After spending time in England with John
Charnley, the father of modern hip replacement, Dr.
Huddleston joined Charles Bechtol in private practice as
his assistant. Bechtol, while Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
at the University of California in Los Angeles, was one
of the first three surgeons to introduce the Charnley technique
of hip replacement into the United States.
Dr. Bechtol and Dr. Huddleston became partners in a private
practice limited exclusively to Hip and Knee Replacement
Surgery. Upon Bechtol’s retirement, Dr. Huddleston
took over the practice.
Dr. Huddleston's extensive experience includes more than six thousand
hip replacements and five thousand knee replacements. He has revised more than seven hundred failed
hip replacements referred to him from around the United
States.
He has published research on the causes of failure of cemented
joint replacements and on leg length techniques and issues in hip replacement. He teaches and lectures on the subject
of joint replacement surgery. Dr. Huddleston has designed
a hip replacement system (the Omega system) which is used
throughout the world.
Dr. Huddleston is a Fellow of the American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons,
and a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. He
is a member of the American Association of Arthritic Hip
and Knee Surgeons. Dr. Huddleston is on staff at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital and the Providence Tarzana Hospital.
Dr. Huddleston and his wife, Fran, and three sons, Michael,
Christopher and Nicholas, enjoy sailing, skiing, tennis
and travel. |
