Valentin Antoci MD PhD

09/15/2025

The Total Joints Division is always learning and updating information, technology, and care pathways in order to improve and optimize! Proud to be with all the faculty learning and training our fellows... Stay tuned for exciting news

07/10/2025

Appreciate the invitation and opportunity to give a talk in Shreveport with the LSU team. Dr. Patrick Massey was super supportive and the residents were really involved, had great questions, and made the experience awesome! Now flying to Fort Worth, Texas for the next talk…

05/07/2025

04/25/2025

Grateful for the opportunity to speak at the University of Alabama on infection prevention, diagnosis, and emerging strategies in complex adult reconstruction. Even more rewarding was seeing Dr. Joseph Johnson in action—always great to witness the growth and leadership of familiar faces. Appreciate the thoughtful questions and genuine interest from the audience and especially the resident physicians.

04/07/2025

Appreciate the invitation from the Newport Arts Collective to the Ostara Fine Arts Ball and the support of University Orthopedics, Inc. for this great endeavor.

03/19/2025

PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island medical facilities were designated high performing in U.S. News and World Report’s 2025 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers ranking. East Greenwich Endoscopy Center and University Orthopedics East Bay Surgery Center in East Providence earned the honor in the publication...

03/19/2025

One of 181 orthopedic centers nationwide–and only one in Rhode Island–to be ranked high-performing

11/26/2024

Excited to give a talk on periprosthetic infection in the Boston area. Reach out to Luke DiLillo if interested in attending.

Hip and Knee Surgery
Joint Arthroplasty and Trauma
Joint Preservation and Adult Reconstruction

11/17/2024

Surgical health optimization is crucial before surgery. Physical health, nutrition, mental wellbeing, and skin health will help improve your chance at success and recovery.

Health optimization before a surgical procedure can improve outcomes and provide for faster recovery. This is especially important for total hip and total kn...

11/17/2024

Another 2.83% cut by Medicare... Medicine has not been inflation adjusted over the last 25 years.... The average CMS physician reimbursement for a total knee currently is $1,267 according to AAHKS. That does not account for overhead which is over 50% and involves 90 days of care ... That is 7 dollars per day... All that leads is to physicians leaving the state, longer wait for care, and longer waits in the office as we all are trying to keep up. That also does not account for the fact that Rhode Island is in the bottom 2 states in the country for physician pay... Yet somehow we manage to rank 3rd in quality of healthcare in the country! Let your senator and representative know that it's not only the economy but also healthcare that drives the vote....

https://www.arthroplastytoday.org/cms/10.1016/j.artd.2024.101434/asset/ef413912-c668-49aa-99fa-8c5758d77811/main.assets/gr4_lrg.jpg

https://www.aahks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AAHKS-Summary-2023-Medicare-PFS-OPPS-Final-Rules.pdf

https://www.beckersspine.com/orthopedic/60976-cms-finalizes-2-83-physician-pay-cut-8-notes.html?utm_campaign=spine&utm_source=website&utm_content=most-read

11/09/2024

Standing room only… great meeting and connections with colleagues, old friends, and mentors!