Dr. Michelle Aileen Laufer, MD

Dr. Prevost is an orthopedic surgeon who joined AFOC in 2008. He specializes in tissue preserving total joint replacement of the hip and knee as well as revision total hip and knee replacement surgery. Dr. Prevost also has extensive experience in complex fracture management and sports medicine injuries.

Dr. Prevost attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he earned a Bachelors of Science Degree in chemistry in 1986. Dr. Prevost received his medical degree in 1990 and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1997. Following his residency, Dr. Prevost continued his training at State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine by completing a Fellowship in Lower Extremity Joint Reconstruction training under Dr. Kenneth A. Krackow. In addition, he spent time studying innovative surgery for joint preservation including hip dysplasia and femoral acetabular impingement with Professor Reinhold …Ganz at the Inselspital in Berne, Switzerland.

In 1988, Dr. Prevost jointed the staff at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas as Chief, Total Joint Service. His duties included teaching orthopedic surgery residents the techniques of total joint replacement and general orthopedic surgery. From 1998-2005, Dr. Prevost was also a staff orthopedic surgeon at Brooke Army Medical Center's Level I trauma center. During this time, Dr. Prevost held university appointments at the University Of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery.

Dr. Prevost is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and is a Fellow of the American Hip and Knee Society. He is a member of the Alaska Medical Association and the Anchorage Orthopedic Society.