Dr. Clair is a fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon with extensive training in hip and knee replacement. He specializes in total hip and knee arthroplasty, as well as complex revision surgeries of the hip and knee. He earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his orthopaedic surgical residency at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital. There, he was selected for the Clinician Scientist training tract, where he spent an extra year performing full-time orthopaedic research between his second and third years of residency training.
Dr. Clair continued his training with a fellowship in hip and knee reconstruction at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, NC. He trained with leaders in the field, participating in over 800 surgeries while there.
During his training, Dr. Clair received multiple awards for his research, including the Emil & Esther Bogen Research Award, an AAOS Game Changer Presentation distinction, and the Reicher Award for Basic Science Research.
Dr. Clair is a published physician and continues to be active in orthopaedic research. He has particular interest in hip and knee arthroplasty outcomes, infection management in total joint arthroplasty, revision arthroplasty techniques, and same day/outpatient total joint arthroplasty.
The joint replacement surgeons at Rothman Orthopaedics collectively perform over 17,000 hip and knee procedures each year in both an inpatient and outpatient capacity. They continue to lead the way in advanced technologies and procedures, providing our patients with the safest, most effective methods to get you back to what you were. Services offered include:
Hip:
Total Hip Replacement
Anterior Hip Replacement
Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
Rapid Recovery Hip Replacement
Revision Hip Replacement
Posterior Hip Replacement
Computer Assisted Hip Replacement
Robotic Hip Replacement
Outpatient Total Hip Replacement
Anterolateral Approach
Direct Lateral Approach
Knee:
Total Knee Replacement
Partial Knee Replacement
Revision Knee Replacement
Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement
Rapid Recovery Knee Replacement
Computer Assisted Knee Replacement
Robotic Knee Replacement
Quad Sparing Knee Replacement
Outpatient Total Knee Replacement
Professional Profile
Education
- Fellowship, Adult Reconstruction, OrthoCarolina, Charlotte, NC
- Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital / Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
- M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UCCOM), Cincinnati, OH
Professional Associations
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
Education
- Fellowship, Adult Reconstruction, OrthoCarolina, Charlotte, NC
- Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital / Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY
- M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UCCOM), Cincinnati, OH
Professional Associations
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
PUBLICATIONS
1. Clair AJ, Buchalter DB, Kugelman DN, Deshmuhk AJ, Aggarwal VK, Rozell JC. Dual Mobility in Total Hip Arthroplasty. Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases. 2022 Mar;80(1):4-10.
2. Lygrisse KA, Singh V, Oakley CT, Tang A, Zak SG, Clair AJ, Lajam CM. Effect of documented and undocumented psychiatric conditions on length of stay and discharge destination after total knee arthroplasty. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 2022 Mar 23. doi: 10.1007/s00402-022-04415-3. Online ahead of print
3. Behery OA, Clair AJ, Long WJ, Deshmukh AJ, Schwarzkopf R. Cementless Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: Will this be the Future? Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases. 2021 Mar;79(1):6-10.
4. Chenard KE, Clair AJ, Fisher ND, Stracher MA, Tejwani NC, Konda SR,. Traumatic Elbow Arthrotomy Cannot be Reliably Excluded with CT Scan Alone: A Case Series. Submitted to OTA International.
5. Kingery MT, Anil U, Berlinberg EJ, Clair AJ, Kenny L, Strauss EJ. Changes in the Synovial Fluid Cytokine Profile of the Knee Between an Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury and Surgical Reconstruction. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022 Feb;50(2):451-460.
6. Fisher ND, Clair AJ, Strauss EJ. The Utility of Biceps Tenodesis in the Treatment of Symptomatic Type II SLAP Lesions: A Review of Available Evidence. Accepted to Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases. Ahead of print.
7. Clair AJ, Gabor JA, Patel KS, Friedlander S, Deshmukh AJ, Schwarzkopf R. Subsidence Following Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Modular and Monolithic Components. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2020 Jun;35(6S):S299-S303.
8. Clair AJ, Kingery MT, Anil U, Kenny L, Strauss EJ. Synovial Fluid Biomarker Alternatives: Can Plasma and Urine Samples Shed Light on the Post-Traumatic Intraarticular Microenvironment? Under review at Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases.
9. Clair AJ, Mai D, Mahure S, Zuckerman JD, Virk MS. Impact of admission source on outcomes and length of stay after shoulder arthroplasty. Accepted to Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases. Ahead of print.
10. Roach RP, Clair AJ, Behery OA, Thakkar SC, Iorio R, Deshmukh AJ. Aseptic Loosening of Metaphyseal Sleeves and Cones in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Knee Surgery. 2020 Feb 19. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1701434. Online ahead of print.
11. Clair AJ, Cizmic Z, Vigdorchik JM, Poultsides LA, Schwarzkopf R, Rathod PA, Deshmukh AJ. Nonmodular Stems Are a Viable Alternative to Modular Stems in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2019 Jul;34(7S):S292-S296.
12. Clair AJ, Kingery MT, Anil U, Kenny L, Kirsch T, Strauss EJ. Alterations in Synovial Fluid Biomarker Levels in Knees With Meniscal Injury as Compared With Asymptomatic Contralateral Knees. American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2019 Mar;47(4):847-856.
13. Bahadır T, Werner J, Clair AJ, Walker PS. Guidelines for Instrumentation for Total Knee Replacement Based on Frontal Plane Radiographs. Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases. 2018;76(4):238-45
14. Inneh I, Clair AJ, Slover J, Iorio R. Disparities in Discharge Destination after Lower Extremity Joint Arthroplasty: Analysis of 7,924 Patients in an Urban Setting. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2016 Dec;31(12):2700-2704.
15. Clair AJ, Evangelista P, Lajam C, Slover J, Bosco J, Iorio R. Cost Analysis of Total Joint Arthroplasty Readmissions in a Bundled Payment Care Initiative. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2016 Feb 24. Pii: S0883-5403(16)00172-8.
16. Healy WL, Iorio R, Clair AJ, Pelligrini VD, Della Valle CJ, Berend KR. Complications of Total Hip Arthroplasty: Standardized List, Definitions, and Stratification Developed by the Hip Society. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2016 Feb;474(2):357-64.
17. Iorio R, Clair AJ, Slover J, Bosco J, Zuckerman J. Early Results of CMS Bundled Payment Initiative for a 90-day Total Joint Replacement Episode of Care. Journal of Arthroplasty. 2016 Feb;31(2):343-50.
18. Clair AJ, Inneh I, Iorio R, Berend K, Della Valle C, Healy W, Pelligrini V. Can Administrative Data Be Used to Analyze Complications Following Total Joint Arthroplasty? Journal of Arthroplasty. 2015 Sep;30(9 Suppl):17-20.
19. Liao M, Xu J, Clair AJ, Ehrman B, Graham LM, Eagleton MJ. Local and Systemic Alterations in Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) Associated with Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Journal of Surgical Research. 2012;176(1):321-328
