She is Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief Safety Officer at the NYU Langone Hospital for Joint Diseases. Dr. Lajam graduated with honors from Cornell University Weill Medical College and completed her Orthopaedic residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Lajam went on to a fellowship in joint reconstruction at the Insall Scott Kelly Institute at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. She is on the editorial board for The Journal of Arthroplasty and the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Bulletin and has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences. Research interests include indications for total joint arthroplasty, value based medicine, and blood management strategies.