ClaudetteLajamMDFAAOS, FAOA, FAAHKS
Orthopaedic Surgery • New York, NYHip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery
Professor of Orthopedics, NYU Langone Health, Adult Reconstructive Surgeon, Chief Orthopedic Safety Officer, HRO Master Trainer, Director of Quality, Adult Reconstruction. NYU Langone Health. Chair, AAOS Board Of Councilors Chair, AAOS Advocacy Resources Committee Vice Chair for Outreach, AAOS Political Action Committee
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Office
333 East 38th Street
4th Floor
New York, NY 10016Phone+1 646-501-7300- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill Hospital AFellowship, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics, 2004 - 2005
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1999 - 2004
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2004 - 2025
MN State Medical License 2000 - 2005- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Quality and Safety Award NYU Langon Health, 2016
- Patient’s Choice Award 2010-2016
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Post Market Study of the 3DKnee™ With E-plus Insert Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends of Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty from 2013 to 2022 - An Analysis from an Urban Orthopaedic Hospital.Itay Ashkenazi, Kyle W Lawrence, Mitchell Kaplan, Armin Arshi, Joshua C Rozell, Ran Schwarzkopf, Claudette M Lajam> ;The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2024 Apr 11
- Factors affecting operating room scheduling accuracy for primary and revision total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective study.Casey Cardillo, Jonathan L Katzman, Erel Ben-Ari, Patrick Connolly, Joshua C Rozell, Ran Schwarzkopf, Claudette Lajam> ;Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 2024 Apr 5
- Increased patient body mass index is associated with increased surgeon physiologic stress during total hip arthroplasty.Itay Ashkenazi, Kyle W Lawrence, Ittai Shichman, Claudette M Lajam, Ran Schwarzkopf, Joshua C Rozell> ;Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 2024 Mar 18
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Authored Content
- We Need a Seat at the Table or We Will Lose the Link to Our PatientsFebruary 2019
Press Mentions
NYU Langone Orthopedic Surgeons Present Latest Clinical Findings and Research at AAOS 2022March 22nd, 2022- If Patients Knew: Surgeon Stewardship Versus Balance Sheet Bureaucracy in Orthopaedic SurgeryOctober 21st, 2021
- COVID-Postponed Joint Replacements Are Costing U.S. Health Systems Around $2 Billion MonthlyAugust 6th, 2020
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Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
NYU Langone Orthopedic HospitalNew York, New York- NYU Langone HospitalsNew York, New York
Long Island Jewish Valley StreamValley Stream, New York
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