Wendell Heard MD
Sports Medicine Specialist | Sports Medicine
593 Eddy St Providence RI, 02903About
Dr. Wendell Heard is a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner in Providence, RI. As a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner, Dr. Heard is trained to assess, diagnose, prevent, and treat sports injuries in patients of all ages, and refer those patients to further services if needed. Sports Medicine Family Practitioners must complete specialized training in order to help each patient maximize function and improve quality of life.
Education and Training
Tulane University School of Medicine M.D. 2005
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
Provider Details
Treatments
- Acl Reconstruction
- Posterolateral corner (PLC) repair/reconstruction
- Medial collateral ligament (MCL) repair/reconstruction
- Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction
- Multiligament knee reconstructions
- Meniscus Repair
- Meniscus Surgery
- Meniscus transplant
- Cartilage restoration procedures (including fresh osteochondral allografts, MACI cartilage implantation)
- Realignment procedures--High tibial osteotomy, distal femoral osteotomy, tibial tubercle osteotomy
- Medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) repair/reconstruction
- Patellofemoral joint realignments
- Management of patellar dislocation (knee cap dislocation)
- Platelet Rich Plasma (prp) Injections
Professional Memberships
- Professional Member Tulane Caldwell Society
- Professional Member Louisiana Orthopaedic Association
- Professional Member Greater New Orleans Orthopaedic Society
- Professional Member American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
- Professional Member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Professional Member Research Committee for the Arthroscopy Association of North America
Fellowships
- Rush University Medical Center Sports Medicine
- Brown University Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
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