WHO is the BEST KNEE surgeon (orthopaedic surgeon) in the Los Angeles?
 The latest techniques and the BEST!!

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Clarification of Question by bonbonbaker-ga on 26 Mar 2005 20:57 PST

I don't want anyone "old" near retirement.  I have been given Dr.
Brazina and Dr. Mendelbaum -- I go to Stephen Lombardo with Kerlan
Jobe -- I want more knowledge on what is the "latest" surgery and who
is performing it!!  Thanks  Most doctors specialize -- so when you go
to the Orthopedic Clinic -- one does knees - one does backs - one does
feet etc.  but not all orthopedic surgeons are great!!!

My best guess is that it's Dr Finerman at UCLA.
His credentials are very impressive. I think he
was a surgeon for a couple of famous athletes.
I know that he did a hip replacement on a colleague's
wife some fifteen years ago!
The only problem is that he's getting near retirement;
I had a total knee replacement, and he was suggested by
the people at UCLA, who also mentioned another, younger,
surgeon. Knee replacement is pretty routine, I guess, but
mine was not without a pretty lengthy recuperation time!
Good luck.  As you know, everyone says, "I wish I had had
this done a long time ago."  Actually, I'm not quite at 
that point, having put up with a football knee injury for
almost fifty years!  [Eighth grade football injury].