Dr. Hartford received his M.D. degree
from Dartmouth Medical School in 1989 after graduating from
Princeton University. He completed a general surgery
residency at Harvard-New England Deaconess Hospital in
Boston and an orthopedic surgery residency at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. He also
completed a fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery at
Stanford University Medical Center.
Dr. Hartford served for six years as assistant professor in
the Division of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of
Kentucky College of Medicine and was residency director for
orthopedic surgery at the University of Kentucky Chandler
Medical Center in Lexington. He also was chief of Orthopedic
Surgery at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in
Lexington. In those roles, he gained substantial experience
with hip and knee replacements, including many complicated
cases. Dr. Hartford has also published and lectured
extensively on joint replacement and other topics in
orthopedic surgery.
Dr. Hartford joined PAMF in 2002 and is board certified in
orthopedic surgery.
Hip Resurfacing Experience and Training
PAMF orthopedic surgeons, Drs. Hartford and Lannin, perform
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) and together have more than
30 years of experience in joint replacement surgery. In
2006, Dr. Hartford received training on the BHR procedure in
Canada, and Dr. Lannin trained in England with Dr. Derek
McMinn, developer of the BHR surgery prosthesis. In
addition, both doctors have completed advanced fellowship
training in joint replacement surgery and work together to
provide patients with the most comprehensive care possible.
To date, only a limited number of surgeons have been trained
in this specialized procedure.
Doctors Hartford and Lannin were approached by the
manufacturers to receive BHR training because they are
fellowship-trained surgeons who have performed hip
replacement and resurfacing surgeries for several years.
They perform the hip resurfacing surgeries at PAMF together,
and this has two main benefits: patients undergo surgery
with two highly trained physicians, and the physicians are
able to collaborate and provide their surgical expertise as
a team.
