Emmanuel Gibon, MD, PhD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 40 and up
Penn Orthopaedics University City - 8th Floor
Schedule onlineCall 800-789-7366
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Gibon completed a hip and knee replacement surgery fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, as well as a complex pediatric orthopaedic surgery fellowship at New York University (NYU), and an adult hip and knee reconstructive surgery fellowship at the University of Florida (UF). Passionate about basic science, Dr. Gibon also attended Stanford University for two research fellowships. Prior to these fellowships, Dr. Gibon earned his medical degree from the University of Rouen in Normandy, France. Then he completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery and earned a PhD in biomaterials, both from the University of Paris in Paris, France.

Dr. Gibon is the 2023 recipient of the prestigious John Insall Award, from the Knee Society, for his clinical research on knee replacement.

Dr. Gibon is a joint replacement surgeon and exclusively performs hip and knee replacement procedures.

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Rouen
  • Fellowship: University of Alberta
  • Fellowship: University of Florida Health Science Center
  • Fellowship: New York University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Mayo Clinic

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

1034 reviews

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November 2025
he's a good doctor
October 2025
good service
October 2025
friendly, used first names, shook hands
October 2025
good doctor

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Gibon is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Chen AT, Alqazzaz A, Thorman A, Gibon E, Nelson CN Racial and Ethnic Variation in the Association Between Body Mass Index and Periprosthetic Joint Infection Risk After Total Joint Arthroplasty , CCJR Annual Winter Meeting. Orlando, FL, USA: 2025

Thorman A, Schweppe E, Sontam T, Khela H, Humphrey T, Gibon E, Cipriano C, Nelson CL Patients Undergoing Total Hip arthroplasty for Avascular Necrosis are at Increased Risk for Pulmonary Embolism Compared to Those with Osteoarthritis , CCJR Annual Winter Meeting. Orlando, FL, USA. 2025: 2025

Fatih Yildiz, Alparslan Uzun, Waleed A Al-Saadan, İbrahim Azboy, Wael Barsoum, Omar Behery, Osman Ciloglu, Walid Atef Ebeid, Emmanuel Gibon, Sofiene Kallel, Atul F Kamath, Amir Khoshbin, Yona Kosashvili, Ilker Uckay, Kadir Uzel, Ahmet Durcan Yavuz, Mehmet Kürşat Yılmaz 2025 ICM: Length of Stay and Discharging , Journal of Arthroplasty: 2025

Michael W Henry, Arash Aali Rezaie, Alisina Shahi, Danguole Vaznaisiene, Armita Armina Abedi, Craig Aboltins, Seung-Hoon Baek, Benjamin Clark, Belén Comeche, Jose F Reyes Copello, Atsuhiro Fujie, Emmanuel Gibon, Abdullah Hammad, Hyuk-Soo Han, Harriet Hughes, Al-Amin Kassam, Kenneth Mathis, Barend C Mitton, Ataollah Moshirabadi, Renjy Nelson, Nicolas J Restrepo, Cécile Ronde-Oustau, Staffan Tevell, Simon Warren, Laila Woc-Colburn, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker 2025 ICM: Use of Antibiotics for Individualized Agents , Journal of Arthroplasty: 2025

Alqazzaz A, Zhuang T, Smith WE, Gibon E, Nelson CL Higher Pulmonary Embolism Risk in Morbidly Obese Patients on Aspirin Monotherapy after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Claims Database Analysis , Journal of Arthroplasty: 2025

Karnuta J, Khela H, Smith WE, Schweppe E, Gibon E, Nelson CL Automated Total Hip Arthroplasty Templating: Development and Validation of a Deep Learning Neural Network Model , AAOS Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, USA: 2025

Smith W, Gibon E, Alqazzaz A, Thorman A, Hamon K, Nelson CL Socioeconomic Factors of Patient Income, Education Level and Health Insurance Influence Postoperative Outcomes and Cost Following Total Hip and Total knee Arthroplasty , CCJR Annual Winter Meeting. Orlando, FL, USA: 2024

Gibon E, Shontz EC, Hutzler LH, Castañeda P Does the Day of the Week or the Time of Day Affect the Length of Stay or Readmission Rate for Pediatric Orthopedic Admissions? , Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease: 2024

Alqazzaz A, Bush AN, Zhuang T, Dehghani B, Gibon E, Nelson CL Acute Total Hip Arthroplasty Following Acetabular Fracture is Associated with a High Risk of Revision, Dislocation, and Periprosthetic Fracture , The Journal of Arthroplasty: 2024

Mojica ES, Gibon E, Castaneda P Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Treatment of Radial Head Subluxation. , Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease, 81(3): 2023,208-211