Dr. Richard Paul Dushuttle, MD
Bensalem Orthopedics, PC
DR. RICHARD PAUL DUSHUTTLE, MD
BOARD-CERTIFIED ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
Dr. Richard Paul Dushuttle is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with over 40 years of experience and a subspecialty in hand surgery. He has held staff and leadership roles at major Delaware medical centers, including Kent General, Memorial Hospital of Milford, and Dover Surgicenter. A published author and national presenter, Dr. Dushuttle has contributed extensively to the field of orthopedic medicine, particularly in complex upper extremity conditions. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians and the American Back Society, and an active member of several prominent medical associations. He continues to provide expert orthopedic consultations with a focus on hand injuries and disability evaluations.
EDUCATION
• Fellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery): : 1983-1984
University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Medical School
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
• Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1979-1983
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
EXPERIENCE
- CENTER CITY ORTHOPEDICS & THERAPY, PC, PHILADELPHIA, PA 01/20 - Present
- WEST PHILADELPHIA ORTHOPEDICS & THERAPY, PC, WEST PHILADELPHIA, PA 01/20 - Present
- BENSALEM ORTHOPEDICS, PC, BENSALEM, PA 01/20 - Present
- OLNEY ORTHOPEDICS & THERAPY, PC, PHILADELPHIA, PA 01/20 - Present
- CITYWIDE NORTH, PC, PHILADELPHIA, PA 02/2020 - Present
- HAZELTON ORTHOPEDICS & THERAPY, PC, HAZELTON, PA 01/2025 - Present
- BERKS COUNTY ORTHOPEDICS, PC, READING, PA 01/2025 - Present
- HARRISBURG ORTHOPEDICS & THERAPY, PC, HARRISBURG, PA 01/2025 - Present
- SPINE TREATMENT ASSOCIATES, OWNER, PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL 0I /2024 - Present
- PHYSICIAN GROUP SERVICES/COASTAL INJURY CLINIC, RIVERSIDE, FL 02/2022 - 12/2023
- PHYSICIAN GROUP SERVICES/COASTAL ORTHOPEDICS, ORANGE PARK, FL
PUBLICATIONS
- SARCOID FLEXOR TENOSYNOVITIS OF THE FINGER: A CASE REPORT 05/1986
- FRACTURES OF THE CAPITELLUM 04/1985
FACILITY PRIVILEGES
- NANTICOKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SEAFORD DELAWARE 2015 - 2020
- DOVER SURGICENTER DOVER, DELAWARE 2011 – 2020
- EDEN HILL SURGERY CENTER DOVER, DELAWARE 2018 - 2020
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MILFORD, DELAWARE 1985 - 2019
- KENT GENERAL HOSPITAL DOVER, DELAWARE 1984 - 2018
PRESENTATIONS & PAPERS
• NONUNION OF SCAPHOID USING THE HERBERT SCREW
Presented at the AAOS meeting Las Vegas, Nevada, 1985
• THE USE OF NMR IN LIMB REPLANTATION PRESENTED AT THE ORTHOPEDIC RESEARCH SOCIETY MEETING
Las Vegas, Nevada, 1985
• FRACTURE OF THE CAPITELLUM JOURNAL OF TRAUMA, MARCH ISSUE, 1985
Presented at the New York Hand Society Meeting, 1983
• SYNDACTYLY OF THE HAND
Presented at New York Hand Society Meeting, 1984
Presented at the New Jersey Orthopedic Society Meeting,
1984—winning paper
• VOLAR DISLOCATION OF THE PIP JOINT
Presented at New York Hand Society Meeting, 1982
Presented at The New Jersey Orthopedic Society, 1982
Sarcoid Synovitis of the Finger
Journal of Hand Surgery, 1986
• UPPER EXTREMITY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT
Pediatric Upper Extremities, 1986
Author of Chapter in Book
• MONTEFIORE HOSPITAL, NEW YORK CITY – ORTHOPEDIC GRAND ROUNDS
Sports medicine Injuries, 1987
• U.M.D.N.J. – NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL, NEW JERSEY ORTHOPEDIC • GRAND ROUNDS
Microvascular Surgery of the Hand, 1987
• NORFORLK GENERAL HOSPITAL – ORTHOPEDIC GRAND ROUNDS
Multiple Trauma, 1986
Center City Orthopedics & Therapy, PC
1520 Locust Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 735-5911
West Philadelphia Orthopedics
& Therapy, PC
9 North 52nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19139
(215) 472-2200
www.westphiladelphiaorthopedics.com
Bensalem Orthopedics, PC
2131 Galloway Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
Olney Orthopedics & Therapy, PC
199 West Nedro Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19120
(215) 548-0202
Citywide North, PC
2304 North Broad Street - Unit A
Philadelphia PA 19132
(215) 469-5000
SKILLS
- Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, Hand Sub-Specialty
- Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon: 2021
- Retired from private practice and surgery
- Chart Reviews, Permanency Depositions
AWARDS
- American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 1991
- Northwest Regional Education Institute Clinical Research Award
FORMER MEMBERSHIPS
- Secretary – Medical Staff Committee – Bayhealth Medical Center
- Secretary – Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus Medical Executive Committee
- President – Kent County Heart Association
- Director - Kent County Heart Ball
- President - Lower Delaware Grid Iron Club
- Director – Delaware Special Olympics
- Dover Rotary Club – 10 years
- Team Physician – Caesar Rodney High School – 20 years
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