Robert E. Kennon, MD

Robert Edward “Ted” Kennon, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in adult hip and knee reconstruction. He earned his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine, completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Yale, and pursued fellowship training in adult hip and knee reconstruction with the Keggi Orthopaedic Foundation. Dr. Kennon serves as Director of Joint Replacement at the Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at MidState Medical Center. Since 2004, he has performed more than 11,000 joint replacement procedures and has extensive experience in anterior hip replacement, robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement, hip resurfacing, and complex revision surgery. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

Primary Specialty

Additional Specialties

Hip
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Education and Training

  • Fellowship in Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction, The Keggi Orthopaedic Foundation
  • Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • General Surgery Internship, Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Medical School, M.D, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Bachelor’s of Science Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Board Certifications

  • Board Certified, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Hospital Affiliations

  • Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at MidState Medical Center

Office Locations

Conditions and Treatments

CONDITIONS OF THE HIP & THIGH

CONDITIONS OF THE KNEE & LOWER LEG

Full Biography

Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Robert Edward “Ted” Kennon earned his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech and his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine (1999), both in Atlanta. He then completed a general surgery internship at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a residency in orthopaedic surgery in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation of the Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut (2004). Dr. Kennon continued his training with a fellowship in adult hip and knee reconstruction with the Keggi Orthopaedic Foundation in 2005.

Board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr. Kennon maintains privileges at the Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute (COI) at Midstate Hospital where he is also the Director of Joint Replacement. He also maintains privileges at Lighthouse Ambulatory Surgery Center in Hartford and the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute (CJRI) at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, where he previously was Director of the Bioskills Laboratory and member of the institute’s steering committee before he transitioned to doing most inpatient surgeries from St. Francis to Midstate Hospital in 2023.

Dr. Kennon is a fellow of both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

Dr. Kennon has performed over eleven thousand joint replacement surgeries since 2004, including anterior approach total hip replacements, Birmingham hip resurfacings, robotic MAKO minimally invasive total knee replacements, and robotic total hip arthroplasty. Dr. Kennon is also one of the few surgeons in the state with extensive revision arthroplasty surgery experience.

Dr. Kennon sees patients in our Middlebury and Farmington offices.

Associations

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)

Connecticut State Medical Society

New Haven County Medical Association

Research and Publications

A frequent presenter at medical conferences and courses throughout the country, Dr. Kennon has written numerous articles published in peer-reviewed journals, worked on implant design, and lectured on minimally invasive anterior hip replacement and knee replacement techniques. Some of his more recent papers include:

Kennon, R.E.; Keggi, J.M.; Wetmore, R.S.; Zatorski, L.E.; Huo, M.H.; Keggi, K.J. “Total Hip Arthroplasty Through a Minimally Invasive Anterior Surgical Approach.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 85A, Supplement 4, 39–48, 2003.

Keggi, J.M.; Keggi, K.J.; Kennon, R.E.; Moore, A. “Surgical Techniques in Orthopaedics.” American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Instructional DVD, Steven Stuchin, M.D., Editor, 2003.

Kennon, R.E.; Keggi, J.M.; Keggi, K.J. “The Anterior Approach to Hip Arthroplasty: The Short, Single Minimally Invasive Incision.” Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics, Vol. 14, No. 2, April 2004.

Kennon, R.E.; Keggi, J.M.; Zatorski, L.E.; Keggi, K.J. “Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty: Beyond the Minimally Invasive Technique.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 86-A, Supplement 2, 2004.

Keggi, K.J.; Keggi, J.M.; Kennon, R.E. “Minimal Incision Total Hip Arthroplasty Via the Anterior Approach.” Current Opinion in Orthopaedics, Vol. 16, No. 1, February 2005.

Moore, A.; Kennon, R.E.; Keggi, J.M.; Keggi, K.J. “Keggi Anterior Approach to the Hip: Mini-Incision Technique for Total Hip Arthroplasty.” American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Orthopaedic Surgery Video Library, Product No. 14118, 2005.

Kennon, R.E.; Keggi, J.M.; Keggi, K.J. “The Minimally Invasive Anterior Approach to Hip Arthroplasty.” Der Orthopade, July 2006.

Keggi, K.J.; Kennon, R.E.; Keggi, J.M. “Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty With Modular Stems.” Current Opinion in Orthopaedics, Vol. 19, No. 1, January 2008.

Kennon, R.E. Hip & Knee Surgery: A Patient’s Guide to Hip Replacement, Hip Resurfacing, Knee Replacement, and Knee Arthroscopy. 2008.

Keggi, K.; Keggi, J.; Kennon, R.; Keppler, L.; Turnbull, A. “Proximal Modular Stem Design ‘Dual Press’ With Dual-Tapered K2 Trapezoid Stems.” Reconstructive Review, 2009.

Keggi, J.; Kennon, R.; Rubin, L.; Keggi, K. “The Direct Anterior Surgical Approach for Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty Without a Traction Table.” Techniques in Orthopaedics: Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty, Vol. 25, No. 1, March 2010.

Keggi, J.; Rubin, L.; Kennon, R.; Keggi, K. “Anterior Approach for Hip Resurfacing Arthroplasty.” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, June 2010.

Aschoff, H.; Kennon, R.; Keggi, J.; Rubin, L. “Transcutaneous Distal Femoral Attachment for AKA Prostheses: An Endo-Exo Device.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2010.

McTighe, T.; Brazil, D.; Clarke, I.; Keppler, L.; Keggi, J.; Kennon, R. “Failure Mechanism ‘Revisited’ Total Knee Arthroplasty.” Reconstructive Review, October 2011.

Brazil, D.; McTighe, T.; Keggi, J.; Keppler, L.; Kennon, R. “Clinical Evaluation of All Polyethylene Tibial Components in TKA.” Reconstructive Review, October 2011.

McTighe, T.; Stulberg, D.; Keppler, L.; Keggi, J.; Kennon, R.; Brazil, D.; Aram, T.; McPherson, E. “A Classified System for Short Stem Uncemented THA.” Reconstructive Review, April 2012.

Kennon, R. “A Transcutaneous Intramedullary Attachment for AKA Prostheses.” Reconstructive Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 2013.

Hillock, R.; Keggi, J.; Kennon, R.; McPherson, E.; Clyburn, T.; Brazil, D.; McTighe, T. “A Global Collaboration—Osteointegration Implant (OI) for Transfemoral Amputation Case Report (First Reported Case in US).” Reconstructive Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, September 2013.

Hillock, R.; Keggi, J.; Kenon, R.; McPherson, E.; Clyburn, T.; Brazil, D.; McTighe, T. “Stage II Osteointegration Implant (OI) Skin Coupling Procedure (Continuation From Case Report September 2013).” Reconstructive Review, Vol. 3, No. 4, December 2013.

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