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 the
Joint 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