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Meet David C. Flanigan, M.D.

Board Certified Orthopedic SurgeonSports Medicine Specialist
David C. Flanigan, M.D.

Dr. David C. Flanigan is a Professor of Orthopedics at OSU where he serves as Director of the Cartilage Restoration Program, Fellowship Director of Orthopedic Sports Medicine, and Team Physician for the OSU Athletic Department. Formerly in private practice, Dr. Flanigan joined the OSU Sports Medicine Department in 2005. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and has subspecialty certification in Orthopedic Sports Medicine.

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    I am currently an Orthopedic Surgery Resident at OSU medical center. Every day I am incredibly thankful to have the opportunity to work at an outstanding academic institution that focuses on providing the best evidence based medicine and personalized health care. When I matched for residency at ...

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    On June 11, 2010 I was involved in a car accident. During the accident, my left knee was severely damaged. The ACL, MCL, and PCL needed to be replaced with cadaver tendons; two tibias and one achilles. My meniscus also needed work.

    After spending over three hours in the wreckage, being life...

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    IN September 2011 my son , Mason, tore his acl, pcl, and mcl in a soccer collision. This injury also involved some cartilage damage. Dr. Flanigan and his team repaired my son,s knee in a 6-1/2 hour surgery. Mason is now a student at The College of Wooster and is a member of the track team. Thanks...

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    I've never had any kind of surgery before, and approached my meniscal repair procedure with a bit of apprehension. Things couldn't have gone more smoothly for me - Dr. Flanigan is a gifted surgeon. I have suffered virtually no pain, needed minimal rehab, and am back to being fully active mere wee...

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    On September 9th, 2010, my knee was severely injured during a soccer game. When it first happened I thought i had broken my tibia, and I feared that my high school athletic career was over. However, my fear of a broken tibia was highly underestimated. After being carried off the field and attempt...

    ~ Mason M ~

Area of Expertise

Cartilage restoration is a procedure performed to replace the worn-out cartilage in a joint with new cartilage. It is usually performed to treat small areas of cartilage damage as a result of sports or traumatic injuries.

The meniscus is a soft, fibrous disk of cartilage in the knee joint that is commonly injured during athletic activity. Meniscal repair may be performed either by open surgery under direct vision or minimally invasively using an arthroscope.

Platelet-rich plasma or PRP injections consist of a high concentration of platelets in plasma. It is a relatively new method of treatment for several orthopedic conditions such as muscle, ligament, and tendon injuries; arthritis; and fractures and can help alleviate painful symptoms, promote healing, and delay joint replacement surgeries.

Knee ligament reconstruction is a surgical procedure to repair or replace damaged ligaments of the knee joint. The surgery can be performed using minimally invasive techniques. The ligament may be reconstructed using a graft taken from the patient (autograft) or donor tissue (allograft).

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    Flanigan DC "Vascular anatomy of Nerves in the tarsal tunnel", Presented at the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society, 12th Annual Summer Meeting, June 1996.

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    Flanigan DC "Fracture Specific Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures", Presented at Resident and Fellows Research Day, ASSH Summer meeting, Chicago, IL, September 2003.

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    Flanigan DC "Impingement to Rotator Cuff Tears", Presented at Sports Medicine Conference, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Department of Orthopedics, January 2004

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    Flanigan DC, Kaeding C. "Prospective, multi-center, single arm, pilot study to evaluate symptom relief in subjects with medial knee osteoarthritis treated with the Atlas(TM) knee system for load reduction".

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    Magnussen RA, Flanigan DC, Kaeding C. "A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, saline-controlled study of a single intra-articular injection of autologous protein solution in patients with knee osteoarthritis".

  • Research 3

    Magnussen RA, Flanigan DC. "Prospective MPFL cohort study". University of Minnesota, $3,225.00, 2016-current.

Patient Resources

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  • Practice Location
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    Ohio State Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute
    2835 Fred Taylor Drive
    Columbus, OH 43202

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  • The Benefits of Membership. Invitation to submit abstracts for consideration on the MAOA Annual Meeting scientific program. The MAOA Annual Meeting is considered to be one of the top regional association meetings in the country.

  • International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society - ICRS 04/03/2022 Invitation | ICRS Member's General Assembly 2022. The ICRS General Assembly takes place on Thursday, April 14, 2022, from 18:30 - 19:30 at Room Bellevue, Hotel Intercontinental Berlin We are looking very much forward to seeing you at the 16th ICRS World Congress in Berlin for the first in-person meeting since October 2019.

  • ACL Research | ACL Reconstruction - ACL Study The ACL Study Group is a group of orthopedic surgeons with a common interest in the anterior cruciate ligament. The ACL Study Group is organizing a meeting to share and learn about knee injuries and meniscus injuries, ACL research and the latest advances in ACL reconstruction.

  • Herodicus Society - Annual Meeting. May 5-8, 2022 Asheville, NC We are looking forward to the meeting's robust scientific program, social events and activities. herodicus.org