LifeLong Learning

LifeLong Learning a collaboration between Colgate University's Upstate Institute and the community to provide adults with ongoing education for the enrichment of their lives in a diversity of fields.

Advances in Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Date: Thursday, September 12th, 2024

• Time: 3:00 PM

• Location: Arts at The Palace, 19 Utica St., Hamilton, NY 13346

The presentation will focus on advancements in the field of joint reconstruction in orthopaedic surgery. We will discuss how robotic joint replacement surgery are the wave of the future and how this is impacting the field of orthoapedics.

Presenter: Dr. Takemoto is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii. She is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine, where she earned her MD in 2002. She completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery from NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City, where she won an award for best orthopaedic research. After that, she completed the Altman Fellowship in Orthopaedic Trauma at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. She is the first female to have performed over 100 Velys robotic assisted total knee arthroplasties in the world. She is now the director of Orthopaedic Surgery and Robotic Technology at Community Memorial Hospital.

Annual memberships are available for both individuals and families.  However, all presentations are open to non-members for a $10 fee.

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