Center for Total Joint Replacement

Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Welcome to the Center for Total Joint Replacement

The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) Center for Total Joint Replacement works to provide excellent, comprehensive and personal care to patients who need joint replacement surgery, from the first consultation to the last post-operative visit.

About the Center

We offer hip, knee, elbow, and shoulder replacement, as well as "revision" operations. These are procedures to replace old artificial joints that no longer work well with newer joints.

The Center for Total Joint Replacement is part of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, one of the largest and most respected multispecialty groups in California. PAMF offers state-of-the-art technology, including an electronic health record that our physicians can access from anyplace they provide care.

What's New

Knee Replacement Surgery Presentation (mp3 audio file)

BIRMINGHAM HIP* Resurfacing System
An exciting new alternative to total hip replacement is now available in the United States. And surgeons James M. Hartford, M.D., and John V. Lannin, M.D., are bringing this procedure to PAMF patients.

Lectures from Dr. Hartford

Hip and Knee Replacement Lecture,
listen to a lecture from Dr. Hartford on what you need to know before having surgery (September 2004).

Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement: Fact or Fiction?

The Surgical Solution for Arthritis of the Hip and Knee

Lectures from Dr. Lannin

Hip resurfacing,
17 minute talk (mp3)