Dr. Alfred Atanda Jr. is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware where he is the Chief of the  Center for Sports Medicine, Director of Clinician Well-Being, and Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Atanda completed orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He also completed fellowships in pediatric orthopedic surgery, at Nemours Children’s Health and sports medicine surgery, at the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University.

As Director of the Clinician Well-Being, Dr. Atanda works to promote professional satisfaction and practice sustainability for physicians, bringing awareness to the many ramifications of physician burnout, lack of well-being, and physician suicide. He is responsible for vetting and implementing systems-level innovative solutions to reduce physician burnout related to documentation burden, external regulatory constraints, and clinical workflow inefficiency.

His future goals and aspirations are to re-imagine how healthcare is delivered by leveraging digital health and telemedicine technology to appropriately triage, navigate, evaluate, and treat orthopedic patients. He is the chief editor of the world’s first textbook solely dedicated to telemedicine in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine, and he has also launched a telemedicine concierge service for the parents of youth athletes: “ SportsLinkMD”.