JAMES B. KYLE, MD, DVM

James Kyle, MD, a native of Welsh, Louisiana, is a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in complex primary hip and knee replacements as well as revision hip and knee replacement surgery. His practice includes ROSA robotic joint replacements, Persona IQ Smart Knee Technology, and non operative treatment of hip and knee pain including Iovera nerve blocks. Additionally, Dr. Kyle performs direct anterior hip replacement surgery utilizing the HipInsight system which is the world’s first mixed reality-based digital surgery platform for total hip arthroplasty.

Dr. Kyle received his joint replacement fellowship training from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He completed his residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He earned his medical degree from Tulane School of Medicine. Prior to his medical degree, Dr. Kyle was a practicing veterinarian, having earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Kyle is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) and the Louisiana Orthopedic Association (LOA).

Dr. Kyle is a frequent panelist at the yearly Louisiana Orthopedic Association meetings. Dr. Kyle won the Robert D. D’Ambrosia Chief Resident Research Day Award. Dr. Kyle has lectured for the Louisiana Physical Therapy Association discussing “Return to Sport after Hip or Knee Replacement.” He has also been a preceptor for students from William Carey College of Osteopathic Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Kyle provides continuing education joint replacement cadaver labs for local physical therapists. Dr. Kyle is on the Medical Executive Committee of Our Lady of Lourdes’s Hospital. Dr. Kyle is also the physician lead for the Lourdes’s Orthopedic Workgroup.

Dr. Kyle practices at our Rue Louis XIV location in Lafayette, LA.

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