Robert F. LaPrade

Robert F. LaPrade
Nationality American
Education

University of Oslo, (PhD);

University of Illinois at Chicago, (MD)

Medical career

Profession Orthopedic surgeon
Field Knee surgeon
Institutions The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado
Specialism posterolateral knee injuries
Notable prizes 2013 OREF Clinical Research Award

Robert F. LaPrade is a knee surgeon, practicing at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado.[1] He is a specialist in treating posterolateral knee injuries. He has received the 2013 OREF Clinical Research Award for his research in improving outcomes for these injuries, and is the author a textbook on the subject.[2][3]

Education

LaPrade attended the University of Maine in Orono, ME and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Forest engineering in 1981.[4] He completed his medical degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1987 and his medical internship at Michigan State University in 1988. LaPrade's medical residency was also completed at Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies in Kalamazoo, MI from 1989-1993. Afterwards, he completed a fellowship at the Hughston Sports Medicine Clinic in Columbus, GA. LaPrade received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oslo, in Oslo, Norway, in 2003 based on his thesis about Posterolateral Knee Injuries.

Career

LaPrade currently serves Chief Medical Research Officer at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado. He has published over 125 peer reviewed medical journal articles on diagnostic and surgical techniques for knee ligament injuries, written more than 50 book chapters, and is on the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of Sports Medicine and Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy and Traumatology (KSSTA) Journals.[1][5][6][7]

Hockey

Additionally, he writes the "Hockey Doc" section of the Let’s Play Hockey magazine, contributing articles about hockey injury prevention and treatment.[8] LaPrade has treated injured athletes in all levels of competition, including professional and Olympic athletes, and was team physician for the University of Minnesota men's ice hockey team when they won two National Championships.[9][10][11]


References

  1. 1 2 Dr. Robert LaPrade, The Steadman Clinic. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  2. ↑ , Sports Medicine Update, Newsletter of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  3. ↑ Posterolateral Knee Injuries, Thieme Publishers. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  4. ↑ LaPrade, Robert. Steadman Clinic http://orthodoc.aaos.org/robertlaprade/about.cfm. Retrieved 9 December 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Administration, Steadman Philippon Research Institute. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  6. ↑ Steadman Philippon Research Institute Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  7. ↑ 125 Outstanding Knee Surgeons, Becker's Orthopedic and Spine Review. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  8. ↑ Hockey Doc, Let's Play Hockey. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  9. ↑ , Goal.com. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
  10. ↑ Knee Injury Part II: Vail Surgery, Redline Athlete Alise Post. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  11. ↑ Robert LaPrade, NAHL News. 2012-10-05.
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