WolfgangFitzMD
Orthopaedic Surgery • Boston, MAAssistant Professor in Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Office
75 Francis Street
Brigham And Womens Hospital Dept Of Orthopedic Surgery
Boston, MA 02115Phone+1 617-732-9501- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1998 - 2000
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Faculty of MedicineClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Most Compassionate Doctor American Registry
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
- Gabapentin Regimens and Their Effects on Opioid Consumption Start of enrollment: 2018 May 15
- Can Simplified and More Detailed Instructions Affect Post-Operative Narcotic Consumption Start of enrollment: 2022 Jun 06
- Is There an Alternative to Immediate Home Physical Therapy Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Start of enrollment: 2019 Apr 04
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Who Are the Anatomic Outliers Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty? A Computed Tomography (CT)-Based Analysis of the Hip-Knee-Ankle Axis Across 1,352 Preoperative CTs Us...Joshua J Woo, Faizaan R Vidhani, Yibin B Zhang, Reena J Olsen, Danyal H Nawabi, Wolfgang Fitz, Antonia Chen, Richard Iorio, Prem N Ramkumar> ;The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2024 Mar 26
- High rates of vitamin D insufficiency among patients presenting for total knee arthroplasty.Christina Liu, Thany Seyok, Stephen Moye, Lansing Sugita, Ehab Eltouny, Christopher Carrera, Prabhavi Denagamage, Julia Charles, Wolfgang Fitz, Antonia F Chen, Brandon...> ;Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2024 Feb 27
- A Total Knee Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization Program Managed by an Advanced Practice Provider (Physician Assistant) Decreases Complications and Cost: A Pilot St...Adam S Olsen, Nancy M Giunta, Matthew P Jamison, Antonia F Chen, Wolfgang Fitz, Richard Iorio> ;The Journal of Arthroplasty. 2023 Jun 1
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Journal Articles
- The implications of mechanical alignment on soft tissue balancing in total knee arthroplastyDonald W Hohman, Scott R Nodzo, Matthew Phillips, and Wofgang Fitz, Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy, 9/13/2014
- Current fit of medial and lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplastyWolfgang Fitz, Robin Bliss, and Elena Losina, Acta orthopaedica Belgica, 4/2013
- Does a modified gap-balancing technique result in medial-pivot knee kinematics in cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty? A pilot studyWolfgang Fitz, Sonal Sodha, William Reichmann, and Tom Minas, Clin Orthop Relat Res, 1/2012
Press Mentions
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Uses Multidisciplinary Approach to Fight Opioid EpidemicMarch 20th, 2020
Is There an Alternative to Immediate Home Physical Therapy Following Total Knee ArthroplastyApril 4th, 2019
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Press ReleasesOctober 15th, 2009- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Other Languages
- German
Hospital Affiliations
Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Industry Relationships
- Consultant, ConformisDisclosure: Equity, Stocks and stock options for intellectual property2004 - Present
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