Dr. William James Hozack M.D.
Orthopedist | Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery
925 Chestnut St 5th Floor Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. William Hozack is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Hozack specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Hozack tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
B.A., Harvard University
M.D., McGill Medical School
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A prospective review of 303 cementless universal cups with emphasis on wear as the cause of failure.
- Techniques of acetabular reconstruction.
- Long-term survival of the Charnley low-friction total hip arthroplasty.
- Clinical and radiographic results with the Trilock femoral component--a wedge-fit porous ingrowth stem design.
- Clinical and roentgenographic evaluation of hydroxyapatite-coated and uncoated porous total hip arthroplasty: a preliminary report.
- Minimum 10-year results of a tapered cementless hip replacement.
- Total hip arthroplasty in patients on long-term renal dialysis.
- Late dislocations after cementless total hip arthroplasty resulting from polyethylene wear.
- Effect of femoral component offset on polyethylene wear in total hip arthroplasty.
- Complications associated with reimplantation after girdlestone arthroplasty.
- Transforming growth factor-beta-mediated chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal progenitor cells involves N-cadherin and mitogen-activated protein kinase and Wnt signaling cross-talk.
- Ultrasonic technology in revision joint arthroplasty.
- Surgical treatment of limb-length discrepancy following total hip arthroplasty.
- Isolated acetabular polyethylene exchange through the anterolateral approach.
- Total hip arthroplasty revision: a decade of change.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Back Pain
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Abnormal Gait
Fellowships
- Fellowship, Joint Replacement, Rothman Institute
Experience & Accolades
- Professor of Orthopaedic SurgeryThomas Jefferson University Medical School
- Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of ArthroplastyAssistant Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Arthroplasty
- Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Joint Replacement SurgeryWalter H. Annenberg Professor of Joint Replacement Surgery
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