Lockport Resident and Knee and Hip Replacement Specialist Joins Loyola Homer Glen

Orthopaedic surgeon Craig McAsey, MD, a specialist in hip and knee replacements, has joined Loyola University Medical Center.

McAsey trained at the Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic in Arlington, Va.

McAsey noted that by 2030, the number of hip replacements is expected to increase by 150 percent and the number of knee replacements is expected to increase by 600 percent.

McAsey’s specialties include anterior approach for total hip replacement, avascular necrosis (death of bone tissue), infected hip and knee replacements, partial knee replacement, total knee replacement and joint arthritis of the hip and knee.

Partial knee replacement may be an option for the appropriate patient.  Recovery from this outpatient surgery takes about half as long as recovery from a full knee replacement, and the patient will have a better function. McAsey uses a technique called Tissue Guided Surgery®, which results in a more kinematically correct and natural-feeling knee.

McAsey earned his medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at Loyola University Medical Center and a fellowship at Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic in adult reconstructive surgery.

McAsey is an instructor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He lives in Lockport with his wife Emily, and daughter Claire.