Christopher A. Anthony, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

4.6 with 571 ratings

Sees patients age 14 and up

Christopher A. Anthony, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

4.6 with 571 ratings

Sees patients age 14 and up

Director, Penn Hip Preservation Center
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital
Dr. Anthony is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Meet Dr. Anthony

Dr. Chris Anthony, MD is a fellowship-trained hip preservation specialist and serves as Director of Hip Preservation as well as a joint preservation, resurfacing and replacement surgeon at Penn Orthopaedics. Dr. Anthony specializes in hip preservation and hip resurfacing, as well as partial and total replacement surgery for the hip and knee – offering a variety of treatment options to patients based on their activity level and joint health. Dr. Anthony's comprehensive approach to the hip focusses on treatments that will allow patients to stay highly active and preserve their natural hip. Additionally, he offers hip resurfacing, a form of hip replacement for highly active patients. Finally, he offers anterior approach total hip arthroplasty and revision arthroplasty.

Dr. Anthony enjoys treating athletes of all ages and is a former Division 1 and professional athlete. After his athletic career, he choose to dedicate himself to orthopaedics to help individuals return to a range of highly active lifestyles. Dr. Anthony earned his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and went on to complete his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Iowa, followed by a fellowship in joint preservation, resurfacing and replacement at Washington University.

During his fellowship, he also served as an attending orthopaedic surgeon at Barnes Jewish Hospital and Veterans Administration Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

Dr. Anthony sees patients at Penn Medicine Radnor and Pennsylvania Hospital.

2-Stage Revision of Hip Replacement
2-Stage Revision of Knee Replacement
Acetabular Fracture
Acetabular Surgery
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (ACL Injury)
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair (ACL)
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair Revision
Anterior Hip Replacement
Arthrodesis of Knee
Arthrofibrosis of the Knee
Articular Cartilage Microfracture
Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
Avascular Necrosis of Hip
Avascular Necrosis of the Knee
Baker's Cyst (Popliteal Cyst)
Bucket Handle Meniscus Tears
Cartilage Damage of Hip
Cartilage Transplant
Chondromalacia
Computer-Assisted Hip Surgery
Computer-Assisted Knee Replacement
Damaged Patellar Cartilage Removal
Deconditioned Knee
Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement
Discoid Meniscus
Dislocated Knee
Distal Femoral Osteotomy
Femoral Osteotomy
Fibulectomy
Gluteal Injury
Gluteus Medius Tear
High Tibial Osteotomy
Hip Arthritis
Hip Arthroscopy
Hip Click
Hip Dislocation
Hip Fracture
Hip Impingement (Femoroacetabular Impingement)
Hip Injection
Hip Injuries
Hip Joint Debridement
Hip Joint Preservation Surgery
Hip Labral Tear
Hip Osteoarthritis
Hip Pain
Hip Pain Over Age 60
Hip Pain Under Age 60
Hip Preservation Surgery
Hip Resurfacing
Hip Revision Surgery
Hip Rotator Cuff Repair
Hip Rotator Cuff Tear
Hip Sprain
Hip Surgery
Hyaluronic Acid Injections
Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)
Instability After Total Knee Replacement
Joint Preservation Surgery
Knee Arthritis
Knee Arthroscopy
Knee Cartilage Repair
Knee Click
Knee Fracture
Knee Fusion
Knee Growth Plate Fracture
Knee Growth Plate Injury
Knee Injection
Knee Injuries
Knee MCL Injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)
Knee Microfracture Surgery
Knee Pain
Knee Pain for Patients Aged 60 and Older
Knee Posterolateral Corner Injury
Knee Preservation Surgery
Knee Realignment
Knee Replacement (Knee Arthroplasty)
Knee Revision Surgery
Knee Surgery
Knee Tendon Repair
Kneecap Dislocation
Knock Knee Deformity
Lateral Collateral Ligament Repair (LCL)
Lateral Collateral Ligament Tear (LCL)
Lesion of Popliteal Nerve
Lesion of Posterior Tibial Nerve
Locking Knee
Loose Body in the Hip
Loose Body in the Knee
Loosening of Total Hip Replacement
Loosening of Total Knee Replacement
Mako Surgery (Makoplasty)
Medial Collateral Ligament Repair (MCL Repair)
Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction
Meniscal Surgery
Meniscal Transplantation
Meniscectomy
Meniscus Tears
Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement Surgery
Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
Multi-Ligament Knee Injury
Multiple Ligament Reconstruction
Osteochondral Allograft
Osteochondral Autograft
Osteochondral Lesion
Osteochondritis of the Knee
Osteolysis
Pain After Total Knee Replacement
Partial Hip Replacement
Partial Knee Replacement
Patella Injury
Patella Realignment
Patellar Clunk Syndrome
Patellar Instability
Patellar Stabilization
Patellar Tendonitis
Patellofemoral Arthritis
Patellofemoral Injury
Patellofemoral Instability
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Patellofemoral Replacement (PFR)
Patient Specific Instrumentation
Periacetabular Osteotomy
Periprosthetic Femur Fracture
Posterior Cruciate Ligament Repair (PCL)
Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tear (PCL)
Posterior Hip Replacement
Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip
Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee
Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia
Pubic Symphysis Fracture
Pubic Symphysis Separation
Reconstruction of Hip
Reconstructive Knee Surgery
Recurrent Dislocation of Total Hip Replacement
Removal of Hip Prosthesis
Removal of Knee Prosthesis
Resurfacing of Acetabulum
Retrograde Drilling Avascular Necrosis
Robotic Hip Surgery
Robotic Joint Replacement
Robotic Knee Surgery
Robotic Partial Knee Replacement
Robotic Total Hip Replacement
Robotic Total Knee Replacement
Snapping Hip Syndrome
Stiffness After Total Knee Replacement
Surgery for Arthritis
Synovectomy of Knee
Tendon Repair
Tibial Spine Fracture
Tibial Tendonitis
Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy
Torn Meniscus
Torn Meniscus Repair
Total Hip Replacement
Total Knee Replacement
Trochanteric Bursitis
Viscosupplementation

