Dr. Sastry Teaches Training Program at Stryker Center

Dr. Akhil Sastry, Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and provider at Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, has been invited to teach the anterior approach to total hip arthroplasty at the Homer Stryker Center in New Jersey. The surgical training program will take place from Thursday, September 17th to Friday the 18th at 325 Corporate Drive in Mahwah, NJ.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, offering products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine. The Direct Anterior Approach to the Hip Surgical Training Program is a national course for surgeons across the country, with a focus on surgical skills training using various industry practices.

Dr. Sastry is one of the few surgeons in New England who specializes in Direct Anterior Hip Replacement surgery, which uses a minimally invasive, muscle-sparing approach. He has given numerous presentations throughout the country as an ongoing effort to educate other physicians and has also created a website dedicated to his study at seacoastanteriorhip.com. Dr. Sastry received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine.

Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a group of Board-Certified physicians who utilize the latest concepts in orthopedics and sports medicine, coupled with preventive and surgical techniques. For more information, visit www.atlanticorthopaedics.org, or call the Portsmouth clinic at 603.431.1121.

Dr. Mayo Noerdlinger Speaks about Shoulder Pain

Mayo Noerdlinger, MD, FAAOS, a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, will present a free lecture on Shoulder Pain, Wednesday September 16th at Noon at the York Public Library.

Dr. Noerdlinger is a shoulder specialist and will discuss “Relief from Shoulder Pain” at the library. If you’re having shoulder pain and want to learn more about the latest, innovative, non-operative treatment for common to complex shoulder ailments– this lecture is for you. Visit Dr. Noerdlinger’s website: SeacoastShoulder.com for more information on shoulder pain and diagnoses.

Dr. Noerdlinger received his M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and is the recipient of two fellowships: Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery Fellowship from Rush Medical College in Chicago and an Orthopaedic Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a group of Board Certified physicians who enjoy full medical staff privileges at Portsmouth Regional Hospital and York Hospital. Several of the Physicians are Fellowship trained in Joint Replacement, Hand Surgery, Shoulder Surgery and Sports Trauma/Reconstructive Surgery. More information is at atlanticorthopaedics.org

Hand in Hand: Doctor Treats Colombian man’s Rare Disease

This is an excerpt from an article written by Suzanne Laurent for seacoastonline.com. You can read the full article here.

PORTSMOUTH – Luis Guillermo Fernandez was all smiles as he played a game of pick-up soccer with his 13-year-old son Luciano Fernandez in the parking lot of Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, just off Route 1.

Fernandez, 57, suffers from Dupuytren’s contracture, a disease that leads to limited use of the hand when tissues in the palm thicken forming a cord, eventually making it unable to straighten the fingers.

Usually a slowly progressing disease, Fernandez first noticed the symptoms about seven years ago, but they became more pronounced over the last couple of years, leading him to do some research on the disease and treatment through the Internet.

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