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Hip, Joint Replacement, Knee
Fellowship-trained in hip and knee reconstruction, Dr. Petrera is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in joint replacement and osteoarthritis. He is also the director of the Joint Replacement Center at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
Dr. Petrera is active in the medical community and involved in ongoing research on hip and knee replacement, including degenerative conditions affecting those joints. He is a frequent contributor of papers and lectures at conferences and universities.
Dr. Petrera received his medical degree from Albany Medical College in New York. He completed his internship in general surgery and his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Albany Medical Center Hospital, and completed his fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Adult Reconstructive Surgery.
Adult Reconstructive Surgery University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA 1992 – 1993
Orthopaedic Surgery Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY 1987 – 1992
General Surgery Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY 1986 – 1987
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY Completed 1986
B.S. Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Completed 1984
Advisory Board, Arthritis Foundation
Medical Chairman, Orthopaedic Research and Education
Foundation Joint Parade, Eastern Shore Chapter
Petrera, P., Trakru, S., Mehta, S., Steed, D., Towers, J.D., Rubash, H.E.
Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty with Retroperitoneal Approach to the Iliac Vessels
The Journal of Arthroplasty, Volume 11, Number 6, 1996
Petrera, P., Rubash, H.E.
Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty: The Acetabular Component
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Volume 3, Number 1, 1995
Petrera, P., Rubash, H.E.
Fixing the Cup, in Schafer, M.(ed) Instructional Course Lectures, XXXXIII
Taunton, MA., Rand McNally, 1994, Chapter 39, pp. 393-407
Petrera, P., Rubash, H.E.
Osteolysis of the Femur Following Total Hip Arthroplasty
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Grand Rounds Series
Accepted for publication 1994
Williamson, S.C., Roger, D.J., Petrera, P., Glockner, F.G.
Acute Gouty Arthropathy After Total Knee Arthroplasty, A case report
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 76-A: 126-128
January 1994
Carl, A., Petrera, P.
Anterior Decompression, Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation and Fusion for Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spine Fractures, VII
Proceeding of the International Congress on Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation. pp. 201-206, 1990
Magoon, A., Petrera, P.: Patellofemoral Complications after Total Knee Replacement
Magoon, A., Petrera, P.: Total Knee Replacement in the Valgus Knee
Petrera, P., Gupta, R.; C-Reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate as Infectious Indices Following Total Joint Arthroplasty. In preparation
Petrera, P., Steed, D., Crossett, L., Rubash, H.E.
Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Utilizing A Retroperitoneal Approach to the Pelvis for Intrapelvic Cement or Screws
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
New Orleans, LA, February 1994
Petrera, P., Evans, R., Crossett, L., Rubash, H.E.
Postoperative Autotransfusion after Total Joint Arthroplasty Utilizing Antibiotic Loaded Cement. Is it safe? Scientific Exhibit
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
New Orleans, LA, February 1994
Petrera, P., Steed, D., Crossett, L., Rubash, H.E.
Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Utilizing a Retroperitoneal Approach to the Pelvis for Intrapelvic Cement or Screws. Scientific Exhibit
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
New Orleans, LA, February 1994
Petrera, P., Steed, D., Crossett, L., Rubash, H.E.
Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty Utilizing a Retroperitoneal Approach to the Pelvis for Intrapelvic Cement or Screws.
Individual Orthopaedic Instruction Video
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
New Orleans, LA February 1994
Petrera, P., Rubash, H.E.
Fixing the Cup. Instructional Course Lecture
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
San Francisco, CA, February 1993
Petrera P., Gupta, R., Glockner, F., Fuchs, M.
C-Reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate as Infectious Indices Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
San Francisco, CA, February 1993
Petrera, P., Gupta, R., Fuchs, M.
C-Reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate as Infectious Indices Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
Albany Medical College, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Alumni Thesis Day, May 1992
Petrera, P., Carl, A.
Anterior Decompression, Instrumentation, and Fusion for Unstable Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spine Fractures
North American Spine Society
July 1991
Petrera, P., Carl, A.
Anterior Decompression, Instrumentation, and Fusion for Unstable Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spine Fractures
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Anaheim, CA, March 1991
Carl, A., Petrera, P.
Anterior Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation for Unstable Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Burst Fractures
The 7th International Congress on Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation
Munster, Germany, June 1990
Current Surgical Approaches to Total Hip Replacements
University of Maryland Eastern Shore third year Master of Physical Therapy students
Princess Anne, MD, April 1999
Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Medical Grand Rounds, Osteoarthritis of the knee – Medical Management and Surgical Treatment
Salisbury, MD, April 1998
Managed Care Considerations in the Diagnosis and Therapy of Degenerative disease of the Knee. Salisbury Health Group, LLC
Salisbury, MD, January 1998
Medical and Surgical Management of Hip and Knee Arthritis. Geriatric Conference sponsored by Peninsula Regional Medical Center
Ocean City, MD, December 1997
Dental Prophylaxis and Total Joint Arthroplasty
Salisbury Dental Study Club
Salisbury, MD, December 1996
Orthopaedic Injuries in General Medical Practice.
Salisbury State University Nurse Practitioners
Salisbury, MD, November 1996
Joint Replacement Therapy
Peninsula Regional Medical Center’s Surgery Scientific Session
Salisbury, MD, July 1995
Nursing Care of the Post-Operative Total Hip and Total Knee Patient
Peninsula Regional Medical Center’s Eighth Annual Medical-Surgical Nursing Update
Salisbury, MD, April 1995
Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Maryland Society of Radiologic Technologist All Day Seminar.
Ocean City, MD, March 1995
Surgical Intervention for the Arthritic Hip and Knee
Novacare Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital Orthopaedic CME Meeting
Salisbury, MD, October 1994
Radiologic Manifestations of Knee Arthritis
Maryland Society of Radiologic Technologist CME Conference
Ocean City, MD, May 1994
Surgical Reconstruction of the Arthritic Knee
Wor-Wic Community College Radiological Technologists Grand Rounds
October 1993
Infection in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Albany Medical College, Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
January 1992
Supracondylar Femur Fracture in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
February 1992
Tibial Nonunions
Albany Medical College, Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
August 1990
Osteomyelitis
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
May 1990
High Tibial Osteotomy
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital. Orthopaedic Grand Rounds
February 1990
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Award for Outstanding Clinical Research Paper by a Fellow University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Research Day
April 1993
The Clark Award for Outstanding Resident Paper
Albany Medical College
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Alumni Thesis Day
May 1992
Patellofemoral Complications after Total Knee Replacement. Magoon, A., Petrera, P.
Total Knee Replacement in the Valgus Knee. Magoon, A., Petrera
A Prospective Study of Rotational Alignment of Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Multicenter Study. Petrera, P., Crossett, L.
Ligament Tensioning as a Method of Determining Proper Rotation of Total Knee Components. Petrera, P., Crossett, L.
C-Reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate as Infectious Indices Following Total Joint Arthroplasty. Petrera, P., Gupta, R.
