Education:

• Fellowship- Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in Boston
• Residency- Orthopaedic Surgery
• Louisiana State University, New Orleans

Board Certification:

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Professional Affiliations:

• Arthroscopy Association of North America
  
• American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
  
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
  
• Louisiana Medical Society
  
• Lafourche Parish Medical Society
  
• Louisiana Orthopaedic Association (Executive Board)
  
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Experience:

• Ellender P, Bruggers J, Sirmon K. Comparison of Surgical Site Infection Rates in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients between a Dedicated Trauma Hospital and a Community University Hospital.
  Ellender P, Gomoll A, Minas, T. Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation for Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee. Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine: 18,2; 2008: 89-96.
  Ellender P, Minas T. Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in the Hip. A case report and technique. Currently in publication for Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine.
  Ellender P, Harder A, Higgins LD, Sanosky B. Sports Medicine: Clinical Spectrum of Injury. Textbook chapter, currently in publication in Rheumatology, 5th edition.
  “OCD Lesions of the Knee” presented at Harvard Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Conference, March 16th, 2009.
  “The Spectrum of Posterior Shoulder Instability” presented at Harvard Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Conference, January 12th, 2009.
  “The Diagnosis and Treatment of Patellofemoral Instability” presented at Harvard Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Conference, October 20th, 2008.
  “Comparison of Surgical Site Infection Rates in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients between a Dedicated Trauma Hospital and a Community University Hospital”. Presented at the Louisiana Orthopaedic Society, April 25th, 2008.

Phone: (337) 907-6780

Fax: (337) 907-6482