Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon

My approach to hip and knee replacement

     Unlike most medical problems, arthritis makes good ol' common sense.  You do not have to be a doctor to understand it.  Arthritis results from wearing away the cartilage that protects the ends of the bones where they articulate.  The solution to this problem is simple.... the lost cartilage is replaced.... with metal and plastic.  I will show you how to read your x-rays (it's not that hard).  The surgery will be explained so it makes sense.  The more you know the less scary it will be. 

Undergraduate

Indiana University, B.S. Chemistry

Bloomington, IN

Medical School

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

Residency

Orthopedic Surgery

University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Erlanger Medical Center

Chattanooga, TN

Fellowship

Hip and Knee replacement

Ohio State University/St. Anthony Medical Center 

Columbus, OH

Specialties

Direct Anterior Hip Replacement

Oxford Partial Knee Replacement

Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement

Rapid Recovery Joint Replacement

Revision Knee & Hip Replacement

Periprosthetic Fractures

Infected Hip & Knee Replacements

Knee Arthroscopy

License

North Carolina

Ohio

Tennessee

Indiana

Publications

"Efficacy of a Combination of FCHG49 Glucosamine Hydrochloride, TRH122 Low Molecular wt Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate and Manganese ascorbate in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis."  Das, Jr. A and Hammad, TA.  Osteoarthritis Cart 2000;8:343-50.

"Efficacy of a New Class of Agents (Glucosamine Hydrochloride and Chondroitin Sulfate) in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee."  Abstract. Das, A.K., Hammad, T.A., Eitel, J.E.  J. Arthroplasty 1999;14:249.

"The Arthritis Cure" by Jason Theodosakis, M.D., published by St. Martin's Press, copyright 1997, forward by Amal Das, M.D.

"Total Ankle Arthroplasty:  A Review of Thirty-Seven Cases."  The Journal of Tennessee Medical Association.  November 1988.

Scientific Presentations

"Efficacy of a New Class of Agents (Glucosamine Hydrochloride and Chondroitin Sulfate) in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee."  Abstract.  Das, A.K., Hammad, T.A., Eitel, J.E.  Presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in Anaheim, California.  February 6, 1999.

"Efficacy of a New Class of Agents (Glucosamine Hydrochloride and Chondroitin Sulfate) in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee."  Abstract.  Das, A.K., Hammad, T.A., Eitel, J.E.  Presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Hip and Knee Surgeons in Dallas, Texas.  November 5, 1999.

"Pre-operative Planning in Complex Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty."  Das, A.K.  Presented at the meeting of the Clinical Orthopaedic Society in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.  October 4, 1996.

"Structural Bone Grafting for Large Acetabular Defeccts in Total Hip Arthroplasty."  Das, A.K., Vaughn, B.K., Lombardi, A.V., Mallory, T.H.  Presented at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.  1990.

"Hexachlorophene-induced Demyelination."  Presented International Science and Engineering Fair, San Diego, California.  May 1973. 

Medical Missions

African Medical Mission

Umtatta, South Africa