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The
Joint Replacement Service is an interdisciplinary facility
located at Medical Center East, South Tower, Suite 4300. It combines
convenient parking and easy entry with the advantages of proximity
to the main hospital and highway access. The staff provides comprehensive
care for patients with problematic arthritis and rheumatic diseases.
The orthopaedic faculty work in collaboration with rheumatologists,
radiologists, occupational and physical therapists, a patient education
coordinator, and a social worker all in the same suite of
offices.
The orthopaedic faculty
include those of the Joint Replacement division and Spine division
of the Orthopaedic Surgery Dept.
The Joint Replacement faculty provide state-of-the-art care for
complex and usual hip and knee arthritis, and other degenerative
conditions of the hip and knee. Surgical care offered includes total
hip and knee replacement surgery, unicondylar knee replacement surgery,
surgery for avascular necrosis of the hip or knee, revision ("re-do")
hip and knee replacement surgery, and other surgeries for degenerative
conditions of the hip and knee.
Please take a moment and review the information on
the different types of surgery in which the Arthritis and Joint
Replacement Center specializes:

Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute
Medical Center East, South Tower, Suite 4200
Nashville, TN 37232-8774
Carolyn Aubrey
615-343-0825
615-322-7556 (Fax)
carolyn.aubrey@vanderbilt.edu
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