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There will be some changes in clinic flow and surgery scheduling at Ochsner – The Grove, effective Monday, March 16. Our main goal is to limit exposure of patients, employees, and visitors to COVID-19 (coronavirus). As this is a rapidly changing situation, please know that procedures will continue to evolve. However, for now: We currently […]
Dr. Jeremy Burnham presented research at the 2020 Louisiana Orthopedic Association Meeting about football injury lower extremity injury risk in high school football players. He also served as a panelist for young orthopedists.
Dr. Burnham is part of the PIVOT study group, an international group of ACL and knee surgeons and researchers studying the rotatory instability (e.g. pivot shift) caused by ACL injuries. The group recently published a research study in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, the most read orthopedic research journal in the world.
NEW ORLEANS (November 14, 2019) – The New Orleans College Football Championship Host Committee (NOCFCHC) has named Ochsner Health System (Ochsner) its Official Healthcare Provider and the title sponsor for its volunteer programs. The 2020 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship will feature a weekend full of fan-friendly events culminating with the CFP National Championship […]
Baton Rouge, LA. – The Louisiana Marathon is excited to have Ochsner expand their partnership to become the Title Sponsor of the Ochsner 5K & Ochsner Quarter Marathon scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2020 Ochsner Health System has been a partner with the Louisiana Marathon since 2014 as the exclusive Healthcare Provider. “Ochsner is proud […]
The AANA Fellows Arthroscopy Course was held at the AAOS orthopaedic learning center in Chicago this weekend. Residents and fellows from all over world spent the weekend honing their surgical skills. Thanks @brianwatermanmd and Dr. Denver Stanfield for putting on a first class course and for inviting me as faculty.
Dr. Kyle Hammond, former Pitt/UPMC sports medicine fellow, and current orthopedic surgeon at Emory Sports Medicine Center, has been named head team physician for the Atlanta Falcons.
Bone & Joint’s sports medicine team providing sideline coverage for The Church Academy’s football team in Baton Rouge, LA. Pictured from left to right: Olivia Wishman ATC, Jerrica Watson PA-C, Jonathan Kearney DPT (Peak Performance), and Lui Mancera MD (Baton Rouge General).
Matt and Olivia, the 2018-2019 athletic training residents at Bone & Joint are learning proper sterile technique and OR basics.
When young, active athletes tear their ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), it usually needs surgery. Although a very small percentage of ACL tears can be repaired, the vast majority need to be reconstructed completely with a new ligament. Surgeons have known for some time that allograft (graft from donors) has a higher failure rate than autograft […]
