Please come to Palisades Alliance for Seniors' December 3 program, titled "Joint Replacement."
Our speaker will be Adam Sassoon, M.D., M.S. Dr. Sassoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA School of Medicine. He is a dual-fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon with expertise in joint preservation/reconstruction and orthopedic traumatology. His current clinical interests include complex primary and revision arthroplasty, open hip preservation surgery, periprosthetic fractures, and young adult/adolescent deformity correction/reconstruction.
Joint replacement surgery involves removing damaged or diseased parts of a joint—most often a hip or a knee—and replacing them with manmade implants. Dr. Sassoon will explain the procedure and the diagnostic factors that would indicate joint surgery as an appropriate treatment. He will also cover benefits, risks, and what to expect as far as recuperation.
Dr. Sassoon completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. While in residency, he also completed a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Science focusing on tissue engineering using adult derived stem cells. Dr. Sassoon then completed an orthopedic traumatology fellowship at Orlando Regional Medical Center and a subsequent fellowship in hip and knee preservation, resurfacing, and replacement at Washington University in St. Louis. Following his training he worked at the University of Washington in Seattle for four years. He recently moved home to Los Angeles to join UCLA.
The free program will take place in the Palisades Branch Library’s Community Room, and run from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The library is located at 861 Alma Real Drive in Pacific Palisades. For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.
Palisades Alliance, in conjunction with the Palisades Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, offers programs of particular interest to seniors.
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