Ayesha Abdeen

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Abdeen is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon and Chief of Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Abdeen specializes in hip and knee replacement surgery and has expertise in minimally invasive surgical techniques and innovative technologies including partial knee replacement and Direct Anterior Approach total hip replacement. Dr. Abdeen delivers personalized care for her patients with a focus on restoring physical function and improving quality of life after surgery. Her research focus is on innovations to improve outcomes following hip and knee replacement surgery.

As Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Dr. Abdeen practiced at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston from 2008-2021. During this time Dr. Abdeen served as the Director of Quality Assurance for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. In this role, she implemented methodologies to optimize the quality of care delivered to her own patients and in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a whole. Practice locations during this time include New England Baptist Hospital, Children's Hospital Boston and Beth Israel Needham. Dr. Abdeen recently moved her surgical practice to Boston Medical Center in January 2022 where she is currently an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Boston University.

Her clinical expertise includes: total hip and knee replacement, minimally invasive hip and knee replacement surgery, Direct Anterior Approach total hip replacement, complex revision hip and knee replacement surgery, and partial (unicompartmental) knee replacement. She commonly cares for: hip arthritis (osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis), knee arthritis (osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis), post-traumatic arthritis of the hip and knee (due to fractures or injury of the hip or knee), hip dysplasia, osteonecrosis/Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the hip or knee, painful or failed prior total hip and knee joint replacement (due to prosthetic wear, loosening, fracture, stiffness, infection), and hip fractures.

Publications

  • Published 5/13/2026

    Abdeen A, Olszewski N, Bemis K, Kain MS, Freccero DM, Tornetta P. Impact of an Orthopaedic-Driven Perioperative Protocol to Optimize Social and Medical Risk (SAFE) following Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty in a Health Safety-Net Hospital. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2026 May 13. PMID: 42133981.

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  • Published 4/15/2026

    Abdeen A. Keeping It Simple: The Mini-Mental State Examination and the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 Outperform Complex Psychiatric Assessments as Predictors of Postoperative Delirium Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: Commentary on an article by Joon Young Lee, MD, et al.: "Low Cognitive Function and Somatic Psychological Symptoms Are Correlated with Greater Risk of Delirium After Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Prospective Cohort Study". J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2026 Apr 15; 108(8):531-532. PMID: 41984064.

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  • Published 12/24/2025

    Sepucha K, Vo H, Marques F, Valentine KD, Abdeen A, Bedair H, Chen AF, Eisler J, Freccero D, Jayakumar P, Kropfl E, Paul K, Ricciardi B, Vigil D, Wexler R, Williamson T, Yates A, Cha T. Patient Decision Aids into Routine Orthopedic Care: Results from an Implementation Study at 12 Sites. Med Decis Making. 2026 May; 46(4):448-460. PMID: 41439597.

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  • Published 11/24/2025

    Abdeen A, Merchan N, Gonzalez MR, Davis JB, Drew J, Monárrez R, Chen AF, Rodriguez EK. Presence of Metallosis Can Interfere With Culture Positivity in Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Hip. Arthroplast Today. 2025 Dec; 36:101910. PMID: 41377865.

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  • Published 10/30/2025

    Hoffman AP, Grzelecki D, Abdeen A, Kocaoglu H, Abdelnasser MK, Alex T, Baker CM, Balato G, Dobarganes Barlow FG, Birinci M, Birlutiu RM, Bue M, Frank BJH, Lumban Gaol I, Higuera Rueda C, Kheir MM, Klaber I, Kobayashi N, Lin RT, Malhotra R, Parvizi J, Plate JF, Reed MR, Sandiford NA, Schaer TP, Sebastian S, Sukhonthamarn K, Sypien P, von Eisenhart-Rothe R, Warren JA. 2025 ICM: Synovial Analysis. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Dec; 41(1S1):S267-S276. PMID: 41176116.

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Education

  • McMaster University, MD
  • McGill University, BS

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