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Alfred Atanda, MD

Orthopedics

Primary Office

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Hospital, Delaware ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Other Offices

Get to Know Me

Dr. Alfred Atanda, Jr. is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine expert; Surgical Director, Center for Sports Medicine; medical reviewer for KidsHealth.org and American Journal of Sports Medicine; and author of more than a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles, editorials, reviews and book chapters.

Why I Treat Children

I come from a big family and am the youngest of seven kids. Being around children is natural for me, and love interacting with my patients and parents. My goal is to do whatever it takes to improve the quality of life for the entire family.

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery - ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2010
  • Sports Medicine - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2011

Internship

  • General Surgery - University of Chicago Medical Center, 2005

Residency

  • Orthopedic Surgery - University of Chicago Medical Center, 2009

Medical/Dental School

  • M.D. - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards & Recognition

  • 2014 Delaware Today magazine, Top Doctors

  • Foot and Ankle Conditions
  • Fracture Management
  • Hip Conditions
  • Knee Conditions
  • Sports Medicine

Medical Interests

  • ACL injury prevention
  • Shoulder and elbow overuse injuries
  • Trauma prevention

  • Incidence of Delayed Diagnosis of Orthopaedic Injury in Pediatric Trauma Patients; Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma; (2017).

  • Arthroscopic knee anatomy in young achondroplasia patients; Journal of Children's Orthopaedics; (2017).

  • Factors Related to Increased Ulnar Collateral Ligament Thickness on Stress Sonography of the Elbow in Asymptomatic Youth and Adolescent Baseball Pitchers; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2016).

  • First-rib stress fracture in two adolescent swimmers: a case report; Journal of Sports Sciences; (2016).

  • Comparison of direct pars repair techniques of spondylolysis in pediatric and adolescent patients: Pars compression screw versus pedicle screw-rod-hook; Clinical Spine Surgery; (2016).

  • Epidemiology of Elbow Dislocations in High School Athletes; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2016).

  • Discoid meniscus associated with achondroplasia; Orthopedics; (2016).

  • Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Characterize Pediatric Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Accidents in the State of Delaware; Delaware medical journal; (2016).

  • Arthroscopic treatment of discoid lateral meniscus tears in children with achondroplasia; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2016).

  • A case series of peripheral nerve blocks in pediatrics and young adults with skeletal dysplasia; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2016).

  • Approach to the pediatric athlete with back pain: More than just the pars; Physician and Sportsmedicine; (2015).

  • Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft versus allograft in young patients; Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine; (2015).

  • Management of anterior cruciate ligament tears in skeletally immature athletes; Physician and Sportsmedicine; (2015).

  • Early anatomic changes of the ulnar collateral ligament identified by stress ultrasound of the elbow in young professional baseball pitchers; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2015).

  • The longitudinal anatomy of the long head of the biceps tendon and implications on tenodesis; Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy; (2015).

  • Outcomes for ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction: A retrospective review using the KJOC assessment score with two-year follow-up in an overhead throwing population; Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery; (2015).

  • Magnetic resonance evaluation of the knee in children and adolescents with achondroplasia; Pediatric Radiology; (2015).

  • Stress sonography of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow in professional baseball pitchers: A 10-year study; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2014).

  • The approach to elbow pain in the pediatric and adolescent throwing athlete; Physician and Sportsmedicine; (2014).

  • Outcomes after distal biceps repair in patients with workers' compensation claims; Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery; (2013).

  • A complex injury of the distal ulnar physis: a case report and brief review of the literature.; American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.); (2012).

  • Approach to the active patient with chronic anterior knee pain; Physician and Sportsmedicine; (2012).

  • Factors associated with recurrence of primary aneurysmal bone cysts: Is argon beam coagulation an effective adjuvant treatment?; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A; (2011).

  • Osteochondrosis: Common causes of pain in growing bones; American Family Physician; (2011).

  • Injuries and chronic conditions of the knee in young athletes; Pediatrics in Review; (2009).

  • Repair of a vascular injury associated with a pediatric femur fracture.; American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.); (2009).

  • Compartment syndrome of the leg after intraosseous infusion: guidelines for prevention, early detection, and treatment.; American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.); (2008).

  • Shoulder pain and mass in a 22 year-old-man; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; (2005).

  • Case report: A rare case of Ewing's sarcoma and osteosarcoma at different sites 10 years apart; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; (2005).

  • An undescribed cause of patellar tendon rupture.; American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.); (2005).

  • A matched comparison study of medical and psychiatric complications and anesthesia and analgesia requirements in methadone-maintained liver transplant recipients; Liver Transplantation; (2004).

  • Knee pain in a 12-year-old girl; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; (2004).

  • Pharmacological characterization of acute pain behavior produced by application of endothelin-1 to rat sciatic nerve; Journal of Pain; (2000).

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