Jeff Headrick M.D. is a Board Certified
Orthopedic Surgeon. He is fellowship trained
in adult hip and knee replacement surgery as
well as the latest techniques for the young
arthritic patient. He also has extensive
experience in shoulder, hip, and knee
arthroscopy, ACL Reconstruction, and other
Sports Medicine techniques.
Dr. Headrick, a native of
Sweetwater, Texas, joined The Center for
Orthopedic Surgery in Lubbock, Texas after
serving twenty years in the U.S. Navy. He
graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a
B.S. in Ocean Engineering. He was a nuclear
engineer officer in the submarine service
for five years. After graduation from Texas
Tech Medical School, he completed internship
at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, CA
and the Phoenix Orthopedic Residency Program
in Phoenix, AZ. He served as an orthopedic
surgeon with the US Marines at Camp Lejeune,
NC and overseas at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam.
Dr. Headrick completed
advanced studies in Reconstructive Joint
Replacement Surgery as an Otto E. Aufranc
Fellow at the highly acclaimed New England
Baptist Hospital in Boston, MA. He utilizes
the latest technology with regard to
surgical technique and implants. He uses the
Sigma Rotating Platform as well as fixed
bearing total knee arthroplasties and
alternative bearing surfaces such as metal
on metal total hip arthroplasties. The year
long fellowship included state of the art
early intervention techniques for arthritis
in association with Harvard Medical School
and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, also in
Boston, MA. These include Autologous
Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI, Carticel),
osteotomies, and minimally invasive
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty. Prior to
arrival in Lubbock, Dr. Headrick was
assigned to the Adult Joint Reconstructive
Service at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth,
VA where he was well known for his high
level of competence and compassion for his
patients who enjoyed excellent outcomes.
Education
B.S. in Ocean
Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy 1979
Pre-med studies,
Texas Tech University 1986
M.D., Texas Tech
Medical School 1990
Transitional
Internship, Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA
1990-1991
Phoenix Orthopedic
Residency Program, Phoenix, AZ 1991-1996
Fellowship in Adult
Joint Reconstruction and Biologic Resurfacing
Arthroplasty, New
England Baptist Hospital and Brigham and
Women’s Hospital,
Boston, MA 2000-2001
Professional
Experience
1979-1984 Nuclear
Engineer, U.S. Naval Submarine Service
1996-1998 Orthopedic Surgeon,
Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune,
Camp Lejeune, NC.
Primarily Sports Medicine practice.
1998-2000 Orthopedic Surgeon,
U.S. Naval Hospital Guam,
Agana, Guam.
General Orthopedic practice.
2001-present Orthopedic Surgeon, Naval Medical Center
Portsmouth,
Portsmouth, VA. Joint Reconstruction and Sports
Medicine
Licensure
and Specialty Certification
Current unrestricted
state license: Texas
Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery
by ABOS 16 July 1998
Professional
Societies
Society of Military
Orthopedic Surgeons
Conferences
and Presentations
1992 Western Orthopedic
Association Meeting, Monterey, CA,
presented paper
entitled “Cellular Reaction to Smaller Sized Bone
Cement Particles” with B. Ragsdale, R. Karpman.
1993 Society of Military
Orthopedic Surgeons Meeting, Bethesda,
MD, poster presentation entitled “Cellular Reaction to Smaller Sized
Bone Cement Particles” with B. Ragsdale, R. Karpman.
1994 Western Orthopedic
Association Meeting, Long Beach, CA,
presented paper entitled “Cellular Reaction to Various Small Sized
Particles Using the Subcutaneous Rat Air Pouch Model” with R.
Karpman.
1994 Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons Meeting, Hilton Head,
SC, presented paper entitled “Cellular Reaction to Various Small
Sized Particles Using Subcutaneous Rat Air Pouch Model” with R.
Karpman.
1995 Orthopedic Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, presented paper entitled “Comparison
of Subtalar Arthrodesis and Lateral Column Lengthening for
Symptomatic Pes Planus” with R. Haynes.
1995 Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons Meeting,
Vail, CO,
poster presentation
entitled “Comparison of Subtalar Arthrodesis
and Lateral Column
Lengthening for Symptomatic Pes Planus”
with R. Haynes.
1996 Orthopedic Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Meeting, Boston, MA, presented
paper entitled “Navajo Familial
Neurogenic Arthropathy” with S.
Stein, R. Haynes.
1999 American Academy of
Orthopedic Surgeons Summer Institute
1999 Society of Military
Orthopedic Surgeons Meeting, Williamsburg,
VA, presented paper entitled
“Navajo Familial Neurogenic
Arthropathy” with S. Stein, R.
Haynes
2001 Grand Rounds, New England
Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA,
Current Concepts in
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.
2004 Society of Military
Orthopedic Surgeons Meeting, Honolulu, HI,
paper presentation entitled
“The Orthopedic Experience Aboard
USNS Comfort During Operation
Iraqi Freedom”.
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