Allen D. Boyd, Jr., M.D.

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University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 665
Rochester, New York 14642

Administrative: 585 341-0521

Appointment: 585 275-5321

Fax: 585 341-0600

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Allen D. Boyd, Jr., MD is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief of the Division of Adult Reconstruction, Total Joint Replacement at URMC. Dr. Boyd is the Director of the Evarts Total Joint Center at Highland Hospital, which is the Rochester, NY nine-county region's premiere center for joint replacement surgery and research. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University, his medical degree from the University of Tennessee and completed his Orthopaedic Residency at Case Western Reserve University. Following residency, he completed a 6-month Fellowship in Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery in Switzerland and Italy. Upon return to the USA, Dr. Boyd completed an 18-month Fellowship in Total Joint Replacement at the Brigham & Women's Hospital with Harvard University in Boston. He served as a faculty member at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. for 3 years before assuming his current position at the University of Rochester in 1993.

Specialty

Adult Reconstruction, Joint Replacement

Current Appointments

Education
MD University of Tennessee College of Medicine 1981
BA Philosophy Brown University 1976
Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Clinical Fellowship in Joint Reconstruction and Arthritis Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Clinical Administration and Follow-up in On-going Radiation Synovectomy Study for Inflammatory Arthropathies 1988 - 1989
Research Fellowship Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Development and Evaluation of a Biodegradable Ceramic Carrier System for Radiation Synovectomy 1988 - 1988
Fellowship in Reconstructive Surgery and Total Joint Replacement The Galeazzi Institute, Milan, Italy 1987 - 1988
A-O Fellowship in Trauma & Reconstructive Surgery, Basle/Chur, Switzerland 1987 - 1987
Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery Case Western Reserve University 1983 - 1987
Allen Fellow Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Associated Departments, Case Western Reserve University. Three primary projects: 1) Polymethylmethacrylate toxicity in cell culture 2) Parathyroidectomy and calcium metabolism in an animal model 3) Radiographic analysis of the pediatric hip 1982 - 1983
Internship in General Surgery Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital Veterans' Administration Hospital Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital 1981 - 1982
Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America for Knee Surgery 2009
Best Doctors in America for Hip Surgery 2009
Co-author of paper receiving the Harris Award from the Hip Society in 2003. Schwarz, E. M., A. Boyd, S. Totterman, D. Campbell, R. J. O'Keefe, and R. J. Looney. 2003. Use of Volumetric Computerized Tomography as a Primary Outcome Measure to Evaluate Drug Efficacy in the Prevention of Periprosthetic Osteolysis: A 1-Year Clinical Pilot of Etanercept vs Placebo. 2003
University of Rochester Orthopaedic Resident Teaching Award 1999
George Washington University Orthopaedic Resident Teaching Award 1992