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Dr. Joel Matta Biography
Anterior Hip Foundation Founder, Dr. Joel Matta is a leader in the field for treating, evaluating, diagnosing and treating complex orthopaedic hip disorders.
December 7, 2023
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Pioneering the Anterior Approach Hip Technique to Better Serve Our Global Patient Population.
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From Dr. Joel Matta – his journey to the Anterior approach hip as we know it in the US today.
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Biography
Dr. Charles DeCook Biography
Former AHF president (2021-2022 Dr. Charles DeCook is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in knee and hip replacements. He has performed over 10,000 total joint replacements and 7,000 anterior hip replacements to date.
December 7, 2023
Anterior Hip Replacement: Benefits, Recovery, and What Patients Should Know
Anterior Hip Replacement: Benefits, Recovery, and What Patients Should Know If You’re Here, You’re Probably Looking for Answers If you’ve landed on this page, chances are you—or someone you care
February 4, 2026
From Fellows to Ambassadors: The AHF Traveling Fellowship Experience
An inside look at the AHF Traveling Fellowship – how immersive OR experience, mentorship, and reflection reshape how surgeons think, lead, and practice.
January 8, 2026
The Human Factor in Precision Hip Surgery
How two surgeons have embraced the evolution from 2D to 3D, moving beyond basic X-ray templating into the intricate world of 3D pre-operative planning: with Dr. George Haidukewych and Dr. Bradford Waddell.
October 31, 2025
Around the World with the Anterior Approach
Change doesn’t come easy – especially in surgery. From the UK’s 1% adoption rate to Brazil’s decade-long fight for the right tools, surgeons at AHF 2025 revealed what it really takes to break from the old ways and bring the anterior approach to patients who need it most.
August 11, 2025
Building Smarter ASCs: AHF 2025 insights
Thinking About Outpatient Hip Replacement?
These Four Must-Watch Sessions from AHF 2025 Reveal Exactly How to Succeed in the ASC – From Femoral Fixation to Billing and Ownership Strategy.
August 4, 2025
Advancing the Anterior Approach
Advocating for the anterior approach wasn’t my first time championing an unpopular idea. In the end, you can’t “win the game” if there’s no one to play against.”
December 27, 2024
Anterior THA and the Orthopedic Table
“Designing and manufacturing a special table for a procedure that hardly any surgeons in the US performed, was a tough sell”
April 16, 2024
The Origin of the Femoral Hook for Anterior THA
“if the hook-lift device made a very difficult anterior total hip replacement possible, would it not facilitate more standard surgeries?”
March 28, 2024
Joel Matta -My First Anterior Approach Primary Total Hip
Prior to using an anterior approach for a primary hip, Dr. Matta had used the technique for a decade for selected revisions that required extensive reconstruction for acetabular bone loss.
March 7, 2024
The Evolution of Anterior Approach Hips
This Letournel acetabular fracture background taught me hip and pelvis anatomy and radiology. It also made the concept and practice of considering the relative advantages of different surgical approaches natural and logical.
March 7, 2024
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