Dr. James A. Slough MD, Orthopedist
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Dr. James A. Slough MD

Orthopedist

4/5(19)
3925 Sheridan Drive Suite 100 Amherst New York, 14226
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4/5

About

Arthroscopic/ minimally invasive surgery knee, shoulder, and hip.  Sports medicine treatment of multiple joints and musculoskeletal injuries including knees, shoulder, hip, foot and ankle, elbows, and some hand and wrist injuries.  ACL reconstruction, meniscal repair versus partial meniscectomy, rotator cuff repair, shoulder instability and labral procedures, hip arthroscopy, and total shoulder replacements.  Team physician for Buffalo Bisons AAA Baseball team.

Education and Training

University of Michigan

University of Michigan Medical School 1984

Board Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery; Sports Medicine Certificate of Added Qualification

Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS

Provider Details

Male English

Expert Publications

Data provided by the National Library of Medicine

Clinical Trials

Areas of expertise and specialization

Foot/Ankle InjuriesHipMinimally Invasive SurgeryOrthopaedic SurgerySports Medicine and Arthroscopy; Knee. Shoulder

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Local Public Speaking- Teaching/Lecturing -
  • Active, Boards of Directors in Societies -

Awards

  • Navy Achievement Medal, Operation Desert Storm February 11-25, 1991   
  • Franklin Dickson Outstanding Orthopaedic Resident Award   
  • First Place, The Children’s Mercy Hospital Resident Presentation, May 22, 1989   
  • America’s Top Orthopedists”, 2012-2013, Consumer’s Research Council of America   
  • Past President (2014-2015) - Clinical Orthopaedic Society   

Treatments

  • Torn Meniscus
  • Arthritis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Frozen Shoulder
  • Rotator Cuff Syndrome
  • Pain

Treatments

  • Shoulder, knee, hip, arthroscopic and minimally invasive, and sports medicine

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Board of Councilors AAOS, Clinical Orhopaedic Society, Arthoscopy Association of North America, American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, Catholic Medical Partners

Articles and Publications

  • Bone Peg Fixation in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee

    Slough, J.A.; Noto, A.M.; and Schmidt, T.L. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

    June 1991,Volume 267

    Poster Exhibit: Bone Peg Fixation in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee

    American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 56th Annual Meeting

    Las Vegas, Nevada February 1989

    Improving Surgical Safety: Developing a Safety Culture and Checklist Usage

    AAOS Now May 2015 Edition

What do you attribute your success to?

  • A Loving And Supportive Family, Love of the Field, Patients, Orthopaedics allows a merger of new technology, biology, physics, and application to peoples' choices to keep and improve function and mobility

Areas of research

  • Surgical safety, shoulder arthroplasty, rotator cuff repairs

Philanthropic Initiatives

  • Served 3 Years With The US Navy including Desert Shield and Desert Storm

Hobbies / Sports

  • Fishing, Skiing, Biking

Favorite professional publications

  • JBJS; Arthroscopy

Areas of research

Surgical safety, shoulder arthroplasty, rotator cuff repairs

Dr. James A. Slough MD's Practice location

3925 Sheridan Drive Suite 100 -
Amherst, New York 14226
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