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About Robert LaPrade, MD

Robert LaPrade, MD, PhD has specialized skills and expertise in diagnosing and treating complicated knee injuries. He has treated athletes at all levels, including Olympic, professional and intercollegiate athletes, and has returned numerous athletes back to full participation after surgeries. Recognized globally for his outstanding and efficient surgical skills and dedication to sports medicine, he has received many research awards, including the OREF Clinic Research Award considered by many a Nobel Prize in orthopedics. Dr. LaPrade is one of the most published investigators in his field, and many of the surgeries that he has developed are now performed worldwide and recognized as the “gold standard” for the treatment of complex knee injuries.

Dr. Robert LaPrade Discusses Meniscus Knee Injuries for the Vail Daily

Dr. Robert LaPrade recently contributed to the Vail Daily with an article on common knee injuries. He states that when an individual experiences their knee locking, or, if the knee is unable to straighten out, accompanied with swelling and pain inside the knee, that a meniscus knee injury is likely. Meniscus knee injuries are common […]

Dr. Robert LaPrade Discusses Meniscus Knee Injuries for the Vail Daily

Dr. Robert F. LaPrade Contributes to Let’s Play Hockey Discussing Hockey Injuries

“I play goalie and have had hip and groin pain for the past couple weeks at summer camp. What could be the cause?” This question and many, many more are submitted weekly to Let’s Play Hockey-a website dedicated to keeping hockey enthusiasts up to date on games, tournaments, schedules and more for ice hockey players […]

Dr. Robert F. LaPrade Contributes to Let’s Play Hockey Discussing Hockey Injuries

Dr. Robert LaPrade Honored with Patient’s Choice Award

patients-choice-awards_logoDr. Robert LaPrade has just been honored with a Patient’s Choice award for 2011. This national award is based on feedback from patients in which they report about their doctors in the categories of bedside manner, the amount of time that doctors spend with their patients, […]

Dr. Robert LaPrade Honored with Patient’s Choice Award

Robert LaPrade M.D. Reveals Study Identifying Measurements for ACL Bundle Attachment Centers

Robert LaPrade, M.D., orthopedic surgeon and complex knee injury specialist with The Steadman Clinic and director of the biomechanics department of the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., recently developed a comprehensive compilation of measurements of arthroscopically pertinent bony and soft tissue landmarks, which show the ACL and its individual bundle attachment […]
Robert LaPrade M.D. Reveals Study Identifying Measurements for ACL Bundle Attachment Centers

Posterolateral Knee Injuries Research Project Recognized by ISAKOS

ISAKOS Ranks Institute Research Paper in the Top 10  

The e-poster, Outcomes of Treatment of Acute Grade III Isolated and Combined Posterolateral Knee Injuries: A Prospective Case Series, was awarded as a top 10 e-poster out of more than 1,000 submitted at the eight biennial meeting of The International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and […]

Posterolateral Knee Injuries Research Project Recognized by ISAKOS

Vail Daily Profiles Complex Knee Injury Expert, Dr. Robert LaPrade

Dr. Robert LaPrade is an orthopaedic sports medicine specialist and complex knee injury expert at The Steadman Clinic in Vail. He has been practicing sports medicine for 16 years. LaPrade specializes in complex knee injuries and as such, he has a passion for researching new ways to reconstruct knees. He is also very active […]
Vail Daily Profiles Complex Knee Injury Expert, Dr. Robert LaPrade

Dr. Robert LaPrade and Colleagues at the Steadman Phillipon Research Institute Develop New Technique for MCL Tears and Injuries

Dr. Robert LaPrade and his colleagues at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute have developed and scientifically validated a novel reconstruction technique for MCL tears and injuries. The institute claims that while many forms of MCL knee treatment for this specific injury are available today, their technique using an anatomic reconstruction is the most […]

Dr. Robert LaPrade and Colleagues at the Steadman Phillipon Research Institute Develop New Technique for MCL Tears and Injuries

A Patient’s Story on Knee Surgery with Dr. LaPrade

Patient Sharon chronicles her experience with knee surgery with Dr. LaPrade at The Steadman Clinic.  Sharon is 48 and prides herself on having never even taken pharmaceutical drugs.  Aggressively and continuously searching for ways to avoid western medicine, both Sharon and her husband were concerned about going down the road of an invasive surgery. One […]
A Patient’s Story on Knee Surgery with Dr. LaPrade

Robert LaPrade, MD and Richard Steadman, MD Treat Johnathon Reis

Reis first operation was conducted by renowned knee specialists Richard Steadman, MD and Roberto La Prade, MD in Vail in the state of Colorado in the presence of PSV’s team doctor Tjaarda Weber.
A report on PSV’s official website reads that the American doctors have expressed their delight with the work and […]
Robert LaPrade, MD and Richard Steadman, MD Treat Johnathon Reis

Dr. Robert LaPrade selected as a Best Knee Surgeon in America

Dr. Robert Laprade was selected by Becker’s Orthopedic and Spine and  as a one of 70 Best Knee Surgeons in America based on awards he has received from major organizations in his field, leadership in those organizations, work on professional publications and positions of service at hospitals and surgery centers. The […]
Dr. Robert LaPrade selected as a Best Knee Surgeon in America
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