Dr. Knox Completes Three Advanced Surgical Courses

Dr. Thomas E. Knox, a Mountain Home orthopaedic surgeon, recently studied advances in shoulder surgery techniques including fractures, shoulder joint replacement, and less invasive surgery, known as arthroscopy, as well as arthroscopy of the knee. Dr. Knox earned a total of 38 credits of continuing medical education by completing three courses.

Sponsors of the courses were: College of Medicine - Mayo Clinic, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Arthroscopy Association of North America, and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.

Dr. Knox completed "Advanced Techniques in Shoulder Arthroscopy, Arthroplasty & Fractures" at the Mayo Clinic Surgical Skills Laboratory featuring a faculty of professors and leaders of orthopaedic programs in American hospitals and one in Lyon, France. Dr. Knox said this course focused on new techniques and technology recently developed for the shoulder.

A course at the Orthopaedic Learning Center, Rosemont, Ill., entitled "Management of Unstable Shoulder: Arthroscopic and Open Repairs," gave physicians an opportunity to compare different techniques for treating shoulder instability including rehabilitation and how to avoid complications. It was designed to benefit physicians treating the athletic population.

"Advanced Arthroscopy: Knee and Shoulder" dealt exclusively with techniques of arthroscopy and was held at the Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Jackson, Miss.

Dr. Knox has practiced in Mountain Home since 1983 and is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons. His practice is Knox Orthopaedics, located at 3 Medical Plaza. He is a member of the AAOS and the AANA and serves on the AANA bylaws committee through 2008. For more information, call (870) 424-3400 or 1-800-621-3218.

Knox Orthopaedics provides diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of the hand, knee, hip, and shoulder, total joint replacement, sports medicine, diagnostic radiology services, open MRI, hand and shoulder therapy.