James W. Depuy, M.D., Curriculum Vitae

Specialty Areas

Specialty Areas: Sports-related injuries, arthroscopic shoulder and knee reconstruction, cartilage restoration of the knee, cartilage transplantation in the form of direct transfers and cloning

Board Certification

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (1991, recertified 2002, 2012)

Licensure

Connecticut, New York

 

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

Fellowship
7/1988 – 6/1989

Sports Medicine Fellowship with William W. Southmayd, M.D.
New England Baptist Hospital
Brookline, MA

Chief Resident
7/1987 – 6/1988
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Yale­-New Haven Hospital
Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

Resident
7/1986 – 7/1987

Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Yale University Medical School
New Haven, CT

Resident
7/1984 – 6/1986
Orthopedic Surgery
Yale-New Haven Hospital

Yale University Medical School
New Haven, CT

Internship
7/1983 – 6/1984

Surgical Intern
Stamford Hospital
Stamford, CT

 

education:

Medical
1983

Doctor of Medicine
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Graduate
9/78 – 1/79
Yale University Graduate School, Biology Department
  • Research Assistant for Joseph Stevens, Ph.D.
    John B. Pierce Foundation

Undergraduate
1978

BA in Zoology, Cum Laude
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH

 

HOSPITAL & SURGICAL CENTER AFFILIATIONS:

Present

Danbury Hospital
Danbury, CT

Present

Health South Surgical Center

Present

Western Connecticut Orthopedic Surgical Center (WCOSC)
Danbury, CT

 

Professional Affiliations:

 

Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Fairfield County Medical Association
Connecticut State Medical Society
Connecticut State Medical Society, Orthopedic Section
Danbury Medical Society

 

Professional Employment:

8/2017 – Present 

Private Practice, OrthoConnecticut
Danbury, Connecticut

8/1989 – 7/2017

Private Practice, Connecticut Family Orthopedics, P.C.

Danbury, Connecticut

 

Awards:

 
  • America’s Most Honored Professionals (2018-2020)
  • Vitals Patients’ Choice Award (2018)
  • Vitals Compassionate Doctor Award (2018)
  • Healthgrades Honor Roll

 

Honors:

 
  • Vitals America’s Most Honored Professionals (2018)
  • Vitals Patients’ Choice Award (2018)
  • Vitals Compassionate Doctor Award (2018)
  • Healthgrades Honor Roll
 RESEARCH:

 

Arthroscopic Glenoid Labral Shaving-Evaluation of Results, Varied Gleno-Humeral Ligament Anatomy & Its Relationship Glenoid Labrum Pathology

 Meniscal Healing in Rabbits – an MRI Evaluation, Yale­New Haven Hospital.
 

“Idiopathic Clubfoot – Early vs. Late Posterior Medial Release – A Comparison of Results,” published in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, September 1989

 

PRESENTATIONS:

June 1989

“Isolated Anterior Labral Tears: Treatment & Correlation with Labral Anatomy,” American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, Traverse City, Michigan, June 1989

During Residency
Yale University

  • Scaphoid Fractures & Sequalae
  • Degenerative Arthritis of the Wrist
  • Hypermobile Flatfoot in the Child: Perthes’ Disease – Current Concepts
  • Physeal Injury/Arrest-Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cordoma – Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Multidirectional Instability of the Shoulder
  • Grade III Tibial Fractures – Management
  • “Mock” Formal Hearing Seminar – 4/4/06
  • “Mock” Formal Hearing Seminar – 5/17/07

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