Dr. Pellegrini previously served as the chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics
and Rehabilitation at the Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine,
and the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he was also the C. McCollister
Evarts Professor of Orthopaedics.
He received his medical degree from the Dartmouth Medical School and completed
his general surgery residency at Hartford Hospital. He completed his orthopaedic
surgery residency at the University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital, where
he was chief resident and part of the limb replantation team. Dr. Pellegrini
also completed a fellowship in surgery of the hand and upper extremity at the
University of Rochester and the Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Pellegrini's clinical interests and expertise includes adult reconstructive/joint
replacement surgery of the hip and knee and hand/upper extremity surgery. His research interests include thromboembolic disease, the control of heterotopic
ossification, osteonecrosis, and causative factors in osteoarthritis.
He has published many articles, lectured at professional meetings nationally
and internationally and is the recipient of numerous honors and awards. In addition
to serving on the editorial review board and consultant to several journals,
Dr. Pellegrini is currently the editor in chief of "Current Opinion in
Orthopaedics" and a member of the board of associate editors for the "Journal
of Bone and Joint Surgery."
Ask Dr. Pellegrini your total joint replacement questions.
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