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Anthony is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Orthopaedic Surgery, 2022

Education and Training

Medical School: University of Iowa College of Medicine
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Primary Location

Penn Orthopaedics Pennsylvania Hospital - Cathcart Building

Pennsylvania Hospital
1 Cathcart
800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

A facility of Pennsylvania Hospital

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Penn Orthopaedics Radnor

Penn Medicine Radnor
Floor 3, Suite 305 South
145 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

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Selected Publications

Chris A Anthony, Adam A Sassoon, Perry L Schoenecker, John C Clohisy: Surgical Technique: Treatment of Residual Perthes-Like Deformities Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery : 479-489,2022.

Carender CN, Anthony CA, Rojas EO, Noiseux NO, Bedard NA, Brown TS.: Perioperative Opioid Counseling Reduces Opioid Use Following Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty Iowa Orthop J : 2022.

Scott EJ, Anthony CA, O'Connor MJ, Lynch TS, Westermann RW.: Automated Text-Messaging After Hip Arthroscopy: A Randomized-Controlled Trial of "Post-Op Buddy" Arthroscopy : 2022.

Anthony CA, Rojas E, Glass N, Keffala V, Noiseux N, Elkins J, Brown TS, Bedard NA.: A Psycholgical Intervention Delivered by Automated Mobile Phone Messaging Stabilized Hip and Knee Function During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial J Arthroplasty : 2022.

Kazarian GS, Anthony CA, Lawrie CM, Barrack RL.: The Impact of Psychological Factors and Their Treatment on the Results of Total Knee Arthroplasty J Bone Joint Surg Am 103 : 1744-1756,2021.

Anthony CA, Wasko MK, Pashos GE, Barrack RL, Nunley RM, Clohisy JC.: Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients With Osteoarthritis Associated With Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease: Perioperative Complications and Patient-Reported Outcomes J Arthroplasty : 2021.

Brown TS, Bedard NA, Rojas EO, Anthony CA, Schwarzkopf R, Stambough JB, Nandi S, Prieto H, Parvizi J, Bini SA, Higuera CA, Piuzzi NS, Blankstein M, Wellman SS, Dietz MJ, Jennings JM, Dasa V; AAHKS Research Committee.: The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Patients in the United States: A Multicenter Update to the Previous Survey Arthroplast Today : 2021.

Anthony CA, Rojas EO, Keffala V, Glass NA, Shah AS, Miller BJ, Hogue M, Willey MC, Karam M, Marsh JL.: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Delivered via a Mobile Phone Messaging Robot to Decrease Postoperative Opioid Use in Patients With Orthopedic Trauma: Randomized Controlled Trial J Med Internet Res 22 : e17750,2020.

Rojas EO, Anthony CA, Keffala V, Glass NA, Shah AS, Miller, BJ, Hogue M, Willey MC, Karam M, Marsh JL: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Delivered via a Mobile Phone Messaging Robot Decreases Postoperative Opioid Utilization American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL : 2020.

Scott EJ, Anthony CA, Rooney P, Lynch TS, Willey MC, Westermann RW.: Mobile Phone Administration of Hip-Specific Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments Correlates Highly With In-office Administration J Am Acad Orthop Surg 28 : e41-e46,2020.

Academic Contact Information

Penn Orthopaedics at Pennsylvania Hospital
800 Spruce St., 8 Preston building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366