Dr. Ralph Zade III, MD

Dr. Zade was very thorough in evaluating my knee pain situation. Through careful examination, he determined that surgery was not required and that physical therapy, at home exercises and a cortisone injection would be sufficient for my condition. He followed up to make sure I was making progress and my knee feels normal now.

Dr. Zade is an excellent physician!!! He made my entire experience through knee injury to surgery and after care as smooth as possible. My knee has never felt better and I couldn't be more thankful! On top of that Dr. Zade always answered any questions I had and never rushed me when I had them! I am very thankful to Dr. Zade!

I appreciate Dr. Zades's patient approach to my issues. Ultimately, we decided on total replacement surgery. I could not be happier. He (along with the PT team at Orthopedic Associates) was amazing to work with and I recommend him (them) in a heartbeat. I am completely happy with my recovery, and I will work with him to replace my left knee in the fall. Thank you Dr. Zade.

Awesome! Suffered a terrible knee injury as a runner and he was VERY understanding and VERY professional. Gave me great advice and felt like a fantastic plan to proceed with recovery. His facility was FLAWLESS... immeadiat Xray, no wait for session and incredibly competent and compassionate care! We've needed ortho for our family for the past 10 years and SOOO glad we tried Dr. Zade... he's amazing.

I am very impressed with Dr. Zade. He is skilled in treating many areas of orthopedic issues and is great about listening and explaining all options for treatment. I highly recommend Dr. Zade.

Dr Zade is kind and he thoroughly explains everything in understandable language. He’s a great Doc! I highly recommend him!

Dr Zade took his time to listen to my concerns and he answered every question. He has great bedside manners and us very professional.

ACL Surgery

Dr Zade listened carefully, answered all of my questions and proposed a well thought out plan to address my injury. Exceptional experience. Thank you

I have seen Dr. Zade twice, and each time he has seen me immediately. He has a relaxed, genuine demeanor. Oh my second visit, I needed a toe injection. I have had injections before, and his technique was gentle and proficient. The staff made me feel welcome and special. I highly recommend Dr Zade!

He's always very pleasant and informative. The staff at the office are also great to work with. It's a drive from my house but well worth it to be treated well.

I saw Dr. Zade to be evaluated for a fibula stress fracture. On both the first and follow-up visits, he was very patient with me and attentive to my concerns. He explained the results of the MRI in a way I could understand and made sound, reasonable recommendations. His secretary Sarah was excellent and very caring, greeting me by name when I was brought back into the treatment area. She actually answered the phone when I called to leave a message for Dr. Zade in between my two appointments. I highly recommend Dr. Zade and will return to him if I should have any further orthopedic issues.

The experience I had with Dr. Zade, staff and physical therapist was great. I was treated for a hip injury that I had 24 years ago Dr. Zade did not feel that a hip replacement should be done (do to all the hardware in my hip and arthritis) even though my hip was shot, he suggested that I do physical therapy. The therapy did relieve the pain.

Dr. Zade treated me for both a knee and shoulder injury. He and his assistant, Sarah, were excellent and I would highly recommend them for all your orthopedic needs. When I first made appointments for my knee and shoulder, I was told on the phone that I would have to make two separate appointments. Fortunately when I came into the office for him to examine my knee, Dr. Zade and his staff made arrangements to take care of both issues saving me the time it would have taken for two separate appointments.

I am an avid runner and sports enthusiast who saw Dr. Zade during the summer of 2019 after injuring my knee from running. Dr. Zade was very patient and thoughtful in his diagnosis. He explained the meniscus root repair surgery I'd need to have and the long recovery. He was extremely caring and attentive. After a year of physical therapy I was still having serious issues with recovery and needed a second surgery. Dr Zade was very positive and encouraging and promised to get me back to my active lifestyle. After a 2nd surgery and more physical therapy and direction from Dr Zade, I was able to make a good recovery. Dr. Zade was very honest and forthcoming about the procedures he performed. He showed me photos of the repair and explained everything he had done. I couldn't be happier with Dr. Zade's work and highly recommend him. I also have to add that Physical Therapy was awesome and the partnership of the therapist and doctor in support off my recovery was awesome!! 5 stars for all!

Professional, friendly, and very knowledgeable. His diagnosis was spot on and after treatment, I am 100% back to normal. Couldn't have asked for more from a Doctor.

I saw Dr. Zade for pain in my upper arm. The MRI showed a torn rotator cuff. Dr. Zade was very informative, gave me options and I feel helped guide me to the right conclusion for my course of treatment. I found him to be very professional, kind and a good listener to my concerns. I would definitely recommend him to others if the need arises.

Dr. Zade was excellent. He was able to work with me throughout my entire ACL replacement surgery. He did an excellent job of making sure that I understood all of my options before I made a choice. On the anniversary of my surgery I went out and ran a half marathon. Thank you Dr. Zade!

I am a 55yr old competitive athlete. My workouts and activities over the past few years have become more and more difficult because of chronic pain. I went to see Dr. Zade about the overall chronic pain and extreme right knee pain. Dr. Zade quietly listened as I told my tales of needing to stay competitive, willing to do whatever it took to get rid of the chronic pain. He told me I was over-training and had not given me my body sufficient time to rest, so it was always inflamed. As an aside, he also noted that a couple of my muscle groups were over-developed relative to other connected muscle groups and that this was likely an additional source of pain in specific movements. I did not need a cortisone shot or the knee replacement that I was expecting. I just needed an insightful doctor to provide reliable advice and prescribe only medicine that was needed - that doctor was Dr. Zade. I could not recommend another physician higher than Dr. Zade.

Dr. Zade performed rotator cuff surgery on me 6 months ago. The pain I had before surgery is gone and I have pretty much recovered to where I was before the tear. I thank Dr. Zade for the 3-1/2 hours he operated on me and gave me back the use of my arm. I warned him that I may be back soon for knee surgery since the body seems to be falling apart!