Dr. Bezwada specializes in the treatment of patients with hip and knee disorders as well as general orthopaedic ailments. He has advanced training in both the arthroscopic and open treatments of hip and knee problems. He has special expertise in the latest approaches to hip and knee surgery including the anterior approach to hip replacement. Dr. Bezwada lectures extensively both locally and nationally and is widely published in various journals including: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, and the Journal of Arthroplasty. He has authored several textbooks and is extensively involved in both clinical and basic science research.

Areas of expertise

Arthritis of the hip and knee
Revision hip and knee arthoplasty
Complex primary hip and knee replacement
Anterior approach to hip replacement
Sports injuries of the hip and knee
Fractures of the lower extremity

Awards and Honors

John N. Insall Traveling Fellowship, The Knee Society, October 2005
Ranawat Award, EOA, October 2004
Lloyd W. Taylor Award, Western Orthopaedic Association, October 2003
Drexel Orthopaedics Resident Research Day, First Place, DUCOM, May 2003
Residents’ Award Competition, Second Place, Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society, April 2003
Orthopaedics Overseas-OREF Traveling Fellowship, Lima, Peru, January 2003
Ranawat Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, October 2002
Joseph H. Boyes Award, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, October 2002.
Smith & Nephew Resident Award, Residents Paper Competition, August 2002
Total Knee Forum, Second Place Resident’s Award, December 2000
NIH Public Health Research Traineeship Award, Albany Medical College, 1991
Education

M.D., Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

B.S., Union College, Schenectady, NY
Residency/Fellowships

Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Orthopaedic Surgery,1999-2003
MCP & Hahnemann University,
Philadelphia, PA
General Surgery, 1996-1997
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
Internal Medicine, 1993-1996
Fellowships:
The Center for Joint Preservation and Reconstruction, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore,
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Joint Reconstruction Fellow, 2003-2004
The Orthopaedic Hospital at Allegheny University Hospitals-Graduate
Booth, Bartolozzi, Balderston Orthopaedics at Pennsylvania Hospital,
Penn Orthopaedics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Knee Fellow, 1998-1999
Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellow, 1997-1998
Current Academic/Administrative Appointments

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Associated Faculty of the School of Medicine Clinical Associate Orthopaedic Surgery
Attending Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital
Professional Memberships

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

Dr. Mizrachi received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and Summa Cum Laude Honors from the State University of Albany in 2001. Dr. Mizrachi was accepted early into Albany Medical College in his sophomore year of college and graduated with a medical degree in 2005. He completed his transitional year at Saint Barnabas Medical center and completed his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Kessler Institute in 2009. In 2010, he completed an advanced fellowship in Pain Management from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, which involved training in non-surgical management of all pain disorders through medical management or injections.

Dr. Mizrachi has authored several scientific articles and presented at national pain and physical medicine and rehabilitation conferences. Currently he is a member of the New Jersey Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Mizrachi is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is will be board certified in Pain Medicine this fall.

Dr. Mizrachi is on staff at Princeton Medical Center where he will perform rehabilitation medicine and orthopaedic consults. Dr. Mizrachi sees patients in offices in the following locations: Ewing, Monroe and in Princeton. Dr. Mizrachi specialty areas of interest include sports medicine, pain medicine, osteoarthritis, myofascial pain syndromes, and nerve disorders. He performs all joint/muscle/nerve injections throughout the body. He does diagnostic testing of common nerve disorders, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, with electromyography. In addition, he is specialized in spinal injections for the relief of head/neck/back/arm/leg pain when indicated.