Overview
Ryan J. Nathe, MD, is a fellowship-trained joint replacement orthopedic surgeon. His practice focuses on arthritis of the hip and knee. In addition to initial joint replacements, Dr. Nathe's training includes complex revision of failed joint replacements.During his orthopedic surgery residency at UC Davis, Dr. Nathe was elected Administrative Chief Resident by his peers. He was sent by his residency program director and attendings to the Emerging Leaders Conference sponsored by the American Orthopaedic Association. Dr. Nathe has published on diverse topics in orthopedics including ankle injury repair techniques, Talus OCD lesions, multi-modal analgesia, and hand injuries in collegiate baseball players. He has also lectured on outpatient total joint arthroplasty as well as pre-operative templating techniques in total joint arthroplasty.Dr. Nathe enjoys being able to return his patients to a more active lifestyle.
Dr. Nathe is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Tendinitis, Bursitis, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Dr. Nathe has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Proliance Surgeons
Dr. Downer is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in hip preservation surgery. Dr. Downer enjoys seeing patients of all ages, but his special interest in joint preservation has led him to treat many younger patients with hip problems, such as hip dysplasia or hip impingement.One of only a few surgeons in the Pacific Northwest who performs hip arthroscopies for these issues, Dr. Downer has quickly become one of Seattle’s leading hip specialists.In addition to joint preservation, Dr. Downer treats patients with more advanced complications. He performs over 350 hip replacements per year, primarily through the tissue sparing surgery anterior approach.Dr. Downer completed his medical degree and residency at Memorial University Medical School in Canada. He went on to completed his orthopedics residency at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and fellowship in hip surgery with Dr. Reinhold Ganz in Bern, Switzerland. Continuing education is important to Dr. Downer – in his spare time, he seeks out and visits other surgeons doing similar work all over the world.Outside of medicine, Dr. Downer enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. He also likes to kite surf, wind surf and back country ski. Dr. Downer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia, Bursitis, Tendinitis, and Hip Replacement.
Christopher Boone, MD, is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in complex fracture care as well as disorders of the hip and pelvis. Dr. Boone has strong ties to the Northwest. After playing two years of collegiate basketball, he finished his undergraduate degree in Biology at Western Washington University in Bellingham. He attended medical school at the University of Washington in Seattle and then completed his orthopedic residency at Beaumont Hospital in Michigan. After residency, Dr. Boone went on to complete subspecialty training in Traumatology and Hip and Pelvic Reconstruction at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Boone has notable experience in the care of all types of fractures as well as treatment of complex hip disorders such as osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia, Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), and labral tears. He has extensive training in complex hip surgery including peri-acetabular osteotomies, hip arthroscopy and labral repair, surgical hip dislocations, and minimally invasive anterior hip replacement surgery. He is also experienced in treating difficult nonunions and malunions as well as osteomyelitis or post-operative infections. Dr. Boone has also been a productive research scientist, presenting his work at national meetings and publishing articles in national and international medical journals. Dr. Boone’s outside interests include skiing and the occasional basketball pickup game. He and his wife Carmen Betz-Boone, also a native Washingtonian and longtime member of the Washington wine community, live in Redmond and spend much of their free time playing with their two boys. Special interests: Fractures of the upper extremity and lower extremity as well as fractures of the pelvis and acetabulum, non-unions, mal-unions, and bone infections, as well as disorders of the hip including femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), dysplasia, labral pathology, and treatment of hip arthritis with the minimally invasive anterior approach. Dr. Boone is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia. His top areas of expertise are Osteoarthritis, Coccydynia, Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia, Hip Replacement, and Knee Replacement.
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Todd Blumberg is an Orthopedics specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Blumberg is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia. His top areas of expertise are Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia, Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD), Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis, Amniotic Band Syndrome, and Osteotomy. Dr. Blumberg is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- OsteoarthritisDr. Nathe isDistinguished. Learn about Osteoarthritis.
- Advanced
- Baker CystDr. Nathe isAdvanced. Learn about Baker Cyst.
- BursitisDr. Nathe isAdvanced. Learn about Bursitis.
- TendinitisDr. Nathe isAdvanced. Learn about Tendinitis.
- TenosynovitisDr. Nathe isAdvanced. Learn about Tenosynovitis.
- Experienced
- Achilles Tendon RuptureDr. Nathe isExperienced. Learn about Achilles Tendon Rupture.
- Beukes Familial Hip DysplasiaDr. Nathe isExperienced. Learn about Beukes Familial Hip Dysplasia.
- Caffey DiseaseDr. Nathe isExperienced. Learn about Caffey Disease.
- Calcium Pyrophosphate ArthritisDr. Nathe isExperienced. Learn about Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis.
- CoccydyniaDr. Nathe isExperienced. Learn about Coccydynia.
- Fibrodysplasia Ossificans ProgressivaDr. Nathe isExperienced. Learn about Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva.