ClaudetteLajamMDFAAOS, FAOA, FAAHKS
Orthopaedic Surgery • New York, NYHip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery
Professor of Orthopedics, NYU Langone Health, Adult Reconstructive Surgeon, Chief Orthopedic Safety Officer, HRO Master Trainer, Director of Quality, Adult Reconstruction. NYU Langone Health. Chair, AAOS Board Of Councilors Chair, AAOS Advocacy Resources Committee Vice Chair for Outreach, AAOS Political Action Committee
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Office
333 East 38th Street
4th Floor
New York, NY 10016Phone+1 646-501-7300
Education & Training
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill Hospital AFellowship, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics, 2004 - 2005
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1999 - 2004
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2004 - 2025
MN State Medical License 2000 - 2005- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Quality and Safety Award NYU Langon Health, 2016
- Patient’s Choice Award 2010-2016
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Post Market Study of the 3DKnee™ With E-plus Insert Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The Financial Burden of Patient Comorbidities on Total Knee Arthroplasty Procedures: A Matched Cohort Analysis of Patients Who Have a High and Non-High Comorbidity Bur...Jonathan L Katzman, Jeremiah Thomas, Itay Ashkenazi, Claudette M Lajam, Joshua C Rozell
The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2024-12-01 - Are Patients' Relationships to Their Primary Contacts Associated With Postoperative Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty?Casey Cardillo, Jonathan L Katzman, Kyle W Lawrence, Akram A Habibi, Ran Schwarzkopf
The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2024-11-23 - Perioperative Demographic and Laboratory Characteristics of Failed Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention: Can We Determine Which Patients Will Fail?Itay Ashkenazi, Jeremiah Thomas, Akram Habibi, Theodor Di Pauli von Treuheim, Claudette M Lajam
The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2024-11-01
Authored Content
- We Need a Seat at the Table or We Will Lose the Link to Our PatientsFebruary 2019
Press Mentions
NYU Langone Orthopedic Surgeons Present Latest Clinical Findings and Research at AAOS 2022March 22nd, 2022- If Patients Knew: Surgeon Stewardship Versus Balance Sheet Bureaucracy in Orthopaedic SurgeryOctober 21st, 2021
- Pandemic Hampers Reopening of Joint Replacement Gold MineAugust 10th, 2020
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Other Languages
- Spanish
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