Ayesha Abdeen
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
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.
Education
- McMaster University, MD
- McGill University, BS
Publications
- Published on 3/20/2025
Gibbs B, Sniderman J, Mohammed S, Kain M, Freccero D, Abdeen A. Association Between Tourniquet Use and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Multicenter Comparison. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 Mar 20. PMID: 40112083.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/19/2025
Grant A, Niu R, Michalowski A, Abdeen A, Smith EL. Do Medical and Recreational Marijuana State Laws Impact Trends in Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions Among Patients Who Have Undergone TJA? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2025 Feb 19. PMID: 39982017.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/6/2024
Abdeen A. The CR Versus PS Debate: A Throwback Throw-Down in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Commentary on an article by Young-Hoo Kim, MD, et al: "No Discernible Difference in Revision Rate or Survivorship Between Posterior Cruciate-Retaining and Posterior Cruciate-Substituting TKA". J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Nov 06; 106(21):e45. PMID: 39503717.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/4/2024
Abdeen A. CORR Insights®: Is Program Director Gender Associated With Gender Diversity Among Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programs? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2024 Aug 01; 482(8):1358-1360. PMID: 38843503.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/2/2024
Buchanan MW, Gibbs B, Ronald AA, Novikov D, Yang A, Salavati S, Abdeen A. Is a Rapid Recovery Protocol for THA and TKA Associated With Decreased 90-day Complications, Opioid Use, and Readmissions in a Health Safety-net Hospital? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2024 Aug 01; 482(8):1442-1451. PMID: 38564795.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/1/2024
Sniderman J, Monarrez R, Drew J, Abdeen A. Mobile Application Use and Patient Engagement in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. JBJS Rev. 2024 Feb 01; 12(2). PMID: 38394327.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/24/2024
Deans CF, Abdeen AR, Ricciardi BF, Deen JT, Schabel KL, Sterling RS. New CMS Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathway After Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty: Preparing for Mandatory Reporting. J Arthroplasty. 2024 May; 39(5):1131-1135. PMID: 38278186.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/29/2023
Coden G, Bartashevskyy M, Berliner Z, Niu R, Freccero D, Bono J, Abdeen A, Smith EL. Modular Knee Arthrodesis as Definitive Treatment for Periprosthetic Infection, Bone Loss, and Failure of the Extensor Mechanism After Total Knee Arthroplasty. Arthroplast Today. 2024 Feb; 25:101261. PMID: 38269067.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/28/2023
Shoni M, Samineni AV, Salavati S, Mikkilineni N, Wang A, Abdeen A, Freccero D. Combined Single-Shot Infiltration Between the Popliteal Artery and Capsule of the Knee and Adductor Canal Block With Bupivacaine, Dexmedetomidine, and Dexamethasone for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Propensity-Matched Analysis. Arthroplast Today. 2024 Feb; 25:101292. PMID: 38235397.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/4/2023
DiGioia Guthrie N, Abdeen A, Jain R, Tsao AK, Jones LC, Cohen-Rosenblum A. The Pregnant Arthroplasty Surgeon: A Women in Arthroplasty Committee Editorial. J Arthroplasty. 2024 Mar; 39(3):569-572. PMID: 37926221.
Read at: PubMed
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