Orthopedic Physician Associates is Seattle’s premier provider of orthopedic medical services. Our physicians and clinical staff work together to ensure that you receive complete orthopedic care, whether surgical or nonsurgical, for problems or diseases of the bones, joints, and muscles. OPA physicians are board certified in Orthopedics and each has advanced subspecialty Fellowship training in Sports, Joints, Foot & Ankle, Spine or Trauma. OPA physicians are known regionally and throughout the world as leaders in their fields; they lecture frequently, train others, and develop new surgical techniques and many of the breakthrough hardware used in today’s surgery. Our physicians are the team physicians for many of the area's professional sports teams, including the Seattle Mariners, the Seattle Seahawks, the Seattle Sonics, and the Seattle Storm.
History of Practice
Orthopedic Physicians, Inc., was established in 1958 by Dr. Forest Flashman and Dr. John Stewart. Several doctors entered the practice in the intervening years and, in 1994, Orthopedic Physicians, Inc. merged with Orthopedic Associates to form the present group, Orthopedic Physician Associates, with an office on First Hill, near Swedish Hospital, and another in the Jefferson Tower, near Providence Hospital.
OPA has several specialties to serve most of your needs with one stop.
- OPA Spine
- OPA Foot & Ankle
- OPA Joints
- OPA Sports
- OPA Diagnostics
Our physicians have not only training in orthopedics but also subspecialty fellowship training in one of the above disciplines.
Today we are Proliance Surgeons, Inc.
In the late 1990's, OPA joined with other orthopedic groups in the Puget Sound area to form Orthopedic Consultants of Washington (OCW). In 2002, OCW merged with Surgical Associates of Washington to form Proliance Surgeons, Inc., P.S. Orthopedic Physician Associates is an operating division of Proliances Surgeons, the largest surgical medical group in the State of Washington. It has offices from Everett to Tacoma and has over 120 highly skilled surgeons. Its services include Orthopedic Surgery, General Surgery, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, MRI Facilities, and Physical Therapy Services.
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