Meet Dr. Jack Farr
Dr. Farr received his undergraduate degree in biological engineering from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology in 1975, where he was also awarded an honorary doctorate of biological engineering. He earned his medical degree from Indiana University in 1979. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Indiana University Medical Center in 1986.
Dr. Farr had a subspecialty practice in knee and cartilage restoration surgery at OrthoIndy until he retired from the surgical aspects in May 2022. He now focuses on the nonoperative management in the same areas.
His numerous appointments and affiliations include a board position with the Cartilage Research Foundation, a fellow of the International Cartilage Repair Society and Patellofemoral Foundation Emeritus Board member.
As a pioneer in U.S. cartilage restoration advances, Dr. Farr has written numerous articles, book chapters and has completed and edited two cartilage books published in 2013 and 2018. In the past, he served as an associate editor for the journals Cartilage and American Journal of Orthopedics.
He lectures both nationally and internationally and participates in numerous articular and meniscal cartilage clinical trials. He was also a design surgeon for a meniscal allograft transplant system and two knee patellofemoral osteotomy systems. Dr. Farr worked as a design surgeon for a current partial knee replacement system (Sigma High Performance Partial Knee Replacement) for patients with knee changes too advanced for restoration.
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UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL - Rose Hulman
MEDICAL SCHOOL - Indiana University School of Medicine
RESIDENCY - Indiana University Medical Center
Affiliations
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine
Arthroscopy Association of North America
The International Cartilage Repair Society
International Patellofemoral Study Group