Nicholas Ting, MD

Board-Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery

Meet Dr. Nicholas T. Ting, a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult hip and knee reconstruction and replacement.

He joined the practice in January 2019 and was trained at some of the top orthopedic programs in the nation.

Areas of Specialty

  • Degenerative conditions of the hip and knee joints
  • Failed hip and knee replacements
  • Direct anterior hip replacement
  • Robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement
  • Minimally invasive surgery

Fellowship

Adult Joint Reconstruction, OrthoCarolina Hip & Knee Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Education / Doctor of Medicine

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois

Memberships

  • AAOS
  • AAHKS

Awards

  • Maroon Key Society Student Leadership Award, The University of Chicago 2002
  • Roslyn and Sam Berkman Scholarship Award, The University of Chicago 2002
  • Dean’s List, The University of Chicago 1998 – 2002
  • Giving Back Award, Sg2, LLC 2004
  • Knee Society Mark Coventry Award: “Diagnosis of Early Post-Operative Infection following Primary Total Paper Knee Arthroplasty: The Utility of Synovial Fluid Cell Count and Differential.” 2010
  • Mid America Orthopaedic Association Physician in Training Award: “An Algorithmic Approach to the Unstable Total Hip Arthroplasty.” 2010
  • 2010 Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Knee Society Scholar Award: “Diagnosis of Early Post-Operative Infection following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty” 2010
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My goal is to return patients to the game of life.

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More About Dr. Ting

Dr. Ting earned his medical degree from Loyola University in Chicago at the Stritch School of Medicine before completing his orthopedic surgery residency at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.

He then completed an Adult Joint Reconstruction fellowship at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C. Both in his residency and in his fellowship, Dr. Ting trained at two of the top orthopedic programs in the nation.

Dr. Ting has conducted award-winning research on total hip and total knee arthroplasty, co-authoring many articles for peer-reviewed publications. In addition to providing medical and surgical excellence, he is deeply committed to taking great care of patients and to furthering development in joint replacement technology and surgical techniques.

His practice focuses on:

  • Direct anterior hip replacement
  • Complex primary and revision hip reconstruction and replacement, including total and partial hip replacement
  • Complex primary and revision knee reconstruction and replacement, including total and partial knee replacement
  • Robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement with Mako® Robotic Arm-Assisted Technology (Makoplasty)
  • Minimally invasive surgery

Outside of Work

Family. Fitness. Food.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection – An Algorithm-Based Approach

Ting NT, Dellav Valle CJ.

J Arthroplasty. 2017 Jul;32(7):2047-2050.

The causes and management of hip instability: An algorithmic approach

Wera GD, Ting NT, Moric M, Sporer SM, Jacobs JJ, Paprosky WG, Della Valle CJ.

Semin Arthroplasty, In press.

 

Acute Hematogenous Infection Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.

Konigsberg BS, Valle CJ, Ting NT, Qiu F, Sporer SM.

J Arthroplasty, 29, 469-72, 2014.

Use of Knotless Suture for Closure of Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasties: A prospective-randomized clinical trial

Ting NT, Moric M, Della Valle CJ, Levine BR

J Arthroplasty. 27, 1783-8, 2012.

Book Chapters

Presented as E-poster at American College of Sports Medicine National Conference May 26-30, 20206.  Managing the Unstable Total Hip Arthroplasty, in Abdel MP and Della Valle CJ (editors): Complications After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Wera GD, Ting NT, Della Valle CJ.

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland 2017.

 

Exercise is Medicine in Clinical Practice for Patients with Physical Disabilities

Sisk, D., Sederberg, M., Lin, C.

5. Ting NT, Springer BD. Cemented Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Gold Standard, in Scott WN (editor): Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, 6th Edition. Elsevier Inc, Philadelphia, PA 2017.

Sports Injury Prevention for Runners

Sisk, D.

4. Molloy RM, Ting NT. Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, in Springer BD and Curtin BM (editors): Complex Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Clinical Casebook. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland 2015.

Simplifying Disinfectant Choices to Improve Safety in Contact Precaution Rooms

Goldish, D., Hendrick, S., Hurwitz, M., Sisk, D., Lee, D.

3. Elsharkawy KA, Szubski CR, Ting NT, Barsoum WK. Posterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty, in Parvizi J (editor): The Hip: Preservation, Replacement, and Revision. Data Trace Publishing Company, Towson, MD 2015.

Internet/Multi-Media Publications

Post-operative Nausea & Vomiting at KUMC- A Closer Look.

Chapman, B., Cleveland, J., Rhodes, D., Sisk, D.

Presentation at Health of the Public Seminar, April 2015- University of Kansas Medical Center

Research Presentations

A Senior Surgeon’s Introduction to the Direct Anterior Approach: Did It Improve Outcomes?

Stulberg BN, Zadzilka JD, Stover M, Ting NT.

Scientific Paper, 2014 Open Winter Meeting of The Hip Society and AAHKS

Post-operative Nausea & Vomiting at KUMC- A Closer Look.

An algorithmic approach to the unstable total hip arthroplasty.

Scientific Paper, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2011 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Post-operative Nausea & Vomiting at KUMC- A Closer Look.

Chapman, B., Cleveland, J., Rhodes, D., Sisk, D.

Presentation at Health of the Public Seminar, April 2015- University of Kansas Medical Center

Use of the single assessment numeric evaluation (SANE) in hip arthroplasty.

Wright G, Ting NT, Moric M, Rosenberg AG, Della Valle CJ.

Scientific Paper, 2010 Summer Meeting of the Hip Society, New York, NY.