Dr. Dasa completed his undergraduate and medical school in the 7 year combined degree
program at Union College and Albany Medical College in New York. After completing
medical school, Dr. Dasa trained in the State University at New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
orthopaedic surgery residency program. In 2006 he furthered his training at the Insall
Scott Kelly Institute, Manhattan, New York, in Sports Medicine and Joint Replacement
Surgery. This fellowship is internationally recognized as one of the pioneers in total
knee replacement surgery.
After completing his fellowship Dr. Dasa and his wife, decided to begin their careers
as faculty at LSUHSC to help rebuild post Katrina. In his tenure at LSU he has developed
surgical techniques to allow outpatient opioid free total knee replacement and pioneered
the use of cutting edge technologies such as iovera. He has presented and published
his research internationally in some of the world's leading publications and meetings.
He serves in leadership roles both regionally and nationally and was most recently
involved in national expert panels to help CMS redesign the delivery of total joint
replacements and establish national guidelines on the management of knee arthritis.
He currently serves as vice chair for academic affairs for the department of orthopedics,
Irvin Cahen endowed chair for research, chair of the LSU clinical practice leadership
group. He is the co-founder and chief medical officer for an innovative start up,
SIGHT Medical and helped co found a novel medical education platform called DOC SOCIAL.
His research interests cover all areas of adult orthopaedics focusing on joint replacement,
knee arthritis, health disparities and outcomes research. He is one of the few surgeons
in the world performing outpatient opioid free total knee replacements allowing patients
to recover in the shortest time possible.
Education
Fellowship: 2007 - Adult Reconstruction and Sports Medicine Insall Scott Kelly Institute Manhattan, New York
Residency: 2006 - Orthopaedic Surgery SUNY at Buffalo Buffalo, New York
MD - 2001* Albany Medical College Albany, New York
BS - 1998*, cum laude Union College Schenectady, New York
