Hi Buddy
I don't have every surgeon doing hip resurfacing on my list, just ones that I normally have statistics for. I will post a list at the end of this message.
Here is my list where you can see what other doctors might be close to you.
http://www.surfacehippy.info/listofdoctors.phpand here are the stats for some of the doctors
http://www.surfacehippy.info/doctorstatistics.phpYou can see Dr. Pritchett has done quite a few at over 450+ hip resurfacings. I am not sure if he is doing BHRs. I think he was doing hip resurfacing before the FDA approval and would be using different hip devices.
It might be well worth your while to do a little traveling to get to a very experienced surgeon. Experience is very important in hip resurfacing. It is almost as much an art as a learned skill since everything has to be placed properly at the right angles, etc. A good explanation of the importance of experience is explained in Dr. Bose's recent article about dislocations. He wrote it at my request for another person with a dislocation.
http://www.surfacehippy.info/dislocationofbhr.phpMany of us have had to travel very far for our hip resurfacings. I traveled to Belgium since I did not have health insurance. Others have traveled to Dr. Bose in India. The Belgium cost is about $17,000 , the India cost is about $10,000 to 12,000 I feel it is the best investment I ever made in my life. It was for my hip resurfacing to get my life back and get rid of pain.
Here is the list of doctors in WA:
Philip R. Downer, M.D. - BHR trained 2006
Swedish Medical Center
2409 N. 45th St.
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: (206) 633-8100
Fax: (206) 633-6107
Swedish Medical Center Website
James W. Pritchett, M.D.
Jefferson Medical Tower
1600 Jefferson Street
Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 323-1900
Fax: 206-323-6868
Pritchett Orthopedics Website
Edward Sparling, M.D.
Rebound Orthopedics
200 N.E. Mother Joseph Place
Suite G 1200
Vancouver, WA 98664
(360) 254-6161 Phone
(360) 449-1138 Fax
Rebound Orthopedics
I hope that gets you started on you jouney to get a hip resurfacing. You are very young and definitely should try to have a hip resurfacing instead of a THR.
Pat in Ohio
3/15/06 LBHR De Smet