Dr. Nazarian is a fellowship-trained, board certified orthopaedic surgeon. He completed his internship and residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center at New York Orthopaedic Hospital and then pursued fellowship training in Adult Reconstructive and Total Joint Surgery at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
He has been in practice for over 20 years and specializes in hip and knee replacement and revision hip and knee replacement. He has authored numerous publications and has presented at orthopaedic meetings both regionally and nationally.
Most importantly, Dr. Nazarian prides himself as always treating his patients as people.
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
- Internship, General Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
- Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
- Fellowship, Adult Reconstructive and Total Joint Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Titles & Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professional Associations
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Philadelphia County Medical Society
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
- Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society
- Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
Education
- Internship, General Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
- Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
- Fellowship, Adult Reconstructive and Total Joint Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Titles & Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professional Associations
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Philadelphia County Medical Society
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
- Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society
- Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
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Key Contact Information
Surgical Scheduler (Marlton): 856-821-6328
Surgical Scheduler (South Philadelphia): 267-546-2992
Medical Questions: 484-948-4164
Billing Inquiries: 267-339-3558
Educational Lecture Videos
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ORIGINAL PAPERS
1994
Nazarian DG, Montgomery MT, Grelsamer RP, Nercessian OA, Eftekhar NS: Thigh pain following cementless total hip arthroplasty—the myth of fit and fill. Annual Meeting of the AOA, Residents’ Section (Atlanta) 1994.
Nazarian DG, Napoli DC, Nercessian OA: Intra-operative pacemaker complications—causes and prevention”, 24th Annual Meeting, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, (Bermuda) 1994.
Nazarian DG, Grelsamer RP, Nercessian OA, Eftekhar NS: Thigh pain following cementless total hip arthroplasty—the myth of fit and fill.” 24th Annual Meeting, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, (Bermuda) 1994.
Nazarian DG, Mahmud F, Newton PM, Kiernan HA: The “Cyclops” lesion as a cause of extension loss following arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. 24th Annual Meeting, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, (Bermuda) 1994.
Nazarian DG, Mahmud F, Newton PM, Kiernan HA: The “Cyclops” lesion as a cause of extension loss following arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. Poster Exhibit, 24th Annual Meeting, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, (Bermuda) 1994.
Nazarian DG, Schwa FJ, Higgs G, Michelsen CB. Effects of instrumentation on lumbosacral fusion. 9th Annual Meeting, North American Spine Society, (Minnesota)
1994.
1995
Nazarian DG, Schwab FJ, Mahmud F, Michelsen CB: Effects of spinal instrumentation
on fusion of the lumbosacral spine. SPINE 15; 20(18):2023-2028, 1995.
Nazarian DG, Zahner E, Dick HM: Limb salvage for malignant tumors of the forearm, Annual Meeting of the AOA, Residents’ Section (Pittsburgh) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Michelsen CB: Management of the floating knee. Submitted to Annual Meeting of the AOA, Residents’ Section, (Pittsburgh) 1995.
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Nazarian DG, Moore JA: A cadaveric study in reconstruction of the lisfranc’s ligament complex. 62nd Annual Meeting, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
(Orlando, FL) 1995.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Nazarian DG, Schwab FJ, Higgs G, Michelsen CB: Effects of instrumentation on lumbosacral fusion, Specialty Day, 62nd Annual Meeting, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, (Orlando, FL) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Schwab FJ, Higgs G, Michelsen CB: Effects of instrumentation on lumbosacral fusion. NY/NJ Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting, (Aruba) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Schwab FJ, Higgs G, Michelsen CB: Effects of instrumentation on lumbosacral fusion. Annual Meeting of the AOA, Resident’s Section, (Pittsburgh) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Rho WA, Mahmud F, Rosenwasser MP, Dick HM: Free vascularized fibula transplantation—long term follow-up. 62nd Annual Meeting American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, (Orlando, FL) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Montgomery MT, Rosenwasser MP, Dick HM: Long-term follow up of vascularized fibular grafts for congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia. 62nd Annual Meeting, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, (Orlando, FL) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Mahmud F, Allen AA, Cannon RM, Dick HM: A preliminary report on limb preservation and tumor control in the treatment of malignant soft tissue sarcomas of the popliteal fossa. Submitted to Annual Meeting of the AOA, Residents’ Section, (Pittsburgh) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Mahmud F, Schwab FJ, Newton PM, Kiernan HA: The “Cyclops” lesion as a cause of extension loss following arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. Annual Meeting of the AOA, Residents’ Section, (Pittsburgh) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Mahmud F, Schwab FJ, Kiernan HA: The “Cyclops” lesion as a cause of extension loss following arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. Linvatec Inc. Resident and Fellow Research Award, (Pittsburgh) 1995.
