BERKELEY HEIGHTS – David D. Bullek, M.D.; Albert B. Thrower M.D., and David M. Deramo, M.D., formerly of the Center for Orthopaedic Surgery-Sports Medicine, have joined their orthopedic practice at 202 Elmer Street, Westfield, with Summit Medical Group.

Dr. Bullek received his B.A. magna cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, in 1983. He was a scholarship football player earning Academic All-American honors his senior year. He earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1987 at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine and completed both his Surgical Internship and Orthopedic Surgical Residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. Dr. Bullek continued his education by completing a Knee Reconstruction and Sports Medicine Fellowship at Insall Scott Kelly Institute for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. Dr Bullek specializes in Sports Medicine and Knee, Hip and Shoulder replacement surgery. He has since been in practice in Westfield, NJ since 1984. Dr. Bullek is Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery.

Dr. Thrower received his B.S. from Emory University in 1973 and completed his Doctor of Medicine at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Thrower also completed his general surgery residency and orthopedic residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. He served as resident in pediatric orthopedics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 1981. He has been practicing Orthopedic Surgery in Westfield since 1982 and founded the Center for Orthopedic Surgery-Sports Medicine in Westfield, NJ. Dr. Thrower has been on the staff at Overlook hospital since moving to Westfield and recently acted as chief for the Section of Orthopedic Surgery at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. He has a special interest in shoulder and knee disorders and has served as the team physician for several local high schools. Dr. Thrower is Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery.

Dr. Deramo received his B.S. in Biology cum laude from Duke University, Durham, NC in 1997. In 2001 he earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ. He completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at State University of New York at Stony Brook from 2002-2006. From 2006 to 2007, Dr. Deramo also completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD where he was an assistant team physician for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens and MISL’s Baltimore Blast. Additionally, he also served as assistant team physician for Johns Hopkins University, Loyola College, and Morgan State University Athletics. Dr. Deramo specializes in arthroscopic procedures, including complex surgery of the shoulder and knee and is also Board Eligible in Orthopedic Surgery.

 The practice will remain at its current Westfield location. For more information or an appointment with one of these orthopedic surgeons, call 908-232-7797.