Dr. Evan Argintar (pro: R-GIN-TAR) is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with advanced training in sports and upper extremity reconstruction at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC.
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MEDICAL/OPIOIDS ANALYST: Dr. Evan Argintar (pro: R-GIN-TAR) is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with advanced training in sports and upper extremity reconstruction at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC.
Washington DC orthopedic surgeon Dr. Evan Argintar (pro: R-GIN-TAR) knows a lot about pain management and how it can lead to a debilitating addiction; as a former assistant team doctor for both the NBA’s Washington Wizards and Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals, he’s seen plenty of broken bones, torn ligaments and severe career ending injuries.
He’s currently working with a big name pro athlete who is sidelined with a gruesome injury so severe, he may never play the game again (Dr. Argintar can’t divulge who because of doctor/patient confidentiality).
But here’s where Dr. Argintar is different than most docs…big time different: this DC Top Doc (as voted by Washingtonian magazine) has performed dozens of successful narcotics free surgeries. How?
That’s big news in an era where the odds of dying from an opioid overdose in the U.S. now surpass those of dying in a car accident: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/health/opioid-deaths-united-states-surpass-road-accidents/index.html
“This is how opioid abuse can take hold of a community, and really fast: someone legitimately gets hurt, then they get hooked on the pain pills and can’t get off, even after they heal from their injury. Doctors and pharmacists over-prescribe them by the millions, and it’s destroying thousands upon thousands of lives. When the narcotics are taken away, many times the patient is so hooked that they turn to heroin or other killer drugs. Sometimes they’ll sell part of their prescription to get heroin because it’s cheaper, getting more people hooked. It’s an awful cycle.”
Ask Dr. Argintar…
(1) The number one and not widely utilized alternative to narcotics for pain control that he swears by
(2) Why he says knee and hip replacement isn’t always the right thing to do, even if your doctor advises it
(3) His thoughts on President Trump’s comment that he’d be hesitant to let his son play football-and whether Dr. Argintar will let his kids play the sport when they’re older
(4) The top sports doc’s takeaways from this year’s Superbowl, including Patriots QB Tom Brady still competing at this level at age 41
(5) The number one thing for parents to consider when deciding if they should allow their kids to play sports, especially high impact ones like football
BIO: Dr. Evan Argintar is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with advanced training in sports and upper extremity reconstruction at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC. His patients include big name professional athletes, weekend warriors, and both male and female high school and college athletes. Dr. Argintar is the go-to physician for the most complex orthopedic issues in the nation’s capital.