About Kansas City Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine
Kansas City Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine is the region's premier resource for treatment of upper and lower extremity sports injuries, benign tumors, sarcoma, spine and scoliosis, hip/knee primary and revision joint replacement surgeries.
All of our physicians are board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons with broad academic and research backgrounds in addition to their excellence in patient care. This breadth of experience and expertise ensures that adult patients needing most types of upper or lower extremity orthopedic care have access to the latest and most advanced procedures, and the clinical expertise for optimum outcomes.
Our physicians are supported by a highly-skilled team of professionals committed to excellence and partnership in patient care. Our entire staff strives to treat patients as individuals, to communicating their medical care in an understandable manner, and to developing trusting provider-patient relationships in order to foster the most positive experience.
The Sarcoma Clinic
Sarcoma is the general term for a broad group of rare cancers originating in bones and soft (connective) tissues. Soft tissue sarcoma forms in the tissues connecting, supporting and surrounding other body structures. This includes muscle, fat, blood vessels, nerves, tendons and the lining of your joints. Sarcomas can invade surrounding tissue and can metastasize (spread) to other organs of the body, forming secondary tumors.
The Sarcoma Clinic at Kansas City Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine is part of the HCA Midwest Physicians network in Kansas City. Suhel Kotwal, MD practices orthopedic oncology with Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at HCA Midwest Health.
The Sarcoma Clinic offers treatment options for several conditions falling under orthopedic oncology:
- Malignant bone and soft tissue tumors
- Metastatic disease of the bone from other sources of primary cancer, including:
- Lung
- Breast
- Prostate
- Colon
- Developmental pediatric conditions, including:
- Simple and aneurysmal bone cysts
- Fibrous dysplasia
Dr. Kotwal is widely regarded as an expert in complex orthopedic care, including:
- Sarcomas
- Bone and soft tissue tumors in the pelvis and limbs
- Deformity reconstruction in extremities after cancer
- Spine and scoliosis surgery
- General knee and hip replacement surgeries
The Sarcoma Clinic offers patients quick and convenient access with appointments available in days, not weeks. We also offer our patients a dedicated care navigator to guide them through a confusing landscape regarding treatment and the number of specialties involved in each case. Our team is available 24/7 to help address anxiety and stress and ensure patients can be seen by their care team on short notice as needed.