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As Northern Virginia's leading orthopaedic group practice, Commonwealth Orthopaedics is dedicated to providing quality care to patients with a full continuum of musculoskeletal services. To achieve this goal, not only do our physicians bring a wealth of expertise and experience to their patients but they enjoy being actively involved and supporting their communities.

Our Physicians Support their Communities

 

Commonwealth Orthopaedics' Physicians Speak at the Virginia Youth Soccer Association Convention

Commonwealth Orthopaedics' Physicians Speak at the Virginia Youth Soccer Association Convention

More than 650 people attended the Virginia Youth Soccer Association, (VYSA) annual soccer convention and awards luncheon in Crystal City. Soccer coaches, administrators, referees, parents and players gathered to see coaching demonstrations and attend lecture sessions to learn how to better serve the players and parents of our soccer community.

Sessions included topics on Board development, referee workshops, coaching and player development, and physicians from Commonwealth Orthopaedics presented information on common soccer injuries such as foot and ankle injuries, knee and ACL injuries, and concussions.

View the presentations on Concussions in Soccer and Soccer Knee Injuries.

Sports Team Physicians

As active members of their local community, many of our physicians serve as team physicians for professional, collegiate and area high school athletic teams. Many also serve as coaches, in youth athletics, as leaders in civic organizations and as volunteers for medical missions and other nonprofit causes. To see what teams that our physicians are associated with and to read more about them, choose from the menu below. For a complete listing of the area high schools and their team physicians go here.

Supporting Local Sporting Events

Commonwealth Orthopaedic physicians, Rob Dombrowski, MD, Thomas Klein, MD and Keith Lawhorn, MD provided physician coverage for this year's Virginia High School League's State Tournament held at Westfield High School.

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Education

Casting At Commonwealth Orthopaedics, employee and patient health and safety are a top priority. Our staff is required to be certified in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. We provide the most current training as often as needed. We hold annual OSHA updates to keep our staff current on safety standards as well.

Our most recent in-service was held on May 7, 2011. More than 25 orthopaedic and ortho/xray techs met at the Herndon Outpatient Surgery Center for a 3-hour in-service on casting techniques. The training was conducted by Dr. Madden and Bobbi Charlesworth, RTR, OTR of the Reston office. Dr. Madden is a founding member of Commonwealth Orthopaedics and serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of our Board of Directors. Bobbi is a member of the National Association of Orthopaedic Technologists (NAOT) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Virginia chapter of NAOT. In addition to the presentation by Dr. Madden and Bobbi, all the staff had an opportunity to apply and remove a short arm cast and observed short leg cast application.

Education 1 Our physicians are also involved with medical schools through professorships and participation in on-site physician resident training... Learn More

Education 2 Commonwealth sponsors an annual workshop for certified athletic trainers and team physicians focusing on prevention and sideline management of sports injuries... Learn More

Education 3 Dr. Keith Lawhorn demonstrates ACL surgery and the fixation devices he routinely utilizes for ACL reconstruction surgery to a visiting team of Japanese surgeons... Learn More

Serving Abroad

Serving Abroad

Dr. Sarah Pettrone (pictured far right) recently returned from a mission trip to Ethiopia, where she performed hand surgery. She is pictured here visiting patients in the hospital.