Bone Health (Orthopedics)
Hand & Upper Extremity
Joint Replacement
Spine
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Team and Physicians

At the St.Vincent Center for Joint Replacement, we are committed to providing extraordinary individualized care for you and your family. Your care team is made up of many players--some of whom you will see every day and some who work behind the scenes. It takes a lot of people working together to help you regain your ability to participate more fully in life!

All of our orthopaedic surgeons are board certified, and our surgical staff of nurses and operating room technicians have been specially trained in hip and knee replacement procedures.

Care Team

The following personnel are involved in your care:

  • Orthopedic surgeon 
  • Anesthesiologist 
  • Administration representative (RN) 
  • Inpatient unit director (RN) 
  • Practice facilitators (RN) 
  • Inpatient unit nursing Staff (RN, LPN, Tech) 
  • Case manager (RN) 
  • Orthopaedic technologist 
  • Physical therapist 
  • Occupational therapist 
  • Dietician 
  • Respiratory therapist 
  • Anticoagulation pharmacist

David A. Fisher, MD

Board Certified
Orthopaedic Surgeon 

Dr. Fisher, an Indiana native, received his undergraduate degree from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1977. He attended Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis for his post-graduate studies and received his medical degree from Indiana University in 1982… Read more 

Edward J. Hellman, MD

Board Certified
Orthopaedic Surgeon 

Dr. Hellman graduated cum laude from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1981. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan College of Medicine in 1985 and became a resident in the department of orthopaedic surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in 1990… Read more 

Timothy A. Hupfer, MD

Board Certified
Orthopaedic Surgeon 

Dr. Hupfer graduated from Indiana University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa, in 1980. He graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis in 1984. Dr. Hupfer completed an internship in General Surgery at Metropolitan Northwest Detroit Hospital in Detroit, Michigan… Read more 

Dean C. Maar, MD

Board Certified
Orthopaedic Surgeon 

Dr. Maar completed his undergraduate studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, graduating in 1981. He graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1985 and completed an Orthopaedic residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Maar completed… Read more 

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