Dr. Deirmengian specializes in performing hip and knee replacements. His specific focuses are on minimally-invasive techniques and rapid-recovery protocols, and he has received a number of national awards for clinical research.

Dr. Deirmengian specializes in the treatment of hip and knee arthritis, as well as other general orthopaedic disorders. He has advanced training in minimally-invasive hip and knee techniques in addition to the use of rapid-recovery protocols. Dr. Deirmengian is actively involved in both clinical and basic science research, giving frequent lectures at national meetings and publishing extensively in the orthopaedic literature. He has received numerous national awards for his research on joint replacement surgery.

• Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts
• Harvard Medical School, Medical Degree
• University of Pennsylvania, Orthopaedic Internship and Residency
• Rush University, Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction

Awards

• Mark Coventry Award for Basic Science Research – Knee Society
• Best Fellow Research Award – Rush University Medical Center
• DeForest Willard Award to Outstanding Chief Resident – University of Pennsylvania
• Arthroscopy Association of North America Resident Research Award
• OREF/Zimmer Career Development Award
• OREF/Bayer Pharmaceuticals Resident Research Award
• OREF Resident Research Award
• Winner of the Smith and Nephew National Research Competition
• Leonard Marmor Award in Joint Arthroplasty – University of Pennsylvania

Current Appointments

• Clinical Associate Orthopaedic Surgery
• Attending Staff, Pennsylvania Hospital
• Attending Staff, Lankenau Hospital

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society
• Philadelphia Orthopaedic Society

Selected Publications

• Minimally invasive quadriceps-sparing TKA: results of a comprehensive pathway for outpatient TKA. Berger RA, Sanders S, D'Ambrogio E, Buchheit K, Deirmengian C, Paprosky W, Della Valle CJ, Rosenberg AG. J Knee Surg. 2006 Apr;19(2):145-8.
• Perioperative protocols for minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty. Sanders S, Buchheit K, Deirmengian C, Berger RA. J Knee Surg. 2006 Apr;19(2):129-32.
• A technique for minimally invasive, quadriceps-sparing total knee arthroplasty. Berger RA, Deirmengian CA, Della Valle CJ, Paprosky WG, Jacobs JJ, Rosenberg AG. J Knee Surg. 2006 Jan;19(1):63-70.
• The Mark Coventry Award: white blood cell gene expression: a new approach toward the study and diagnosis of infection. Deirmengian C, Lonner JH, Booth RE Jr. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Nov;440:38-44.
• Open debridement of acute gram-positive infections after total knee arthroplasty. Deirmengian C, Greenbaum J, Stern J, Braffman M, Lotke PA, Booth RE Jr, Lonner JH. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 Nov;(416):129-34.