Based at Harborview, UW Medical Center and east side, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine provides comprehensive services in the area of Arthritis, Foot and Ankle, Fractures and Trauma, Hand and Upper Extremity, Hip and Knee, Metabolic Bone Disease, Pediatrics, Shoulder and Elbow, Spine, Sports Medicine and Tumor.
Our Orthopaedics program ranked among the top programs in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report 2009 rankings. Our Clinics, including Harborview provide comprehensive care, consultation and surgery to some of the most complex orthopaedic injuries throughout the region. Our colleagues in rehabilitation medicine, neurology, rheumatology and other fields of care ensure that we provide the most appropriate, considered care for each patient's problem.
Our goal is to return people to normal life activities, at work and at play – whether that involves typing, riding a bike, pouring tea or throwing a ball. We want to help our patients recapture their quality of life. Our health-care professionals have expertise in Bone & Joint Surgery Center at UWMC.
- Hip and knee replacement
- Minimally-invasive joint replacement
- Shoulder and elbow surgery (including joint replacement)
- Shoulder and elbow arthroscopy
- Hand and wrist surgery
- Surgery of the cervical thoracic, lumbosacral spine
- Orthopaedic tumor surgery
- Non-surgical sports and spine rehabilitation
- Non-surgical podiatry
- Non-surgical metabolic bone disease
Orthopaedic Clinic at Eastside Specialty Center
- Consultation, treatment and surgery for sports injuries, such as shoulder, knee, elbow and ankle
- Arthritis treatment
- Consultation and treatment for orthopaedic surgery, such as joint replacement for knee, hip and thumb
- Minimally invasive surgery and arthroscopic surgery
- Referrals for physical therapy and diagnostic studies
- Orthopaedic surgery performed at UW Medical Center
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Clinic at Harborview
- Fracture care
- Associated soft tissue injuries
- Skeletal realignments and stabilizations using closed and surgical techniques
.Hand and Wrist Services
- Fractures and dislocations
- Muscle or ligament tears
- Injuries to tendons, nerves, or vessels
- Numbness or weakness in the hand or arm (including carpal tunnel syndrome)
- Arthritis
- Contractures
- Swelling or inflammation
Foot and Ankle Institute
- Ankle instability
- Arthritis
- Cavus foot (high arch)
- Charcot Marie Tooth
- Diabetic deformities
- Dislocations
- Flat foot
- Fractures
- Bunions
- Hammer toes
- Overuse/biomechanical syndromes
- Polio and other neuromuscular problems
- Post-traumatic / surgical conditions
- Sports injuries