Physicians: Dr. Drinker

Dr. Henry Drinker Specialty: Adult hip and knee reconstruction, Shoulder disorders, Arthroscopic Surgery, Minimally invasive knee and hip replacement & general orthopedics

Dr. Drinker joined Hampshire Orthopedics in 1981 and is currently the senior partner of the group. He is Medical Director of the Total Joint Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. His practice covers the spectrum of general orthopedics, excluding spinal disorders. His offices include the Northampton and Westfield sites and he operates only at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, MA.

Dr. Drinker graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Ma. in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He attended medical school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA and interned at the San Francisco General Hospital. He completed his Orthopedic Residency at the University of California San Francisco and a Fellowship in total joint replacement at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston in 1978. He then joined the full time faculty at Yale Medical School where he developed the joint replacement teaching program in the Orthopedics Department, carried on research in joint replacement techniques and served at the Chief of Orthopedics at the West Haven Veteran Administration Hospital. In 1981, Dr. Drinker moved to Northampton to join Hampshire Orthopedics, bringing modern total joint replacement to the area. In the following years, Dr. Drinker has practiced in Northampton as a general Orthopedist, specializing in joint replacement and being instrumental in the development of the Total Joint Program at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He serves as the clinical director of the Total Joint Center, the first such unit in the state.

In addition to his specialization in joint replacement, Dr. Drinker’s interests include shoulder problems and arthroscopic treatment of the shoulder, knee and small joints.

Dr. Drinker has served as the president of the Hampshire County district of the Massachusetts Medical Society, of which he is a member, and of the Northeast Medical Association. Other professional memberships include the Mass Orthopedic Society, the Orthopedic Research Society, Abbott Society and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He is widely published in the orthopedic literature as a primary author of a number of articles pertaining primarily to joint replacement, a field upon which he has lectured around the country.

Non-professional interests include hunting, fishing, gardening and model ship building. Dr. Drinker has been married for over 40 years and has 3 children and 4 grandchildren.