Helping Patients with Hip & Knee Pain
Dr. Gondusky is a former Navy Commander and a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with subspecialty, fellowship training in the treatment of hip and knee conditions. He is a recognized expert in anterior approach hip replacement, partial and total knee replacement, minimally invasive surgery, and complex revision joint replacement.
Dr. Gondusky grew up in Rhode Island. He attended Villanova University on an academic scholarship, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He then received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, graduating with Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society distinction. He then completed an internship in general surgery at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Following that he was honored to serve with the 1st Marine Division, based in Camp Pendleton, CA. He led the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion medical department through their deployment to Iraq in 2004. He then completed orthopedic surgery residency at Naval Medical Center San Diego. From there he travelled to Okinawa, Japan. He served as a staff orthopedic surgeon, focusing on fracture care and sports orthopedics (arthroscopy) at the Navy’s busiest overseas hospital. He then returned to California for fellowship training at the Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine. That training focused on simple and complex hip and knee replacement, with a unique high-volume experience in anterior approach hip replacement not found at many training centers. He brought his skills to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA. There he was an active joint replacement surgeon, research award-winner, and assistant professor in surgery at the Uniformed Services University. He obtained the rank of Commander prior to leaving the Navy to begin practice at the Jordan-Young Institute. He has been recognized as a leader in orthopedic care at Sentara Leigh Hospital, serving as Department Chairman 2016-2017, and distinguished with nomination for Excellence in Patient Care 2017.
Dr. Gondusky is an American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) board-certified surgeon and an active fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS). He is an accomplished author and speaker. He has published research specific to partial and total knee replacement, and anterior approach hip replacement in his specialty’s premier journals. He is a reviewer for his specialties premier publication, Journal of Arthroplasty. He has presented at numerous national meetings, including the annual meetings of the AAOS and AAHKS. He continues to travel nationally, teaching surgeons about hip and knee replacement.