New Exhibition on Hip Replacement Surgery
This exhibit explores the evolution of hip replacement surgery through historic implants selected from the new Keggi—Rubin Hip Implant Collection at Yale University. The displayed implants trace the trials, innovations, successes, and failures of hip replacement surgery over time, providing insight into the dynamic world of surgical history. By archiving and studying these implants, one can witness the remarkable changes that have resulted from design, engineering, biomaterials, manufacturing, and technological advances over nearly a century.
Named again as #5 in the Top 10 Orthopaedic Surgeon Influencers online by Becker’s Healthcare.
Medical Device Network ranked the top Twitter influencers in orthopedics for the first quarter of 2021 based on GlobalData’s influencer identification platform.
Dr. Lee Rubin named one of the biggest influencers in orthopaedics in Q3 2020
Research from GlobalData’s Influencer platform compiled by Medicaldevice-network.com found Dr. Lee Rubin’s Twitter profile to be one of the most influential accounts in orthopaedics. He was listed at number 4 with a GlobalData influencer score of 74.
See the article here and Dr. Rubin’s Twitter account here .
Dr. Lee Rubin Receives 2018 Best of Milford Award
MILFORD November 30, 2018 — Each year, the Milford Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community.
The 2018 Milford Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Milford Award Program and data provided by third parties. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.
After knee replacement, Jerushia came back stronger
Dr. Rubin was featured in a patient testimonial in Yale New Haven Health.
Jerushia, 65, takes the train every day from her home in New London to her teaching job at Dunbar School in Bridgeport. “I’d been having mobility problems with my right knee due to osteoarthritis and I couldn’t ignore it anymore.”
She met with Dr. Rubin, at Yale New Haven Hospital’s (YNHH) Center for Musculoskeletal Care. Dr. Rubin recommended a total knee replacement.
Within hours after the surgery, however, Jerushia was on her feet again. “I didn’t believe it when they came into my room to get me up,” she said. “I was climbing stairs the next day!” Read more.
YNHH Only Hospital in US with all Musculoskeletal Care Certifications at the Highest Levels
Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) has recently earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement and for Certification for Hip Fracture. As a result, YNHH now has the highest level certification for all the major orthopedic services including Total Hip Arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty, Hip Fracture, Spine Surgery, and Shoulder Surgery – the only such hospital in the nation. Read more.
Groundbreaking Surgeons Break Ground
Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) announced it is following up on a promise to provide better outpatient care in New Haven — this time with same-day joint procedures, and a therapy regimen most people can do from home. On Wednesday evening, hospital administrators, funders, and orthopedic surgeons, including Dr. Lee Rubin, gathered to break that news — and break ground — on an ambulatory center for musculoskeletal care at the Saint Raphael Campus. Read more
Yale New Haven Hospital Program Changes the Game for Hip Fracture Patients
Elderly patients who fall and break their fragile hips traditionally have had to wait until a surgeon is available, lying on a stretcher with their pain numbed by opioid medication. Now, however, at Yale New Haven Hospital’s Center for Musculoskeletal Care, they are cared for more quickly, with less pain and better follow-up once they leave the hospital. The center at Yale New Haven’s St. Raphael Campus is a unit dedicated to those frail patients who otherwise would have had to fit into surgeons’ already full schedules. Read more
Yale New Haven Hospital First in New England to Offer Virtual Rehab Program
Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Musculoskeletal Care is the first in the New England area to offer an in-home virtual exercise rehabilitation program to patients. The in-home virtual exercise rehabilitation assistant program does what any physical therapist would say and do. Read more