Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome PFPS near Martinsville, VA

Biography: Preston Waldrop, MD, FAAOS, a board-certified and fellowship trained surgeon with LewisGale Physicians in Salem, Virginia has provided care to residents in the Roanoke Valley for more than 32 years. He grew up in Salem and returned with his family in 1991 to practice orthopedics. Dr. Waldrop's medical training began at the University of Virginia, followed by orthopedic training at Emory University in Atlanta. To further his knowledge in orthopedics, Dr. Waldrop participated in a fellowship in shoulder/sports medicine at the University of Miami. Dr. Waldrop also maintains the honor of being a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Dr. Waldrop chose to focus his practice on orthopedics because it gives him the ability to treat patients of all ages and life stages. In addition, orthopedics allows him to treat a specific problem and usually make a significant improvement in a patient's life which is very gratifying. Dr. Waldrop's major interests in orthopedics include treatment of the shoulder, knee, and hip with surgeries varying from arthroscopy to joint replacement. Dr. Waldrop has been a perennial fixture on The Roanoker magazine "Top Docs" list for more than a decade. He is consistently voted as one of the area's top orthopedic surgeons and general orthopedists by a survey of his peers and nursing staff, receiving awards in 2006, 2008, and every year from 2011 onward. Not to be outdone by his clinical excellence, the Roanoke Valley community has also honored Dr. Waldrop every year since 2012 (the first year of the survey) with Our Health magazine's Best Bedside Manner award for orthopedic care, noting physicians with whom patients tremendously value their overall experience. Outside of the office, Dr. Waldrop enjoys spending time with his wife and three grown children. He is an avid golfer and also enjoys snow skiing and sailing.

Biography: Dennis Chen, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with LewisGale Physicians in Salem, Virginia. He has a history of academic excellence, graduating with honors from the highly competitive combined undergraduate and medical degree program at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Chen subsequently completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Virginia followed by a fellowship in adult joint reconstruction surgery at the University of Florida.Dr. Chen specializes in minimally invasive, muscle-sparing hip and knee replacement surgery, including robotic total and partial knee replacement, direct anterior hip replacement, and revision hip and knee replacement. He utilizes the latest technology and techniques to tailor the surgery and implants to each patient, helping patients get back to doing the things they love as soon as possible.Dr. Chen has an extensive research background with numerous publications, book chapters, and presentations at national meetings. This includes several articles in the Journal of Arthroplasty and the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons looking at outcome optimization and other relevant issues in joint replacement surgery.When not seeing patients, Dr. Chen enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and golden retriever.

Biography: Robyn Hakanson, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in Salem, Virginia.Dr. Hakanson graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC. She completed a one-year internship and a four-year orthopedic surgery residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a one-year adult reconstruction and sports medicine fellowship at Insall Scott Kelly Institute in New York, New York.As an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Hakanson specializes in sports medicine, total joint replacements (hip, knee, and shoulder), partial knee replacement, arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery, knee ligament reconstruction, autologous chondrocyte implantation, rotator cuff repair, fracture repair, and joint injections. She is board-certified by the America Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and an active Fellow with the American Associate of Hip and Knee Surgeons.Dr. Hakanson has more than 30 years experience in sports medicine. She has provided medical care for teams including Davidson College Women's Basketball, the Charlotte Sting, the New York Knicks, the New York Liberty, the New York Yankees, University of Northern Colorado Football, and Mount Airy High School Football.Dr. Hakanson is married with three children. She and her family enjoy travel, music, theater, and food. She is also the founding surgeon of Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free joint replacement surgery in the developing world.

Biography: Dr. Brett Whitfield is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in shoulder and joint replacements. He chose orthopedics since the treatments in orthopedics allow him to keep patients participating in the physical activities and sports activities they want to do no matter their age. Keep Patients Moving! in his free time, he enjoys cycling, hiking, weight training, snowboarding, and travel.