By Dr. Marc J. Lamb Many patients are surprised when I recommend arthroscopic wrist surgery as a treatment for their chronic wrist pain or acute injury. Even patients who have previously had arthroscopic procedures on their shoulder or knee are not aware that wrist arthroscopy can be performed. Surgical arthroscopy or a “wrist scope” has been safely performed since the 1970’s. Like many orthopedic surgeries, advances in technology for medical instruments and digital imaging have made wrist arthroscopy a much...

Bridgewater resident Martha Barrett endured knee pain for nearly 25 years. Then the former college gymnast met with Brian Vannozzi, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Princeton Medical Center’s Jim Craigie Center for Joint Replacement and a partner at Princeton Orthopaedic Associates. Together they agreed on a total knee replacement. She had had nine surgeries at other facilities over the years, but nothing had helped her regain her mobility. After the procedure Martha was ecstatic. “I have zero pain now,”...

Dr. Jon Ark has been elected Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro.  Dr Ark is now Chairman of the newly formed Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.  The Department was created when Princeton HealthCare System merged with the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Ark graduated with honors from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Biomedical and Electrical Engineering. He subsequently went to medical school at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson,...