Orthopedic surgeon Daniel O’Connor, M.D., a joint replacement and adult reconstruction specialist, is joining Colorado-based ValleyOrtho. ValleyOrtho is part of Valley View, an independent, not-for-profit health system based in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Daniel O’Connor Joins ValleyOrtho
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Dr. O’Connor will treat patients from a number of locations including the following: Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, Eagle HealthCare in Eagle, Silt HealthCare in Silt, Willits HealthCare in Basalt, and ValleyOrtho Aspen in Aspen. The ValleyOrtho team that he is joining specializes in, per the press release, knee, hip, shoulder, sports medicine, joint replacement and revisions, hand, wrist, and elbow.
OTW spoke with Dr. O’Connor about joining the ValleyOrtho team. “It is an honor to join the ValleyOrtho team and work alongside such a talented and respected group of surgeons and medical professionals. Everyone has already been so welcoming,” he said.
“I look forward to working with patients, meeting the people of the Roaring Fork Valley community, and exemplifying ValleyOrtho’s mission to offer innovative, quality-focused, comprehensive musculoskeletal care. I am excited to partner with patients to get them back to their favorite activities and back to the life they enjoy as quickly as possible.”
Dr. O’Connor has “extensive experience in robotic assisted total hip and total knee arthroplasty, muscle-sparing anterior and posterior approach total hip arthroplasty, revision hip and knee arthroplasty, extensor mechanism reconstruction, local rotation flap coverage, and mega prosthesis reconstruction.” He is also skilled in the “orthopedic treatment of fractures, knee and shoulder arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, infection management, and arthritis management.”
Dr. O’Connor is a graduate of the University of California Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, California. His training includes a fellowship in joint reconstruction from the University of Chicago.
Dr. O’Connor enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and engaging in community service. Some of his favorite activities, according to the press release, include fly fishing, hiking, skiing, reading, and team sports. His appreciation of the outdoors is evident in his career path leading to medicine. Before attending medical school, he worked as a volunteer wildland firefighter.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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