A complex and serious knee injury could have sidelined Addison’s athletic career, but with advanced surgical care from Dr. LaPrade, including ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair, and LET, she began the path back to the game she loves.
Dr. Robin Radcliffe is a wildlife veterinarian, specializing in rhinoceroses. His current research focus includes infectious disease investigations for Indonesia’s highly endangered rhinos as well as ground-breaking work airlifting rhinos that earned his team an Ig Nobel Prize. With his work through Cornell University, he travels the globe, often traversing rough terrain […]
I am a 66-year-old athlete and have been active in multiple sports my whole life. I still compete in rigorous, endurance Mountain Bike Cycling events. Dr. LaPrade repaired a “complete tear of my posterior meniscal root” in August of 2021. I am happy […]
Matt Peters was a typical teenager — before a complex knee injury took him away from the typical activities a vibrant 15-year old partakes in. Prior to meeting Dr. LaPrade and going through countless doctor’s visits and surgeries, Matt could easily […]
The words “traumatic” and “positive” generally are not associated within the same sentence. That is, unless the one speaking is Anne Furgal.
After suffering from a massive knee injury in 2010, Anne underwent surgery at the hands of Dr. Robert LaPrade, orthopedic complex knee surgeon with The […]
Aaron days before his knee injuries.
September 15th, 2017 was day that forever changed the life and trajectory of Aaron Holdridge. He was playing his first home football game as a senior linebacker in high school. As he jumped to block a pass from the […]
Patient Joanne Lefrak created this remarkable Thank You video honoring Dr. LaPrade’s commitment to keeping people active and improving the quality of care in orthopedics and sports medicine.
“As a professional executive overseeing the operations of renewable energy contracts, I was working long hours,” said Jason Smith. “Every Monday morning, I commuted three hours to our company headquarters where I lived in corporate housing and remained on site until the end of the […]
As a planetary scientist, Dan Durda has always had a fascination with the natural wonders of planet Earth. Dan has traveled all around the world exploring and learning about the planet we call home. Through these adventures, Dan has never been physically restricted until an unexpected fall on April 16, 2016.
Dan’s fieldwork at Meteor Crater […]
“I would tell other patients suffering a serious knee injury ‘Don’t give up,’” said patient Bridget Holt. For 20 years Bridget did not give up on finding a treatment for […]
