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James R. Roberson, M.D.
The Emory Clinic
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics


Specialties
Orthopaedic Surgery (Board certified since 1984)

Area of Clinical Interest
arthritis
arthroscopic surgery
hip arthroplasty
hip replacement
hip surgery
knee arthroplasty
knee replacement
knee surgery-under 50
knee sx-over 50
orthopaedic tumors
osteoarthritis
total joint replacement


Hospital Affiliation(s)
Emory University Hospital
Emory University Hospital Midtown

Additional spoken language(s)
 Spanish

Addresses Locations

Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center
59 Executive Park South Atlanta , GA 30329 Map to the office
(404) 778-3350


Year started practicing at Emory
1982

Education
Medical School
Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX 1977

Internship
Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, GA 1978

Residency
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 1982

Fellowship
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 1983

Organizational Leadership Memberships
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery

American Medical Association

American Orthopaedic Association

American Rheumatology Association

Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

Society of Arthritic Hip and Knee Surgery

Society of Arthritic Joint Surgery



Awards
Faculty Member of the Year 1987
Emory Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Faculty Member of the Year, 1991
Emory Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Faculty Member of the Year, 1993
Emory Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Major or Recent Publications
Aggressive granulomatosis complicating a knee arthroplasty. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 45(4)310-3, 1994, .

Appearance of septic hip prosthesis on plain radiographs. AJR: American Journal of Roentgenology 163(2)377-80, 1994, .

Bipolar components for severe periacetabular bone loss around the failed total hip arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopaedic and Related Research (251)113-118, 1990h, .

Breast cancer metastatic to the foot with massive bone loss. Orthopaedic Review 19(10)877-879, 1990, .

Complications of hip arthroplasty causing periprosthetic radiolucency on plain radiographs. American Journal of Radiology 162:1387-1391, 1994, .

Hip arthroplasty: the role of plain radiographs in outpatient management. Radiology 194:73-75, 1995, .

Hip aspiration. A cost-effective and accurate method of evaluating the potentially infected hip prosthesis. Radiology 189(2)485-8, 1993, .

Impingement after total hip arthroplasty related to prosthetic component selection and range of motion. Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association 6(4)266-72, 1997, .

Two methods of stabilization for intertrochanteric hip fractures. Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association 2(1)18-23, 1993, .