ORTHO TEAM
Adolph V.
Lombardi, JR., MD, FACS
Dr.
Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr. received his bachelor’s degree from
Saint Joseph
’s University and his medical degree from
Temple
University
. He completed
postgraduate training in general surgery at
Temple
University
Hospital
and in orthopaedics at
Albert
Einstein
Medical
Center
, in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
. Dr. Lombardi pursued
two Fellowships in Reconstruction of the Hip and Knee: one with
Thomas H. Mallory, MD at Joint Implant Surgeons and the other with
Gerard A. Engh, MD at the
National
Hospital
for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and the Anderson Orthopaedic
Institute in
Arlington
,
Virginia
. He joined the practice of Joint Implant Surgeons in 1987 and is
now its president. Dr. Lombardi’s vision for a physician-owned
musculoskeletal specialty hospital spurred the development of
New Albany
Surgical
Hospital
, which opened in December 2003. He currently serves as President of
Medical Staff Services for the hospital as well as vice chairman of
the board and chairman of the hospital management company. He is a
Clinical Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University in both
the Department of Orthopaedics and the Department of Biomedical
Engineering. He has
authored numerous textbook chapters and over 120 research articles published
in peer-reviewed medical journals. In addition to having lectured at
hundreds of medical meetings around the world, he annually hosts
over a hundred visiting national and international surgeons to
observe his surgery and practice. He is
a designer of the Maxim Knee System and the Vanguard Knee System,
which are used internationally, as well as the AVL Anti-Subluxation
Rotating Hinge Knee and the Max-Ti Reconstruction Acetabular Cage
System. He is a reviewer for The Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery, The Journal of Arthroplasty, The Journal of
the
American
Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and
Surgical Technology International
, and a member of the Exhibits Committee for the
American
Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons. His
is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and has
been an oral examiner since 1997. His many professional memberships
include The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, The Hip
Society, The Knee Society, The International Society of the Knee,
The American Orthopaedic Association, The American Association of
Hip and Knee Surgeons, The Orthopaedic and Research Education
Foundation, and the Japanese Orthopaedic Association. He has been a
clinical investigator for several FDA investigational device
exemption studies, including currently a ceramic-on-ceramic total
hip arthroplasty articulation, a spring-loaded hip femoral
component, and a rotating-platform total knee component. His
special interests include less-invasive total knee and total hip
arthroplasty, minimally invasive partial knee replacement, complex
reconstruction, and rapid rehabilitation protocols for faster
recovery after surgery.
|
|
