Carlos J. Lavernia, M.D.
Dr. Lavernia has served as the medical director of the Orthopedic Institute at Mercy Hospital since it inception in 2003. The Orthopaedic Institute at Mercy Hospital specializes in providing the most advanced surgical techniques for joint replacements, hip knee and shoulder surgeries available today. The award-winning Institute also conducts extensive research in the orthopaedic field.
Dr. Lavernia also serves as an adjunct clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Miami. Dr. Lavernia received his B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University and his M.D from the University of Puerto Rico. He interned (general surgery) and resided (orthopedic surgery) at the University of California and was a fellow (lower extremity reconstruction) at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
