Areas of Expertise:
- Orthopaedic Surgery/Medicine
- Arthroscopic Surgery
- Sports Medicine
- Fracture Care
- Total Joint Replacement
- Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery
- Shoulder Surgery
- Knee Surgery
- Spine Surgery
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Trauma Care
- Pain Management
- Arthritis
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Total Joint • Spine - Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Hospitals
Commonwealth Orthopaedics' physicians practice at the following hospitals across Northern Virginia;
- Reston Hospital Center
- Inova Health System
- Inova Fairfax Hospital
- Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
- Inova Alexandria Hospital
- Inova Loudoun Hospital
- Virginia Hospital Center
The Joint Commission Accreditation
In
earning accreditation from theJoint Commission, an independent health care accreditation and certification organization,
Commonwealth Orthopaedics was
evaluated against a set of national standards by a Joint Commission survey team experienced in the delivery of state-of-the-art outpatient health care services. Achieving this elite accreditation demonstrates our commitment to provide the highest quality, safest care to our patients.
About Commonwealth Orthopaedics
Our History
1994: Commonwealth Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, P.C., was established with the merger of a four-physician group in Herndon and a four-physician group in Reston.
1996: Commonwealth merged with several physicians in Arlington and Vienna.
1997: Commonwealth merged with an orthopaedic hand surgeon and established its Annandale and Leesburg offices.
1998: Commonwealth opened its first physical therapy facility in its Arlington office.
1999: Commonwealth opened its first Joint Commission-accredited outpatient surgery center in its Herndon location, and hired its first anesthesiologist.
- Through mergers, Commonwealth established a second office in Annandale, as well as offices in Alexandria and Springfield.
- That same year, Joint Commission awarded Commonwealth a full three-year accreditation.
2000: Two Annandale offices consolidated into a new Fairfax office
2001: A second Joint Commission-accredited outpatient surgical center opened at the Fairfax location.
2002: Joint Commission again awarded Commonwealth a full three-year accreditation.
2003: Commonwealth merged with a physician practice in Burke.
2005: For the third time, Joint Commission awarded Commonwealth full accreditation.
2006: Opened second Alexandria office on Ford Ave.
- Commonwealth established its pain management program
2008: Commonwealth opened its Lansdowne office.
2009: For the fourth time, Joint Commission awarded Commonwealth full accreditation.
- Commonwealth opens its 11th office location in Fairfax on the campus of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital.
Mission Statement
Commonwealth Orthopaedics, an orthopaedic surgery group practice, provides comprehensive, high quality, cost effective care to patients with injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
We act with the best interest of our patients in mind, strive to provide the best medical care available, and treat our patients with respect, compassion, and confidentiality.
We attempt to minimize the inconveniences of treatment to our patients by providing prompt, courteous service. To this end, we offer as part of our practice, outpatient outpatient surgery and physical therapy.
We promote quality medical care in the community through participation in hospital medical staff functions, benchmarking with similar organizations and participation with local and national medical societies. We participate with the local medical educational institutions to prepare new healthcare professionals for our community.
We keep the health and well-being of our patients as our top priority.
Board of Directors
The Commonwealth Orthopaedics board of directors is responsible for oversight of the organization’s quality of patient care services, operations, finance, strategic planning and management.
Commonwealth Orthopaedics Officers
- Charles S. Lefton, MD (Chairman of the Board)
- Gordon L. Avery, MD (President)
- Mark P. Madden, MD (Secretary-Treasurer)
Board of Directors
- Gordon L. Avery, MD
- Mark Evans, MD
- Mark C. Hartley, MD
- Ben W. Kittredge, IV, MD
- Charles S. Lefton, MD
- Mark P. Madden, MD
- B. Thomas Mazahery, MD
- Tushar Ch. Patel, MD
- Bruce S. Zimmer, MD
Please direct all correspondence to board members to:
Commonwealth Orthopaedics
11240 Waples Mill Road
Suite 403
Fairfax, VA 22030
2009 Report to the Community
*NOTE: Chart statistics referenced are from 2009.
Patient Satisfaction
Our patient satisfaction is consistently high and 2009 was no exception. More than 5,500 patients were surveyed regarding their experiences at Commonwealth Orthopaedics.
- 91% rated their overall office visit as excellent or very good.
- 98% rated their overall care at our outpatient surgery centers as excellent or very good.
- 99.8% of physical therapy
patients surveyed
rated their overall
quality of care as
excellent.
Pain Management
Commonwealth Orthopaedics’ innovative Pain Management Program focuses on interventional care of chronic conditions to ease pain and help patients regain function and quality of life. More than 3,200 appointments were made for the program’s services, which include:
- Epidural steroid injections
- Facet injections
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Medial branch blocks
- Lumbar sympathetic blocks
These procedures often delay or prevent the need for surgery.
Patient Visits
In 2009, Commonwealth had 165,121 patient visits.

Total Patient Visits from 2004-2009
Both surgical and non-surgical fracture care is provided for over 6500 patients annually, representing a large portion of orthopaedic care provided by our physicians and staff.

Fracture Care

Outpatient Surgery Center Cases
4,227 cases were performed at our outpatient surgery centers in Herndon and Fairfax.

Total Number of Surgical Procedures
Our surgeons performed 13,682 procedures.

Spine Surgeries
Our surgeons performed 13,682 procedures.

Spine Care
Visits made to our physicians for spine-related problems
- All Visits: 46,751
- Pain Management Visits: 165
- Physiatry Visits: 930
Number of patients evaluated by our Physical Therapy Centers for spine-related problems: 2,200
Therapeutic injections for spine-related problems: 5,366
EMG/Nerve Conduction Studies: 127
Physical Therapy Appointments
Our seven physical therapy clinics scheduled more than 81,000 appointments.

Arthroscopies
Our surgeons performed 5,937 arthroscopic procedures.

Pediatric Care

