Patrick J. Denard

Patrick J. Denard is an American orthopedic surgeon and researcher. He is the founder and director of the Oregon Shoulder Institute in Medford, Oregon and is recognized for his contributions to arthroscopic shoulder surgery and shoulder arthroplasty. He is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences at Washington State University and founder of the Oregon Shoulder Fellowship. He has written over 300 peer-reviewed publications and more than 40 book chapters on the topic and is recognized as a top 1% orthopedic surgery researcher in the United States.

Early life and education

Denard was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in The Dalles, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Puget Sound where he was named GTE Academic All-District for football. He received his medical degree from Geisel School of Medicine and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon.

Career

After his residency, Denard completed two fellowships, training in advanced shoulder arthroscopy under Stephen S. Burkhart at The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group and subsequently training in shoulder arthroplasty under Gilles Walch in Lyon, France.

Denard founded the Oregon Shoulder Institute in Medford, Oregon. He holds academic appointments as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences at Washington State University and as an Instructor at Oregon Health & Science University. He also founded the Oregon Shoulder Fellowship which holds formal recognition from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.

Denard has performed over 9,000 shoulder surgeries, focusing on minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques. He has also developed techniques in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, subscapularis repair, and the remplissage procedure for shoulder instability, and has contributed to the adoption of stemless anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty in North America. He also directs a virtual surgical fellowship program through VSURGIC, providing training to orthopedic surgeons internationally. In 2023, the National Library of Medicine's Expertscape ranked Denard seventh in the world for rotator cuff repair expertise and fourteenth in the world for shoulder replacement expertise, based on peer-reviewed research output.

Beginning in 2005, Denard's has written over 300 peer-reviewed publications and more than 40 book chapters which includes his research on topics such as rotator cuff repair, shoulder instability, shoulder arthroplasty, and arthroscopic technique. Avant-garde Health, which evaluates research output based on quantity and quality of published work, has recognized Denard among the top 1% of orthopedic surgery researchers in the United States. His research and earned him numerous awards and recognition, including the Robert H. Cofield MD Award for Best Oral Presentation and the SECEC Grammont Award at the Annual Congress of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow. Denard has advised against people doing the overhead press due to strain on the shoulders.

Select publications

References

  1. 1 2 Avant-garde Health (2025). "Orthopedic Surgery Research All-Stars: Top 1% Physicians".
  2. ↑ University of Puget Sound Athletics (2023). "Puget Sound Football Records" (PDF).
  3. ↑ Providence Health. "Patrick J. Denard, MD – physician biography".
  4. 1 2 Cole, E.; Denard, Patrick J. (2020). "Oregon Shoulder Fellowship Receives American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Recognition". Oregon Journal of Orthopaedics. IX. Oregon Health & Science University.
  5. ↑ Healthgrades. "Dr. Patrick Denard, MD – training and fellowship information".
  6. ↑ Oregon Shoulder Institute. "Patrick J. Denard, MD".
  7. ↑ Oregon Ortho. "Patrick J. Denard, MD – physician profile".
  8. ↑ VSURGIC. "Dr. Denard Virtual Fellowship".
  9. ↑ "Expert rankings in rotator cuff repair". Expertscape, National Library of Medicine. 2023.
  10. ↑ "Expert rankings in shoulder replacement arthroplasty". Expertscape, National Library of Medicine. 2023.
  11. ↑ ResearchGate. "Patrick Denard publication record".
  12. ↑ Pak, T.; et al. (2024). "Robert H. Cofield, MD, Award for Best Oral Presentation 2023: Up to 8 mm of glenoid-sided lateralization does not increase the risk of acromial or scapular spine stress fracture following reverse shoulder arthroplasty with a 135° inlay humeral component". Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 33 (6S): S1–S8. doi:10.1016/j.jse.2023.11.018.
  13. ↑ Moroder, P.; et al. (2024). "The critical role of posture adjustment for range of motion simulation in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty preoperative planning". European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow.
  14. ↑ Lloyd, Howard (February 24, 2026). "Orthopaedic surgeon explains gym exercise everyone does that is 'destroying' their body". Surrey Live.
  15. ↑ Burkhart, Stephen S.; Lo, Ian K.Y.; Brady, Paul C.; Denard, Patrick J. (2012). The Cowboy's Companion: A Trail Guide for the Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgeon. LWW. ISBN 978-1-6091-3797-7.
  16. ↑ Burkhart, Stephen S.; Brady, Paul C.; Denard, Patrick J. (2017). The Cowboy's Conundrum: Complex and Advanced Cases in Shoulder Arthroscopy. LWW. ISBN 978-1-4963-1885-5.
  17. ↑ Zuckerman, Joseph D. Shoulder Arthroplasty: Principles and Practice. Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-1-9751-5766-1.
  18. ↑ Cole, Brian J. Surgical Techniques of the Shoulder, Elbow, and Knee in Sports Medicine (3rd ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-3237-6300-4.