Bones and Joints Center of Excellence

Bones and Joints Care at Jefferson

Every time you sit down, throw a ball or reach down to pick up a child, you're using your bones and joints, part of your musculoskeletal system. But what if something goes wrong? You want the best physicians and state-of-the-art technology to diagnose and treat your fracture, arthritis, scleroderma or other musculoskeletal-related illness or injury.    

Jefferson offers comprehensive services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disorders and injuries affecting your bones and joints. Many specialists at Jefferson provide these services including orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, rheumatologists, radiologists, anesthesiologists and physiatrists.

Consistently rated among the top hospitals in the nation for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Medicine by U.S.News & World Report and certified by the Joint Commission in Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, our specialized physicians take a multidisciplinary approach to heal your injuries, manage your pain and help restore your quality of life.

Leaders in the Treatment of Bones and Joints

• Rated a Top Hospital for Hands, Lupus, Orthopedics and Scleroderma by Philadelphia magazine
• We are the official team physicians of the Philadelphia Phillies, Eagles and Flyers.
• With more than 6,700 total joint replacements annually, the joint replacement team of Jefferson University Hospitals' Department of Orthopedic Surgery and the Rothman Institute is one of the busiest in the country. 
• Our physicians see 8,000 to 10,000 new patients and perform more than 2,500 shoulder and elbow procedures every year, including 300 to 350 shoulder replacements and 60 to 80 elbow replacements.
• Our orthopedic surgeons evaluate more than 35,000 sports injuries and perform 4,000+ surgeries a year for athletes of all levels, including professional, Olympic and regional high school teams.
• Our spine specialists perform more than 2,500 surgeries annually.
• Every year Jefferson physicians see more than 20,000 patients with foot and ankle problems, and we perform more than 1,500 surgeries annually.
• Since introducing the musculoskeletal oncology service line, Jefferson has provided comprehensive treatment to hundreds of patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas, and our orthopedic surgeons are often called in to perform challenging procedures such as bone and joint reconstructions after prior treatment or resection for cancerous processes.
• Jefferson is one of only a few institutions in the U.S. to be designated both a Level I Trauma Center and a Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center.