December 7, 2016
West Columbia, S.C. – Lexington Medical Center is pleased to welcome Adam M. Lazzarini, MD, FAAOS, to its network of care. Dr. Lazzarini will practice at Southeastern Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice on the hospital campus in West Columbia.
With more than 10 years of orthopaedic surgery experience, Dr. Lazzarini specializes in using the most advanced surgical techniques to perform complex primary and revision total joint replacement surgery. He is an expert in hip arthroscopy, including management of labral tears, tendon injuries and impingement.
Dr. Lazzarini is also board certified and an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Fellow with additional certifications in advanced cardiac and trauma life support, computer navigation of the hip and knee during total joint replacement surgery and anterior total hip replacement.
He most recently served as an orthopaedic surgeon at University Orthopaedics in New York, New York, treating fractures and joint injuries at a Level I and three Level II trauma centers.
A graduate of the University of California, Davis with a bachelor’s degree in physiology, Dr. Lazzarini earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla. He then completed a surgical internship at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, and an orthopaedic surgery residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, New York, where he also served as chief resident. After completing this training, Dr. Lazzarini completed an adult reconstruction and hip arthroscopy fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, New York.
Southeastern Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine at Lexington Medical Center provides comprehensive orthopaedic care and services, including arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee and ankle; total shoulder, elbow and knee replacement; partial knee replacement; and ACL reconstruction.
Dr. Lazzarini is accepting new patients. For more information, visit SEOrthopaedic.com
Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and more than 70 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs more than 25,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.
