Alfred Atanda, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Biography

Alfred Atanda Jr., MD, is the director of the Sports Medicine Program, and a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist. He serves as assistant professor of orthopedic surgery and pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Atanda is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, completed an internship and orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and fellowships in pediatric orthopedic surgery at Nemours Children’s and in sports medicine at the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University. He performs arthroscopic surgery of the knee, elbow, ankle and shoulder, as well as general orthopedic and trauma surgical procedures. His research interests are in upper extremity overuse injury prevention and general orthopedic trauma. Recently, he has developed an interest in technology and digital health innovation and routinely uses telemedicine in his sports medicine practice. He is working with several stakeholders in the organization to re-imagine the process by which pediatric orthopedic patients are triaged, navigated, evaluated and treated during the continuum of their health care experience. Provides care in Wilmington, Del., and Abington, Pa.

Fellowship

  • Sports Medicine - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2011
  • Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2010

Internship

  • General Surgery - University of Chicago Medical Center, 2005

Residency

  • Orthopedic Surgery - University of Chicago Medical Center, 2009

Medical/Dental School

  • MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Patient Reported Outcomes
  • Pediatric Orthopedics
  • Physician Well Being
  • Sports Medicine
  • Telehealth

  • Incidence of Delayed Diagnosis of Orthopaedic Injury in Pediatric Trauma Patients; Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma; (2017).

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  • Arthroscopic knee anatomy in young achondroplasia patients; Journal of Children's Orthopaedics; (2017).

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  • Factors Related to Increased Ulnar Collateral Ligament Thickness on Stress Sonography of the Elbow in Asymptomatic Youth and Adolescent Baseball Pitchers; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2016).

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  • First-rib stress fracture in two adolescent swimmers: a case report; Journal of Sports Sciences; (2016).

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  • Arthroscopic treatment of discoid lateral meniscus tears in children with achondroplasia; Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics; (2016).

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  • Epidemiology of Elbow Dislocations in High School Athletes; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2016).

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  • Discoid meniscus associated with achondroplasia; Orthopedics; (2016).

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  • Comparison of direct pars repair techniques of spondylolysis in pediatric and adolescent patients: Pars compression screw versus pedicle screw-rod-hook; Clinical Spine Surgery; (2016).

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  • A case series of peripheral nerve blocks in pediatrics and young adults with skeletal dysplasia; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2016).

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  • Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Characterize Pediatric Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Accidents in the State of Delaware; Delaware medical journal; (2016).

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  • Magnetic resonance evaluation of the knee in children and adolescents with achondroplasia; Pediatric Radiology; (2015).

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  • Approach to the pediatric athlete with back pain: More than just the pars; Physician and Sportsmedicine; (2015).

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  • Early anatomic changes of the ulnar collateral ligament identified by stress ultrasound of the elbow in young professional baseball pitchers; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2015).

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  • Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft versus allograft in young patients; Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine; (2015).

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  • The longitudinal anatomy of the long head of the biceps tendon and implications on tenodesis; Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy; (2015).

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  • Outcomes for ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction: A retrospective review using the KJOC assessment score with two-year follow-up in an overhead throwing population; Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery; (2015).

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  • Management of anterior cruciate ligament tears in skeletally immature athletes; Physician and Sportsmedicine; (2015).

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  • The approach to elbow pain in the pediatric and adolescent throwing athlete; Physician and Sportsmedicine; (2014).

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  • Stress sonography of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow in professional baseball pitchers: A 10-year study; American Journal of Sports Medicine; (2014).

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  • Outcomes after distal biceps repair in patients with workers' compensation claims; Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery; (2013).

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  • Approach to the active patient with chronic anterior knee pain; Physician and Sportsmedicine; (2012).

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  • A complex injury of the distal ulnar physis: a case report and brief review of the literature.; American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.); (2012).

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  • Osteochondrosis: Common causes of pain in growing bones; American Family Physician; (2011).

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  • Factors associated with recurrence of primary aneurysmal bone cysts: Is argon beam coagulation an effective adjuvant treatment?; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A; (2011).

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  • Injuries and chronic conditions of the knee in young athletes; Pediatrics in Review; (2009).

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  • Repair of a vascular injury associated with a pediatric femur fracture.; American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.); (2009).

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  • Compartment syndrome of the leg after intraosseous infusion: guidelines for prevention, early detection, and treatment.; American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.); (2008).

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  • Shoulder pain and mass in a 22 year-old-man; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; (2005).

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  • Case report: A rare case of Ewing's sarcoma and osteosarcoma at different sites 10 years apart; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; (2005).

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  • An undescribed cause of patellar tendon rupture.; American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.); (2005).

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  • A matched comparison study of medical and psychiatric complications and anesthesia and analgesia requirements in methadone-maintained liver transplant recipients; Liver Transplantation; (2004).

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  • Knee pain in a 12-year-old girl; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; (2004).

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  • Pharmacological characterization of acute pain behavior produced by application of endothelin-1 to rat sciatic nerve; Journal of Pain; (2000).

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