Robert J. Zehr, M.D. to Speak About Arthritis, Avoiding Surgery & Latest in Surgical Techniques & Recovery

Naples, FL, August 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Dr. Robert J. Zehr, of the Zehr Center for Orthopaedics in Naples, FL, will be giving a seminar at North Collier Hospital on August 22, 2009 at 10 a.m. (to register online visit www.zehrcenter.com/services-seminars.php). The topics of the speaking engagement include what arthritic sufferers can do to help themselves avoid having surgery; and for those whose time has come, the most advanced techniques in surgical care and recovery for arthritis in the hip and knee will be presented. Specifically, he will discuss the direct anterior approach to hip replacement and patient-customized alignment of total knee replacement. These techniques are on the cutting edge of surgical skill, which few surgeons have mastered. Dr. Zehr is currently the only orthopaedic surgeon in southwest FL currently providing these advanced techniques to his patients.

Dr. Zehr is the founder of the Zehr Center for Orthopaedics and a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon with over 20 years of orthopaedic experience in complex joint reconstruction and rehabilitation. He specializes in hip, knee and shoulder replacement surgery, complex revision joint surgery, and skeletal tumor and trauma reconstruction. Dr. Zehr’s past posts include Head of Orthopaedic Oncology for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Executive Director, Chief of Staff and Head of Orthopaedic Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida Naples. He has been recognized nationally by Castle-Connolly Medical, Ltd. as one of the top 1% treating orthopaedic surgeons in America from 2002-2009, has written extensively on skeletal reconstruction and has spoken across the U.S. and world-wide.

The Zehr Center for Orthopaedics is located at 2659 Professional Circle, Suite 1110 in Naples, Florida and can be reached online at www.zehrcenter.com or by calling (239) 596-0100.

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