 Total joint replacement. Minimally invasive spinal fusion. Comprehensive, customized rehabilitation services. When hips, knees, shoulders and spines sustain disabling injuries, or simply wear out over time, Sarasota Memorial’s orthopedic and spine specialists offer the latest surgical and non-surgical treatments to repair and rebuild the body’s intricate joints.
Our multidisciplinary team is made up of board-certified and fellowship trained orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons, pain medicine and physical medicine specialists and highly trained nurses and rehabilitation therapists. Together, they work in a cooperative and integrated practice to provide the highest-quality medical care for acute and degenerative conditions that affect the spine and joints.
Many of our physicians have come to us from the best teaching hospitals in the nation – Johns Hopkins, Duke, Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, Mass General. Collectively, they perform more than 4,500 orthopedic and neurosurgical procedures annually and provide specialized orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation to more than 10,000 people each year.
Advanced Technologies & Techniques
Our superior patient outcomes and quality rankings consistently place us among America’s best and safest hospitals. Our surgeons are recognized nationally for their expertise in joint replacements, complex joint revisions, as well as minimally invasive surgeries for hips, knees, spines, shoulders and other joints.
Surgical specialties and subspecialities include:
- Hip fractures and other traumatic injuries to bones and joints
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Degenerative conditions
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Total Joint Replacement – shoulders, elbows, fingers, hips, knees, ankles, toes
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Partial Knee Replacement
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Reverse Shoulder Replacement
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Hip Resurfacing
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Ankle and Foot Surgery
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Hand Surgery
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Spine Surgery (Scoliosis, Stenosis, spinal fusion, lumbar laminectomy and cervical fusion/laminectomy
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Orthopedic oncology
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Pediatric orthopedics
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Sports Medicine
 Pre-Operative Education & Follow-Up Care
If surgery is necessary, our preoperative education class will explain what to expect before, during, and after your surgery. Our experienced staff will answer all of your questions and provide all of the guidance you need to prepare you for your surgery and post-operative care that follows. For information about our pre-op orthopedic classes, please call (941) 917-4047
Rehabilitation Services
Sarasota Memorial provides the region’s broadest spectrum of inpatient, outpatient, home health and rehabilitative care for orthopedic patients. For information about our inpatient Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit, outpatient rehabilitation services, home health or skilled nursing & rehabilitative center, please call (941) 917-7777.
Referrals & Second Opinions
If you want a second opinion on treatment options, the orthopedic and neurosurgical specialists at Sarasota Memorial are here to help. Call our physician referral HealthLine at (941) 917-7777 for an appointment or browse our online physician directory.
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For the sixth year in a row, we remain the only hospital in Southwest Florida consistently recognized on U.S.News’ annual “Best Hospitals” list. Only 174 hospitals – less than 5 percent – made the grade in 2009-2010. Sarasota Memorial ranked #37 in the nation for geriatric care – the highly specialized, multi-disciplinary field of medicine dedicated to treating the complex conditions of aging.