Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome PFPS near Denton, TX

Biography: Adam Breceda, MD is a board-certified, fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in orthopaedic trauma and complex fracture care. Dr. Breceda grew up in El Paso and Harlingen, Texas. During high school and college, he played competitive tennis on the Futures Tour of professional tennis prior to deciding to go to medical school. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology with high honors. Dr. Breceda completed medical school and an internship in general surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He then moved to New York City for his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. He concluded his training with an orthopaedic trauma fellowship at the University of Minnesota Regions Hospital. During his fellowship year, Dr. Breceda received extensive training in complex fracture care, including fractures of the pelvis and acetabulum (hip socket), upper and lower extremities, scapula (shoulder blade) and rib injuries, as well as management of nonunion and malunion (fractures that fail to heal or heal in poor alignment).Following fellowship, Dr. Breceda stayed on staff at Regions Hospital as an attending orthopaedic trauma surgeon and an assistant professor for the University of Minnesota. He is happy to return home and provide expert fracture care to the North Texas region.Dr. Breceda makes it a point to help his patients understand the nature of their injury or illness, as well as explore both surgical and nonsurgical treatment options. He takes into account their pre-injury function and goals for rehabilitation. In a collaborative effort, he and his patients come up with a plan for returning to their prior functional state and the life they enjoy. Dr. Breceda has written multiple book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Outside of medicine he enjoys the outdoors with running, mountain biking, golfing, and fishing.

Biography: Christopher W. Flowers, MD is a board-certified and sports medicine fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon at Texas Bone & Joint in Denton, Texas. He specializes in the treatment and prevention of sports and non-sports-related injuries to the shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, knee, and foot and ankle.A fourth-generation physician from Plano, Texas, Dr. Flowers providers sports medicine expertise as a team physician for Ryan High School, Denton High School, and other local High Schools in the surrounding Denton Area. He is also the orthopedic consultant for the University of North Texas in Denton and Texas Women's University in Denton athletes. In his free time, Dr. Flowers enjoys spending time with his family and participating in a variety of different sports. His wife is a dentist and he has two small children.

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