Hip and Knee Replacement Center of Excellence

Boulder Community Health has award-winning hip replacement and knee replacement programs that have earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval.™ The Joint Commission is the nation’s largest standards-setting body in health care. BCH’s Foothills Hospital is one of only seven hospitals in Colorado to have earned these important certifications.

Hip Surgery

Boulder Community Health is home to a wide range of board-certified orthopedic surgeons who have experience and expertise in diagnosing and treating painful hip conditions. We offer an extensive range of treatment options and surgeons who perform specific hip and knee procedures:

Mako Total Hip Replacement Surgery
In this innovative surgery, BCH surgeons use a robotic arm and computer-guided mapping software to replace the hip joint.

Brian Blackwood, MD
Austin Chen, MD

Total Hip Replacement Surgery – Anterior Approach
In the anterior (front) approach, the surgeon accesses the hip joint by making an incision at the front of the hip near the groin.

Brian Blackwood, MD
Dirk Dolbeare, MD
Lynn Voss, MD

Total Hip Replacement Surgery – Posterior Approach
In the posterior (back) approach, the surgeon reaches the hip joint by making an incision near the buttock.

Dirk Dolbeare, MD
Lorri Fulkerson, MD
Jeffrey Gagliano, MD
Stephen Paul, MD
James Rector, MD
Lynn Voss, MD
Michael Wertz, MD

Birmingham Hip Resurfacing
Hip resurfacing replaces diseased parts of the hip joint while conserving more bone than a total hip replacement.

James Rector, MD

Hip Arthroscopy
A minimally invasive surgery that repairs labral tears and cartilage damage.

Khemarin Seng, MD

Hip Preservation and Reconstruction

Austin Chen, MD
Omer Mei-Dan, MD

KNEE SURGERY

Our highly trained surgeons offer patients several treatment options for knee pain:

New! Mako Total Knee Replacement
Revolutionary Mako technology can reduce pain and shorten recovery time for knee replacement patients. Foothills Hospital is the first and only facility in Colorado to offer Mako robotic-arm assisted surgery for total knee replacement. Mako technology provides each patient with a personalized surgical plan based on their unique anatomy.

Brian Blackwood, MD

Mako Partial Knee Resurfacing
Mako partial knee resurfacing is a minimally invasive surgery that repairs only the diseased portion of the knee, saving as much of your natural knee as possible.

Brian Blackwood, MD

Total Knee Replacement
Total knee joint replacement is an “open” surgery that replaces the entire damaged portion of the thighbone and shin bone with an artificial knee joint, also known as a prosthesis or implant.

Brian Blackwood, MD
Dirk Dolbeare, MD
Lorri Fulkerson, MD
Jeffrey Gagliano, MD
David Grauer, MD
Stephen Paul, MD
James Rector, MD
Lynn Voss, MD
Michael Wertz, MD

Partial Knee Replacement
Partial knee joint replacement is an “open” surgery performed at BCH’s Foothills Hospital where only the diseased portion of a knee joint is removed and replaced with a prosthesis.

Brian Blackwood, MD
Jeffrey Gagliano, MD
James Rector, MD

Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
A minimally invasive knee surgery performed at BCH’s Foothills Hospital that repairs ligament tears and cartilage damage.

Brian Blackwood, MD
Dirk Dolbeare, MD
Lorri Fulkerson, MD
Jeffrey Gagliano, MD
Stephen Paul, MD
James Rector, MD
Khemarin Seng, MD
Lynn Voss, MD
Drigan Wieder, MD