Jeremy Burnham, MD

08/30/2025

Lauren’s journey to becoming an LSU Golden Girl is a testament to grit and heart. Growing up cheering in Tiger Stadium, she dreamed big, but a torn ACL her senior year of high school nearly derailed that vision. With fierce determination and unwavering commitment to her craft, Lauren transformed her setback into triumph, outshining 83 competitors to earn her spot among the elite 16 at tryouts. “Coming down Victory Hill as a Golden Girl was a dream come true,” she shares. Honored that our sports medicine team supported her comeback from this ACL injury - Lauren’s relentless drive made her a captain and an inspiration.

08/28/2025

Joe Patterson’s relentless drive defined his UL Lafayette Ragin’ Cajun career. Battling an Achilles injury in spring 2023, he pushed through with unwavering focus and professionalism, reclaiming his place among the elite with a record-breaking 1:47.79 800m at the NCAA East Regional.

Honored to have helped support his recovery, but Joe’s grit stole the show. He also received exceptional care and sports rehab at Evolve Physical Therapy & Sports Arthrex Evolve Physical Therapy & Sports

08/25/2025

Please join us in congratulating orthopedic surgeon Jeremy Burnham, MD, on being named one of Castle Connolly’s 2025 Top Doctors. 🎉

Castle Connolly Top Doctors represent the top 7% of practicing physicians in the United States. Honorees are peer-nominated and reviewed by a physician-led research team, recognizing excellence in clinical expertise and patient care.

Dr. Burnham is a nationally recognized orthopedic surgeon specializing in knee ligament, cartilage and meniscus injuries. As regional section head for orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at Ochsner Baton Rouge, he leads a team of 24 orthopedic providers and oversees the Ochsner Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute at Elite Training Complex. This facility offers walk-in orthopedic care, advanced surgical and rehabilitation services, cryotherapy and 3D motion analysis.

We applaud Dr. Burnham’s leadership, innovation and commitment to advancing orthopedic care in the Capital Region and beyond. 💙

Learn more about Dr. Burnham and schedule an appointment: https://www.ochsner.org/doctors/jeremy-burnham/

08/05/2025

Meet Brennan Villa, a Class of 2026 standout from St. Paul’s High School in Covington, LA, whose journey embodies the heart of sports medicine. After a challenging ACL and meniscus injury, Brennan underwent successful ACL reconstruction and meniscus surgery. With unwavering grit and determination, he turned a setback into a triumphant comeback. 🏈⚾ Now, he’s shining as an All-State and All-District wide receiver, making electrifying plays like a 94-yard touchdown catch, while also delivering clutch doubles as an outfielder in baseball. 💪

Brennan’s story, beautifully captured by Sheldon J. Lee, showcases the power of resilience and expert care in overcoming injury. As a sports medicine surgeon at Ochsner Health, there’s nothing more rewarding than seeing patients like Brennan reclaim their passion and excel. Watch his inspiring journey and see how perseverance can lead to greatness. 🙌

08/04/2025

An increasing number of sports medicine surgeons are embracing the quadriceps tendon as their "go to" ACL graft. Reported clinical outcomes are excellent, and harvesting the tendon is straightforward and reliable. However, one of the potential drawbacks is early quad muscle weakness. Although much of this can be addressed with targeted rehab strategies, other solutions are being explored.

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This surgical technique video demonstrates a novel application of Arthrex Amnion to the quad tendon harvest site. Laboratory data suggests amnion is useful in tendon healing, reinnervation, and muscle regrowth. Clinically, it has shown utility in the achilles tendon.

We have hypothesized that application of Amnion to the quad harvest site might help early quad muscle recovery after ACL reconstruction. Because there are no previous studies on this exact application, with support from American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, we are currently enrolling in a randomized clinical trial at Ochsner Health to test our hypothesis.

This video demonstrates our technique for utilizing the graft while still maintaining minimally invasive harvest incision, as well as a case vignette (from a non-trial participant - consent obtained).

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08/03/2025

My ultimate goal as a sports medicine surgeon is to help my patients return to the sport or activity they love. Almost everyone that sees me as a patient has some type of injury or musculoskeletal condition that is standing between them and their goals.

The moment they are victorious in their quest to return is what makes everything else worth it. Our entire team cheers and rejoices for them when that moment is achieved. Day after day, we witness remarkable comeback stories full of grit, determination, athleticism, and pursuit of excellence.

A few months ago, I asked to help us tell their stories. I don’t know if he had done medical videos before, but I knew of his work in athletics. And that’s the story I wanted to tell - one of movement, sport, speed, and agility. Those things are not easy to capture. As you can see from the photos, it takes tremendous effort and skill. Thank you Sheldon for approaching these videos with the same effort and commitment that these athletes have exemplified during their comebacks. I could not have imagined how effectively you would be able to convey their journeys.

Stay tuned for more amazing stories from the patients and athletes we have been fortunate to work with. We want to highlight that you can triumph over injury. For those dealing with injury, remember these temporary setbacks do not define you, and I hope you can take inspiration from some of these stories.

See more examples of triumph over injury on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/

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08/03/2025

Congratulations to the on an amazing season capped off by a championship win! Amazing to see the success that and guided this team too! Proud to provide medical care through as team physician with amazing athletic trainers such as !

08/02/2025

With football season approaching, athletic trainers led a sideline symposium for physical therapists, PAs, NPs, and physicians who will be providing sideline coverage this fall. They taught spine boarding techniques, sideline concussion management, and heat illness treatment. We are grateful for their expertise, and as a parent I am thankful we have this amazing group of athletic trainers watching over student athletes in the Baton Rouge community.

07/27/2025

Congrats to R. Carter Cassidy and Christopher Heck, MD on a phenomenal Southern Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting! I was impressed by the strong UK Ortho showing and was honored to represent Ochsner Health in the sports medicine sessions.

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07/21/2025

Our sports medicine research team had an extremely productive weekend at the . We collaborated with the Andrews team on novel ways to track patellofemoral tracking and surgical stabilization techniques.

The simVITRO KUKA robot system is amazing and allows unparalleled sports medicine knee research. Our team also spent some time brainstorming new research ideas and fine tuning our ACL return to play guidelines. Very proud of our dedicated team and grateful for the collaboration with Dr. Andrews’ team.

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07/17/2025

Great evening celebrating ’s completion of our research fellowship! Ghislain Aminake has been a welcome member of our sports medicine team and his research will help athletes in Louisiana and around the world. Ghislain and his wonderful family have traveled around the world as he gained experience in some of the best Orthopaedic centers . We are excited for the next step of his journey at but will miss him at . Thankful to have to continue on with the .

Thank you for the continued support of our Orthopaedic and sports medicine research programs and investing in medical education. Shoutout to who is the glue that keeps our research program going as well as .holmes.clark and many others!