Richard L. Worland, M.D., F.A.C.S.
The Joint Replacement Center
Dr. Worland, an associate clinical professor at the Medical College of Virgina, specializes in the treatment, reconstruction, and total replacement of damaged knee and shoulder joints. A founding member of the America Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of the North American Arthroscopy Association, he has been in private practice in Richmond for over twenty years. Since late 1986, together with his partner, Dr. Douglas E. Jessup, he has performed over 4,000 total joint replacement surgeries. Dr. Worland is the surgeon designer of the Bi-Angular total shoulder system, the Bipolar shoulder replacement system, and the AGC Revision Total Knee replacement system, all of which are used worldwide (as well as numerous surgical instruments).
Dr. Worland is very active nationally and internationally in research and teaching techniques in total joint replacement.
Undergraduate Degree
A. B. Degree, Dartmouth College (Honors)
Medical School
University of Rochester, New York, NY
Training
ResidencyOrthopaedic Surgery
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City
Internship
General Surgery
The Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY
Board Certification
- Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
Military Service
- Major, US Air Force
Memberships
- Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Richmond Orthopaedic Club
- Association for Arthritic Hip and Knee Surgery
- North American Arthroscopy Association
- The Eastern Orthopaedic Association
- Southern Orthopaedic Association
- Orthopaedic Society of Rio de Janeiro (Honorary)
- Orthopaedic Society of Buenos Aires (Honorary)
- Orthopaedic Society of Venezuela (Honorary)
- Orthopaedic Society of Monte Carlo (Honorary)