Nazarian DG, Moore JA: A cadaveric study in reconstruction of the lisfranc’s ligament complex. Annual Meeting of the AOA, Residents’ Section, (Pittsburgh) 1995.
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Nazarian DG, Montgomery MT, Rosenwasser MP, Dick HM: Long-term follow-up of vascularized fibular grafts for congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia. Annual Meeting of the AOA. Residents’ Section, (Pittsburgh) 1995.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ORIGINAL PAPERS
1997
Nazarian DG, Femino FP, Sheikh B, Booth RE, Hozack WJ: Total knee arthroplasty in patients 55 years and younger, Interim Meeting of The Knee Society, New York, 1997.
1998
Nazarian DG, Femino FP, Eng K, Hozack WJ, Rothman RH: Comparison of wear rates of ceramic vs. cobalt chrome heads in total hip arthroplasty, submitted to Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, (New Orleans) 1998.
DG Nazarian, Nercessian OA, Wu H, Mahmud F: “Intraoperative pacemaker dysfunction caused by the use of electrocautery during a total hip arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 13(5): 599-602. 1998.
1999
Nazarian DG, Booth RE: Soft-tissue balancing in total knee arthroplasty”, SEMINARS IN ARTHROPLASTY, Vol. 10(4), 241-246, October 1999.
Nazarian DG, Booth RE: Extensor Mechanism Allografts in Total Knee Arthroplasty, CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH, 367:123-129, October 1999.
Nazarian DG, Lucas TS, DeLuca PF, Bartolozzi AR, Booth RE: Arthroscopic treatment of patellar clunk”, CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH, 367:226-229, October 1999.
2002
Nazarian DG, Bezwada HP, Booth RE: Haemophilus Influenza Infection Complicating a Total Knee Arthroplasty, CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH, 402:202-205, September 2002.
2003
Nazarian DG, deJesus D, McGuigan F, Booth RE: A Two-Stage Approach to Primary Knee Arthroplsaty in the Infected Arthritic Knee, THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY, 18:7 Supplement 1, 16-21, October 2003.
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EDITORIALS, REVIEWS AND CHAPTERS
Nazarian DG, Booth RE: Per prosthetic Fractures, SURGERY OF THE KNEE, (Insall
& Scott) 3rd Edition, Vol. 2:1313-1324, Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 2001.
Nazarian DG, Johanson NA: Extensor mechanism failure: treatment of patella
ligament rupture, dislocation, and fracture, MASTER TECHNIQUES IN
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY: KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, SECOND EDITION, Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, New York (in press-2002).
Nazarian DG: Revision of Per prosthetic Femur Fractures, (Editors: Giles R. Scuderi,
MD, and Alfred J. Tria, Jr., MD), Knee Arthroplasty Handbook: Techniques in Total
Knee and Revision Arthroplasty, Springer Science Business Media, Inc. (In press, 2006)
Nazarian DG: When Doing a Revision Total Knee, Do You Start Reconstructing the Femur or Tibia First? (Editor: Craig J. Della Valle, MD), Curbside Consultation in Knee Arthroplasty, Chapter 37. (In press, 2008)
Nazarian DG, Booth RE Jr., Chapter 68: “Total Knee Arthroplasty for Septic Arthritis”, The Knee-Reconstruction Replacement and Revision (Editor: Javad Parvizi, M.D., FRCS), (Section Editors: James Cashman, M.D., Nitin Goyal, M.D., Matthew Morrey, M.D., Camilo Restrepo, M.D.) Data Trace Publishing Co., Brooklandville, MD, 2013, pgs. 68-1:68-7.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Nazarian DG, Booth RE: Constrained total knee replacement, THE ADULT KNEE
(Editors: Callahan, Rosenberg, Rubash, Simonian, Wickiwicz), Chapter 80, pgs. 1177-
1183, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002.
Nazarian DG, Mehta S, Booth RE: A comparison of stemmed and unstemmed CCK
components in revision total knee arthroplasty” (Papers Presented at the Knee
Society Meeting 2002”, CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS & RELATED RESEARCH,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vol. 405 (in press-November 2002).
Nazarian DG, Booth RE: Fracture above total knee arthroplasty – femur,
SURGICALTECHNIQUES OF THE KNEE, (Editor: Gile Scuderi, M.D.) Chapter 52
(in press-2002).
Nazarian DG, Booth RE: Patellar tendon rupture – chronic”, SURGICAL
TECHNIQUES OF THE KNEE, (Editor: Gile Scuderi, M.D.) Chapter 49
(in press-2002).
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