Please join the University Orthopaedic Associates team in congratulating Dr. Mark S. Butler, Dr. Christopher Doumas and Dr. Kenneth G. Swan for their inclusion in the prestigious Castle Connolly Top Doctors award! All three of our 2020 winners were also included in Castle Connolly’s list in 2018 and 2019.

• Dr. Butler is a general orthopaedic surgeon specializing in foot and ankle surgery. He has been with UOA for more than 26 years. Since 2006, Dr. Butler has been a volunteer member of the New Jersey Task Force One, Urban Search and Rescue, where he is one of the six physicians on the medical staff that provides technical search and rescue missions to find and help victims trapped in collapsed buildings.
• Dr. Doumas specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery. He has authored an extensive list of publications, including co-authoring the 2015 and current edition (in press) of the orthopaedic textbook, Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, and a chapter on flexor tendon repair in Hand Surgery: Tricks of the Trade (in press). Dr. Doumas is also the Director of Hand Surgery at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. In his down time, he is quite the hockey enthusiast, not only as a player, but traveling with and mentoring his children in the sport. 
• Dr. Swan specializes in sports medicine surgery. An avid sports player, he also serves as the team physician for Colonia High School, John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, Perth Amboy High School, Sayreville War Memorial High School and Woodbridge Township School District. His volunteerism helps him to connect and empathize with his patients.

Physicians included on the Castle Connolly list are nominated by their peers. The team at Castle Connolly, a medical information and research firm, examines nominees’:

• Education
• Training
• Appointments and posts
• Professional achievements
• …and much more

Being selected for Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors means being recognized by colleagues as one of the best doctors in the country. UOA is extremely proud of Dr. Butler, Dr. Doumas, Dr. Swan and all of the excellent clinical and administrative staff that make UOA one of the best orthopaedics practices in New Jersey.

If you are experiencing an orthopaedic injury or condition, request an appointment with one of our award-winning orthopaedic surgeons.