James K. Brannon MD

Dr. James K. Brannon, Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Brannon’s recent innovation, the Hip Tool, is specifically designed to prevent or delay a total hip replacement in patients with a disease called osteonecrosis (dead bone in the hip joint). Osteonecrosis/avascular necrosis may occur as a side effect of steroid use, leukemia, a variety of other medical conditions, or in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy, HAART, for individuals with H.I.V.