AyeshaAbdeenMDFRCSC

Summary

• Dr. Ayesha Abdeen specializes in Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery and is the interim Chief of the Division of Joint Replacement Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). She is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in hip and knee replacement surgery. Dr. Abdeen is also the Director of Quality Assurance for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at BIDMC where she is dedicated to patient safety and the continual monitoring of surgical outcomes. In this role, she implements methodologies to optimize the quality of care delivered to her own patients and in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a whole. Additionally, Dr. Abdeen is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School where she instructs residents and medical students on the clinical practice of orthopaedic surgery.
  
  Clinical Expertise:
  • Total hip and knee replacement
  • Minimally invasive hip and knee replacement surgery
  • Direct Anterior Approach total hip replacement
  • Complex revision hip and knee replacement surgery
  • Partial (unicompartmental) knee replacement
  
  She commonly cares for:
  • Hip arthritis (osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis)
  • Knee arthritis (osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis)
  • Post-traumatic arthritis of the hip and knee (due to fractures or injury of the hip or knee)
  • Hip Dysplasia
  • Osteonecrosis/Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the hip or knee
  • Painful or Failed prior total hip and knee joint replacement
  • Hip Fractures
  
  Her research interests include improved clinical outcomes in total hip and knee replacement surgery. She has collaborated with the Department of Anesthesia to establish protocols to minimize pain following joint replacement surgery. Her current research investigates alternate modalities for the reduction or post-surgical pain such as regional anesthesia and techniques in complementary medicine. She serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Arthroplasty.