
David W. Fitz, M.D.
Education & Training
- Undergraduate: Harvard College, Boston, MA
- Doctor of Medicine: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
- Internship: Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, IL
- Residency: Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, IL
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Certification
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical Interests
- Primary/Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
- Partial Knee Replacement
- Post-Traumatic Reconstruction of the Hip and Knee
- Geriatric Fracture Care
Surgeries
- Total hip replacement
- Total knee replacement
- Complex total hip and knee revision
- Primary/Revision hip and knee arthroplasty
- Minimally invasive total hip replacement (Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement)
- Minimally-invasive partial knee replacement (unicompartmental)
- Hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture
- Open reduction internal fixation (repair) of hip fractures
- Minimally invasive (quadriceps-sparing) total knee replacement
- Post-Traumatic Reconstruction of the Hip and Knee
- Hemiresurfacing arthroplasty of the hip (partial hip replacement)
Diagnosis
- Osteoarthritis (hip/knee)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (hip/knee)
- Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis of the femoral head)
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Metastatic disease of the hip/pelvis/knee
- Hip fracture
- Meniscus tears in the knee
- Hip impingement (femoroacetabular osteoplasty)
- Painful total hip or total knee
- Periprosthetic infections
- Joint infections
- Hip dislocation
- Dislocated Hip/knee
- Post traumatic arthritis
- Geriatric Fracture