Dr. Leopold: physician profile video

• Dr. Seth Leopold featured on JBJS and VJO streaming video - Minimally Invasive Quadriceps-Sparing Total knee Arthroplasty
  
• Dr. Leopold has been listed as "Top Doctors" in the category of "Joint Replacement Surgery". News source: Seattle Magazine, 2008.
• Dr. Leopold has been listed as "Top Doctors" in the category of "Joint Replacement Surgery". News source: Seattle Magazine, September 2007.
• Dr. Leopold was featured in the Summer 2006 Breakthrough article, Swinging with a new knee () and Summer 2004 Breakthrough article, Quadriceps-sparing total knee replacements ().
• Minimally-Invasive Joint Replacement Video featuring Dr Leopold.
  
• Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement Surgery Video featuring Dr Leopold.

June 12, 2007: Latest Scientific Articles by Dr. Leopold

• Lynch JR, Cunningham MR, Warme WJ, Schaad DC, Wolf FM, Leopold SS.
  Commercially funded and United States-based research is more likely to be published; good-quality studies with negative outcomes are not.
  J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007 May;89(5):1010-8.
• Cunningham MR, Warme WJ, Schaad DC, Wolf FM, Leopold SS.
  Industry-funded positive studies not associated with better design or larger size.
  Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Apr;457:235-41.
• Lynch JR, Schmale GA, Schaad DC, Leopold SS.
  Important demographic variables impact the musculoskeletal knowledge and confidence of academic primary care physicians.
  J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Jul;88(7):1589-95.
• Morgan H, Battista V, Leopold SS.
  Constraint in primary total knee arthroplasty.
  J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2005 Dec;13(8):515-24. Review.
• Leopold SS, Morgan HD, Kadel NJ, Gardner GC, Schaad DC, Wolf FM.
  Impact of educational intervention on confidence and competence in the performance of a simple surgical task.
  J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 May;87(5):1031-7.
  
• Endogenous cortisol production in response to knee arthroscopy and total knee arthroplasty.
• Association between funding source and study outcome in orthopaedic research.
• Corticosteroid compared with hyaluronic acid injections for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. A prospective, randomized trial.
• Impaction allografting for femoral component revision: clinical update.

May, 2007: Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Dr. Leopold is the lead author for an article in the May 2007 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Read the abstract of the article, "Commercially Funded and US-Based Research Is More Likely to Be Published; Good-Quality Studies with Negative Outcomes Are Not," here.

February 5, 2003: Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Dr. Leopold is the lead author for an article in the February 2003 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Read the abstract of the article, "Isolated Revision of the Patellar Component in Total Knee Arthroplasty," here.

January 10, 2003: In the press

Dr. Leopold was featured in Sunday's Wall Street Journal article about minimally-invasive knee replacement. The article, "Take Some Time to Ease Those Aching Knees", recommended Dr. Leopold's Minimally-Invasive Knee Replacement" article on our web site.

January 2, 2003: Leopold receives grant

Dr. Leopold has received a prestigious grant. He was awarded the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation/Zimmer Orthopaedic Surgery Career Development Award, and $50,000 for this project: Reduction of Total Knee Arthroplasty Risk in Morbidly Obese Patients Using Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery: A Prospective, Controlled Trial.

September 13, 2002: Article in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Dr. Leopold is the lead author for an article in the August 2002 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Read the abstract of the article, "Increased Frequency of Acute Local Reaction to Intra-Articular Hylan GF-20 (Synvisc) in Patients Receiving More Than One Course of Treatment," here.

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• Total knee replacement
• Minimally-invasive partial knee replacement (unicompartmental)
• Knee osteotomy
• Total hip replacement
• "Mini-incision" total hip replacement
• Hemiresurfacing arthroplasty of the hip ("partial hip replacement")
• Hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture
• Open reduction internal fixation ("repair") of hip fractures
• Knee arthroscopy

• Osteoarthritis (hip/knee)
• Rheumatoid arthritis (hip/knee)
• Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis of the femoral head)
• Developmental dysplasia of the hip
• Metastatic disease to the hip/pelvis/knee
• Hip fracture
• Meniscus tears in the knee

Dr. Leopold specializes in surgical treatments for hip and knee arthritis. He has a particular interest in less-invasive methods of hip and knee replacement surgery. These newer techniques can decrease post-operative pain, decrease the risk of surgery, and shorten the post-operative recovery period. Dr. Leopold also performs traditional hip and knee replacement surgery.

His academic interests include orthopaedic education, unusual sources of bias in the scientific literature, surgical and non-surgical treatments for arthritis, and the problems associated with failed joint replacements.

Dr. Leopold sees patients on the east side of Seattle at the Eastside Specialty Center, which can be reached by calling (425) 646-7777. He also sees patients at the Bone and Joint Center near the University of Washington. Call 206-598-BONE (2663) to reach his patient care coordinator at the Bone and Joint Center.

You can also request an appointment using our online referrals website. For more information, please click here.