Sastry Teaches Training Program at Stryker Center

PORTSMOUTH, NH - Dr. Akhil Sastry, Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and provider at Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, was invited to teach the anterior approach to total hip arthroplasty at the Homer Stryker Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The surgical training program took place in November at the Oquendo Center in Las Vegas, NV.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, offering products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine. The Direct Anterior Approach to the Hip Surgical Training Program is a national course for surgeons across the country, with a focus on surgical skills training using various industry practices.

Sastry is one of the few surgeons in New England who specializes in Direct Anterior Hip Replacement surgery, which uses a minimally invasive, muscle-sparing approach. This will be Dr. Sastry’s second time this year teaching this course. He has given numerous presentations throughout the country as an ongoing effort to educate other physicians, and has also created a website dedicated to his study at seacoastanteriorhip.com. Dr. Sastry received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine.

Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a group of Board-Certified physicians who utilize the latest concepts in orthopaedics and sports medicine, coupled with preventive and surgical techniques.

For more information, visit atlanticorthopaedics.org, or call the Portsmouth clinic at 603-431-1121.