John Clohisy, M.D.
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
John C. Clohisy, M.D. is the Daniel C. and Betty B. Viehmann Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University. He serves as Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Hip Service, Co-chief of the Adult Reconstruction Service, Director of the Fellowship in Joint Preservation, Resurfacing and Reconstruction, and Director of the Orthopaedic Inpatient Service.
Dr. Clohisy received both his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Northwestern University, and he completed his internship, research fellowship, and residency in orthopaedic surgery at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He then went on to pursue an adult reconstructive surgery fellowship in the Hip and knee Implant Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. He joined the Washington University School of Medicine faculty in 1998.
Dr. Clohisy has a clinical practice focused on hip reconstructive surgery. He has specific interest in comprehensive care of the hip. This encompasses hip preservation procedures as well as traditional primary and revision hip replacement surgeries. The evaluation and treatment of adolescents, young adults and athletes with hip disorders is a major component of his clinical practice. In these patients there is an emphasis on the treatment of hip impingement and hip dysplasia.