We are excited to announce that Dr. Abdul Foad is now accepting new patients at Morrison Community Hospital, 303 N. Jackson Street, in Morrison, IL. Dr. Foad is a Board-Certified and Fellowship-Trained Orthopedic Surgeon. He specializes in arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgeries; cartilage repair and transplantation; reconstructive surgery; injuries from sports activities.
His subspecialty training and clinical proficiency qualifies him to perform complex shoulder cases. Dr. Foad performs minimally-invasive, single-incision, endoscopic carpal tunnel surgeries, as well.
He received his medical degree from Penn State University and completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
He completed his Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy from Ulleval Hospital, at the International Olympic Trauma and Research Center in Oslo, Norway. There, he had the opportunity to work on Olympic and professional athletes.
While working in Oslo, Dr. Foad perfected skills that were extremely successful on athletes who suffered career-ending injuries. Using those skills, Dr. Foad performed the first knee cartilage transplant in eastern Iowa in September 2010. He has performed thousands of surgeries that have allowed athletes to live normal, pain-free lives.
Dr. Foad publishes and gives presentations at the National and International level. He recently published a simpler and less-invasive technique in shoulder surgery. His successful two-year outcome study was also recently published, in a high-level, peer-reviewed Sports Medicine journal. He continues to publish several peer-reviewed, evidence-based, research papers regarding knees and shoulders. In addition, he was an expert chapter author in a recently world-renown published textbook this year: Disorders of the Rotator Cuff and Biceps Tendon. He advocates service with science, and specializes in Sports Medicine.
“We are proud to have someone of Dr. Foad’s recognized surgical expertise join Morrison Community Hospital, as we continue to expand our specialty services,” said Pam Pfister, Chief Executive Officer. We are very fortunate to have a successful, highly skilled, Orthopedic Surgeon at our local hospital, serving patients in our community and surrounding areas. We also have a highly-skilled rehabilitation team at MCH, to assist Dr. Foad with a conditioning program to get you back to living a fulfilled, pain-free lifestyle.”
Are you ready to remedy the pain in your shoulders or knees keeps you from performing basic activities? Do you want to discuss ways to fix persistent numbness or tingling in your hands? It is time to call Dr. Foad at 815-772-5505. He provides surgical consultations in two convenient locations: Morrison Community Hospital or Center of Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, 4622 Progress Drive, Suite C, Davenport, IA.
Get more information, read testimonials, and contact Dr. Foad through his website at http://www.foadorthopaedic.com/.