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Roch B Hontas, MD

Dr. Roch Hontas received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1984 and subsequently completed his residency and a fellowship in Sports Medicine also at Tulane in 1989. Dr. Hontas is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Tulane University. He specializes in sports medicine and practices at the Bone and Joint Clinic on the Northshore.

Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine

Specialty
Orthopaedic Surgery

Subspecialty
Sports Medicine

State Licensure
Louisiana

Education
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, US, B.A., 1980

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, US, M.D., 1984

Internship
Tulane University Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, LA, US, 1984-1985

Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery, Tulane University Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, Louisiana, US, 1985-1989

Fellowship
Sports Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, US, 1989

Clinical Interests
Sports Medicine; Arthroscopy; Total Joint Replacements

Awards

• Tulane University Athletic Hall of Fame, 1986
• Voted "One of the Top Doctors in New Orleans" as listed in the New Orleans Magazine, August 2001

Selected Publications

• Guidera, Kenneth J.; Ogden, John A.; Hontas, Roch B.: "The Use of Continuous Passive Motion in Pediatric Orthopaedics." Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 10:120-123, 1990

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing