DonaldR.PolakoffMD

Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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Dr. Donald Polakoff is an orthopedic surgeon in Monroe Township, NJ and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Saint Peter's University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and has been in practice 38 years. He specializes in hip & knee reconstructive surgery and is experienced in hip and knee reconstruction, including replacement/arthroplasty.

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery, 1984 - 1985
Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics, 1984 - 1985
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1980 - 1984
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterInternship, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1979 - 1980
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1979

Faculty of the Year Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2016
Excellence Award for Leadership in Quality Improvement St. Peter's Healthcare System, 2017
5 - Star Rating Healthgrades, 2017
"Vitals Patients Choice Award" 2016
Best Doctors in America 2015-2016
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PubMed

3 citations
Late hemorrhagic pseudoseptic arthritis encountered during total knee arthroplasty due to hyaluronic acid viscosupplementation
Jeremy Korsh, William Paul Bassett, Donald R. Polakoff> ;Arthroplasty Today. 2016 Dec 1
37 citations
Tension band wiring of displaced tibial tuberosity fractures in adolescents.
Donald R. Polakoff, Robert W. Bucholz, John A. Ogden> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 1986 Aug 1
2 citations
The orthotic treatment of stable ankle fractures.
Donald R Polakoff, Stephen M Pearce, Dennis P Grogan, Wayne Z. Burkhead> ;Orthopedics. 1984 Nov 1

Abstracts/Posters

Primary Constrained Total Knee Arthroplasty in Severe Valgus Deformity
B Parcells, DR Polakoff, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2016

St. Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick NJ, Medical Director Adult Joint Reconstruction Program 2017 - Present
Society for Arthritic Joint Surgery, Executive Committee 2016 - Present
The Journal of Arthroplasty, Consulting Reviewer
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Consulting Reviewer
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Examiner, Board Certification and Recertification

Principal investigatorMulti-center study long-term safety and efficacy of a total knee implant design with advanced bearing materials WIRB protocol 20090920
Principal investigatorFDA multi-center study of intra-articular viscosupplementation for osteoarthritis of the hip UMDNJ-RWJ IRB protocol 4736
Principal investigatorFDA multi-center study of cementless total hips (porous vs HA/porous femoral component) UMDNJ-RWJ IRB protocols 0782-0783