AOS Surgeons Performing Minimal Incision, Anterior Approach Total Hip Replacement Procedure Doctors at Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists are now performing hip replacement surgery utilizing the minimal incision, anterior approach. This muscle sparing method allows for muscles associated with hip movement to be retracted instead of being cut, as in [...]

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. announced a recall of their ASR Hip Replacement System. A small number of patients with this hip implant have experienced problems that require evaluation and potentially further treatment. If you received the DePuy implant please call 757-321-3300 and asked to speak with your physician's secretary. You my [...]

Physician Assistant from Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists Joins Medical Relief Team Enroute to Haiti Paul Versage, a physician assistant at Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, has joined with nineteen other medical professionals who recently teamed up for a relief mission bound to earthquake torn Haiti. The effort organized by Norfolk based [...]

On January 1, 2010, Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists welcomed Drs. Sheldon L. Cohn, Erin A. Jerlin, Eric S. Neff, Robert S. Neff, Lawrence M. Shall and Paul D. Warren to the group. The expansion brings together the surgeons of Orthopaedic Associates of Virginia, LTD and Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, as well as [...]

J. Abbott Byrd, III, M.D., a spinal surgeon with Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Scoliosis Research Society for 2010. Since completing his Spine Surgery fellowship at the prestigious Twin Cities Scoliosis Center in Minneapolis, Dr. Byrd has dedicated over 21 years of [...]

Drs. J. Abbott Byrd, III and Chad R. Manke to take part in "Bones, Moans & Groans: Women and their Joints" panel discussion on Wednesday September 30, 2009 Drs. J. Abbott Byrd, III (Spine Surgeon) and Chad R. Manke (Hand/Upper Extremity Surgeon) with Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, will be [...]