to a wide range of diagnostic, medical and surgical treatment options in ten subspecialty programs at Pennsylvania Hospital.”
The newly expanded department features orthopaedic specialists providing clinical and operative care at in the following ten subspecialties:
Vincent Arlet, MD
Chief, Spine Service
Keith D. Baldwin, MD
Chief, Neuro-Orthopaedics
James L. Carey, MD, MPH
Sports Medicine
Wen Chao, MD
Foot and Ankle
Derek J. Donegan, MD
Trauma and Fracture
Andrea J. Evenski, MD
Orthopaedic Oncology
G. Russell Huffman, MD, MPH
Shoulder and Elbow
L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS
Department Chair
Hand, Microsurgery and Limb Salvage
David G. Nazarian, MD
Knee and Hip Replacement
Charles L. Nelson, MD
Chief, Knee and Hip Replacement
Neil P. Sheth, MD
Knee and Hip Replacement
Andrew M. Steiner, MD
Foot and Ankle
Keith L. Wapner, MD
Foot and Ankle
For appointments in Penn Orthopaedics at Pennsylvania Hospital, please call 1-800-789-PENN (7366).
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