Background
Dr. Khanuja is an internationally known orthopaedic surgeon with over twenty years of experience in hip and knee reconstruction. For over ten years he has served as the Chief of Hip and Knee Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins University and the Chair at Johns Hopkins Bayview University. Dr. Khanuja has maintained a busy clinical practice in the Baltimore/ DC area while teaching residents, fellows, and surgeons nationally and abroad.
Philosophy
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Dr. Khanuja believes that motion is key to a healthy life, and his role is to keep people moving.
MeetDr. Khanuja
Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon
Adult Joint Reconstruction Specialist
Dr. Harpal “Paul” Khanuja’s focuses on minimally invasive joint replacement surgery include anterior hip replacement and partial knee replacements. He also has extensive experience with complicated and revision joint replacement surgery. He is one of the few to be a member of the Hip and Knee Societies.
Dr Khanuja is based in the Baltimore Washington region with patients coming from throughout the Mid-Atlantic and East Cost.
Research
Dr. Khanuja’s research focuses on clinical outcomes. He studies ways to make patients best prepared for surgery so they can have the best outcome. He identifies how to optimize a person’s health before surgery and what surgical techniques and implants can improve recovery and function. He is currently involved with studying robotics in orthopaedic surgery as well as implant characteristics.
One of my great pleasures has been doing research with young, aspiring orthopaedic surgeons and then watching them go on to having successful careers as orthopaedic surgeons.
If you are interested in doing a research fellowship with Dr. Khanuja please contact here.
Humanitarian Work
Dr. Khanuja along with his wife Maria started Operation Walk Maryland. A 501 c 3 nonprofit that provides free joint replacement surgeries and educates medical providers in poorly accessed areas around the world. Operation Walk Maryland has done over 600 surgeries in 7 countries.
To learn more, click here www.operationwalkmd.org
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“This is one of the highlights of my career. It is the opportunity for those of us that have, to share with others.”
Consulting
Dr. Khanuja has consulted and collaborates with industry on developing implants and improving surgeries. He has also collaborated with health systems on improving their delivery of care to orthopaedic patients.
