Alfred Atanda, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Fellowship

  • Sports Medicine - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2011
  • Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2010

Internship

  • General Surgery - University of Chicago Medical Center, 2005

Residency

  • Orthopedic Surgery - University of Chicago Medical Center, 2009

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Orthopedics

  • Imerci, A., McDonald, T. C., Rogers, K. J., Thacker, M. M., & Atanda, A., Jr. (2022). Outcomes of medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction and tibial tubercle osteotomy in syndromic adolescents with patellar dislocation. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 25. doi:10.1016/j.jcot.2022.101770

  • D'Cruz, R. J., MacDonald, L.-Q., Zisa, N., Zomorrodi, A., Murren-Boezem, J., Atanda, A., & Berman, L. (2021). Institution-initiated text messaging can reduce unplanned emergency department visits after appendectomy. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 56(1), 37-42. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.09.046

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  • Podolnick, J. D., Donovan, D. S., & Atanda, A. W. (2017). Incidence of Delayed Diagnosis of Orthopaedic Injury in Pediatric Trauma Patients. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 31(9), e281-e287. doi:10.1097/BOT.0000000000000878

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  • del Pilar Duque Orozco, M., Record, N. C., Rogers, K. J., Bober, M. B., Mackenzie, W. G., & Atanda, A., Jr. (2017). Arthroscopic knee anatomy in young achondroplasia patients. Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 11(3), 169-174. doi:10.1302/1863-2548.11.160168

  • Atanda, A., Averill, L. W., Wallace, M., Niiler, T. A., Nazarian, L. N., & Ciccotti, M. G. (2016). Factors Related to Increased Ulnar Collateral Ligament Thickness on Stress Sonography of the Elbow in Asymptomatic Youth and Adolescent Baseball Pitchers. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 44(12), 3179-3187. doi:10.1177/0363546516661010

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  • Low, S., Kern, M., & Atanda, A. (2016). First-rib stress fracture in two adolescent swimmers: a case report. Journal of Sports Sciences, 34(13), 1266-1270. doi:10.1080/02640414.2015.1108452

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  • Hoernschemeyer, D. G., Atanda, A., Jr, Dean-Davis, E., & Gupta, S. K. (2016). Discoid meniscus associated with achondroplasia. Orthopedics, 39(3), e498-e503. doi:10.3928/01477447-20160427-06

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  • Eiszner, J. R., Atanda, A., Jr, Rangavajjula, A., & Theroux, M. (2016). A case series of peripheral nerve blocks in pediatrics and young adults with skeletal dysplasia. Paediatric Anaesthesia, 26(5), 553-556. doi:10.1111/pan.12875

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  • Atanda, A., Jr, Wallace, M., Bober, M. B., & Mackenzie, W. (2016). Arthroscopic treatment of discoid lateral meniscus tears in children with achondroplasia. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 36(5), e55-e58. doi:10.1097/BPO.0000000000000622

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  • Dizdarevic, I., Low, S., Currie, D. W., Comstock, R. D., Hammoud, S., & Atanda, A. (2016). Epidemiology of Elbow Dislocations in High School Athletes. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 44(1), 202-208. doi:10.1177/0363546515610527

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  • Karatas, A. F., Dede, O., Atanda, A. A., Holmes, L., Jr, Rogers, K., Gabos, P., & Shah, S. A. (2016). Comparison of direct pars repair techniques of spondylolysis in pediatric and adolescent patients: Pars compression screw versus pedicle screw-rod-hook. Clinical Spine Surgery, 29(7), 272-280. doi:10.1097/bsd.0b013e318277cb7d

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  • Atanda, A., Buckley, P. S., Hammoud, S., Cohen, S. B., Nazarian, L. N., & Ciccotti, M. G. (2015). Early anatomic changes of the ulnar collateral ligament identified by stress ultrasound of the elbow in young professional baseball pitchers. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 43(12), 2943-2949. doi:10.1177/0363546515605042

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  • Akyol, Y., Averill, L. W., Atanda, A., Kecskemethy, H. H., Bober, M. B., & Mackenzie, W. G. (2015). Magnetic resonance evaluation of the knee in children and adolescents with achondroplasia. Pediatric Radiology, 45(6), 888-895. doi:10.1007/s00247-014-3228-1

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  • O'Brien, D. F., O'Hagan, T., Stewart, R., Atanda, A. W., Jr, Hammoud, S., Cohen, S. B., & Ciccotti, M. G. (2015). Outcomes for ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction: A retrospective review using the KJOC assessment score with two-year follow-up in an overhead throwing population. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 24(6), 934-940. doi:10.1016/j.jse.2015.01.020

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  • Hussain, W. M., Reddy, D., Atanda, A., Jones, M., Schickendantz, M., & Terry, M. A. (2015). The longitudinal anatomy of the long head of the biceps tendon and implications on tenodesis. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 23(5), 1518-1523. doi:10.1007/s00167-014-2909-5

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  • Ludwig, M., & Atanda, A., Jr. (2015). Management of anterior cruciate ligament tears in skeletally immature athletes. Physician and Sportsmedicine, 43(4), 440-447. doi:10.1080/00913847.2015.1084213

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  • Dizdarevic, I., Bishop, M., Sgromolo, N., Hammoud, S., & Atanda, A., Jr. (2015). Approach to the pediatric athlete with back pain: More than just the pars. Physician and Sportsmedicine, 43(4), 421-431. doi:10.1080/00913847.2015.1093668

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