Welcome to the Texas Hip and Knee Center Fellowship

Dr. Robert Schmidt

Welcome to the Texas Hip and Knee Center, Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction Fellowship Program

A Message from the Program Founder/Chairman

The Texas Hip and Knee Center, founded in 1989, is an eight-man subspecialty orthopedic group specializing in hip and knee replacement surgery, revision hip and knee replacement surgery, and the surgical and nonsurgical treatment of associated hip and knee arthritic conditions. Along with ten Physician Assistants, the Orthopedic Surgeons at Texas Hip and Knee Center see over 30,000 patient visits per year and perform over 3,000 primary and revision knee and hip arthroplasties per year at the Texas Health Clearfork Hospital and the Texas Health Joint replacement Surgery Center.

The fellowship is ideally suited for an individual wishing to further refine and mature their clinical diagnostic skills, surgical judgement, and surgical skillset. The Fellowship features a strong emphasis on teaching surgical technique and participation in the operating room. The practice is not associated with an MD residency program, so the orthopedic Fellow is provided a wide variety of experience in a private practice setting.

With eight Fellowship-trained subspecialty orthopedic surgeons serving as mentors, the orthopedic Fellow will be exposed to a wide variety of surgical approaches including anterior approach, modified anterior approach, direct lateral approach, and the mini posterior approach, cemented and cementless knee fixation, Medial Pivot knee arthroplasty, unicompartimental arthroplasty procedures, and the use of the MAKO and ROSA robot systems. The Texas Health Clearfork Hospital facility serves as a subspecialty orthopedic hospital, limited primarily to joint replacement surgery and spine surgery. It also serves as a regional referral center for patients with periprosthetic fractures and infections, which constitutes a significant percentage of the surgical practice.

One of the advantages of a multi-partner subspecialty practice is that differing surgical philosophies, surgical biases, and approaches are presented to the Fellow over the course of the training year, allowing him or her to evaluate options and select among a variety of techniques to address complex surgical problems.

Robert H. Schmidt, MD

Program Founder/Chairman