Is Preoperative Weight Reduction in Patients Who Have Body Mass Index ≥ 40 Associated With Lower Complication Rates After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty?
J Arthroplasty
LaValva SM, Grubel J, Ong J, Chiu YF, Lyman S, Mandl LA, Cushner FD, Gonzalez Della Valle A, Parks ML

Substantial Weight Loss May Not Improve Early Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Morbidly Obese.
J Arthroplasty
LaValva SM, Grubel J, Ong J, Chiu YF, Lyman S, Mandl LA, Cushner FD, Gonzalez Della Valle A, Parks ML

Obesity Severity Does Not Associate With Rate, Timing, or Invasiveness of Early Reinterventions After Total Knee Arthroplasty.
J Arthroplasty
Driscoll DA, Grubel J, Ong J, Chiu YF, Mandl LA, Cushner F, Parks ML, Gonzalez Della Valle A

Healthcare disparities: patients' perspectives on barriers to joint replacement.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Goodman SM, Mannstadt I, Gibbons JAB, Rajan M, Bass A, Russell L, Mehta B, Figgie M, Parks ML, Venkatachalam S, Nowell WB, Brantner C, Lui G, Card A, Leung P, Tischler H, Young SR, Navarro-Millán I

A single-center, open-label, randomized, parallel-group trial to pilot the effectiveness of a peer coach behavioral intervention versus an active control in reducing anxiety and depression in patients scheduled for total knee replacement.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Jabri A, Domínguez Páez Y, Brown M, Lui G, Hui WK, Hernandez N, Parks ML, Gonzalez Della Valle A, Goodman SM, Banerjee S, Safford MM, Navarro-Millán I

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Total Joint Arthroplasty Care: A Contemporary Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
J Arthroplasty
Rudisill SS, Varady NH, Birir A, Goodman SM, Parks ML, Amen TB

Incorporating Expected Outcomes Into Clinical Decision-Making for Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
Ghomrawi HMK, Riddle DL, Hasan MM, Song J, Kang RH, Mandl LA, Parks ML, Moussa M, Beal M, Russell LA, Mathias JS, Semanik P, Dunlop DD, Franklin PD, Chang RW

Eliciting Activity Goals With a Self-Administered Survey Among Patients With Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis.
HSS J
Alan Fontana M, Islam W, Richardson MA, Parks ML, Mayman DJ, MacLean CH

Development of a personalized shared decision-making tool for knee osteoarthritis and user-testing with African American and Latina women.
J Family Med Prim Care
Jones LC, Maurer AM, Parks ML, Noble PC, Harwell C, Harrington M, Bay KG, Nelson CL, O'Connor MI

Association of circulating gene expression signatures with stiffness following total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: a pilot study.
Sci Rep
Kirksey MA, Lessard SG, Khan M, Birch GA, Oliver D, Singh P, Rotundo V, Sideris A, TKAF Consortium, Gonzalez Della Valle A, Parks ML, Sculco PK, Otero M

Emerging Racial Disparities in Outpatient Utilization of Total Joint Arthroplasty.
J Arthroplasty
Amen TB, Varady NH, Wright-Chisem J, Bovonratwet P, Parks ML, Ast MP

Parks ML, Total Hip Arthroplasty (Chapter 9) American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board Review Manual (in press)

Parks ML, Macaulay WB: Operative Approaches for Total Hip Replacement Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics. 10: 2 (April), 106 - 114, 2000.

Macaulay WB, Parks ML: Hybrid Total Hip Replacement Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics. 10: 2 (April), 115 - 119, 2000.

Michael L. Parks, M.D.: Periprosthetic Fractures of the Hip and Knee, Hospital Physician Orthopaedic Surgery Board Review Manual.  5: 4 (February), 22-30, 2000escription

Gonzalez Della Valle A, Cushner F, Parks ML, Lee GC, Weinblatt A, LaValva S, Gutierrez Naranjo J, Marega C.  90-Day Complications after Joint Arthroplasty in Obese Patients after undergoing Bariatric Surgery.  2024 AAHKS Annual Meeting Nov 7-10, Grapevine, TX.

Gonzalez Della Valle A, Parks ML, Sculco P, Lee GC, LaValva S.  GLP-1 agonists decrease medical and surgical complications in morbidly obese patients undergoing TKA.  2024 AAHKS Annual Meeting Nov 7-10, Grapevine, TX.

Gonzalez Della Valle A, Cushner F, Lyman S, Parks ML, Ondeck N, Weinblatt A, Gutierrez Narango J. 2024 AAHKS Annual Meeting Nov 7-10, Grapevine, TX.

LaValva S, Grubel J, Ong J, Chiu Y, Mandl L, Cushner F, Gonzalez Della Valle A, Parks ML. Preoperative BMI loss >5% in morbidly obese patients:  No association with early complication rates after primary THA.  2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting November 3-5, Dallas TX.