Dr. Khaled A. Instrum, M.D. joined the team at BOA in 2022 after serving 12 years at Holyoke Medical Center. He is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and was fellowship trained in shoulder and knee surgery at the University of Calgary, where he also completed his residency. He received his medical degree from Dalhousie Medical School. He was particularly drawn to orthopaedic surgery.
Dr. Khaled A. Instrum, M.D. joined the team at BOA in 2022 after serving 12 years at Holyoke Medical Center. He is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and was fellowship trained in shoulder and knee surgery at the University of Calgary, where he also completed his residency. He received his medical degree from Dalhousie Medical School. He was particularly drawn to orthopaedic surgery.
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Unbelievably caring person! Ryan took the stitches out and I hardly felt it. 17 of the suckers! 10 days post knee broken surgery. On course! Thank you!
(6 days ago)
Dec-2025
Doctor Khalid A. Instrum, treat patient like a family member, showing deep compassion and care. Great doctor. I am pleased with the result. Thank you very much.
(2 weeks ago)
Dec-2025
My experience is inconsistent and contradictory. First visit discussed knee brace, second visit was told it was ridiculous for me to use a knee brace without someone monitoring it. Then was told my BMI was too high to qualify for a knee replacement. Third visit I was asked if I was ready to discuss a knee replacement no reference to my BMI. Now I don’t know if I’m supposed to wear a knee brace and if I should be discussing a knee replacement. I did call after the visit and Dr. Instrum returned the call, but I was not able to answer. I called again the next day, but I have not received an additional callback.
(3 weeks ago)
Dec-2025
Doctor Instrum was very attentive to my concerns. He was patient with all my questions. And he’s extremely enthusiastic about his profession.
(1 month ago)
Nov-2025
Thank you for your attentiveness, patience and coaching!
(1 month ago)
Nov-2025
Appointment went well
(2 months ago)
Oct-2025
He has been outstanding through out treatment. Very attentive and direct about treatment plans! Thank You!
(2 months ago)
Oct-2025
Dr. Instrum address all my concerns and questions. His kindness and optimism about my right knee replacement may me feel focused and positive.
(2 months ago)
Oct-2025
Caring. really tries to help me live my life despite my knees! I drove an hour to have him continue treating me.
(2 months ago)
Oct-2025
A straightforward and positive, telling you what needs to be done! I thank him for that!!
Dr. Khaled A. Instrum, M.D. has always been a team player, whether he was playing hockey, football and other sports during his days growing up in Canada, or in his multi-decade career as an orthopaedic surgeon, restoring precious mobility and functionality to the shoulders, knees and other joints of thousands of grateful patients.
Dr. Instrum joined the team at BOA in 2022 after serving 12 years at Holyoke Medical Center. He is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and was fellowship trained in shoulder and knee surgery at the University of Calgary, where he also completed his residency. He received his medical degree from Dalhousie Medical School, Halifax, Novia Scotia.
Dr. Instrum comes from two different New Brunswicks: born in New Brunswick, N.J., raised in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. While his Bangladesh-born parents both had strong scientific pedigrees – his father was a professor of biochemistry, his mother held a master’s degree in chemistry – he “never felt pressured” to go into a scientific field, although the “expectation was very clear” that he would “work hard, be independent and make difference in the world.”
He eventually set his sights on medicine, and was particularly drawn to orthopaedic surgery. His own life-long experience with team sports – and the inevitable strains and pains that come with it – convinced him he could serve that need well.
“Orthopaedic surgery is a team sport,” said Dr. Instrum. “It requires close collaboration between the surgeons, the entire clinical team and the patients themselves. We’re all in this together.” Dr. Instrum was drawn to Berkshire Orthopaedics by that team mindset. “Everybody’s on the same page. The surgeons, the physician assistants, the medical assistants, the front desk. Everyone from the hospital to the operating room to the physical therapy team. We’re all moving in the same direction.”
Again, he underscored the importance of patient involvement. “In the end, the patients we work so hard with are responsible for their own rehabilitation.”
Dr. Instrum doesn’t view himself as a saver of lives, but as an improver of lives. “I don’t save anybody’s life, but I do make people’s lives better.”
Patients today have different expectations than they once did, particularly as they get older, said Dr. Instrum. “People want to be active and alive, long after they retire. They don’t want to be sitting on their behinds in the back yard. They want to ski and hike and golf and be outdoors in the Berkshires. They want to appreciate life.” Orthopaedic surgery, he said, is one way of preserving that lifestyle for many years.
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Unbelievably caring person! Ryan took the stitches out and I hardly felt it. 17 of the suckers! 10 days post knee broken surgery. On course! Thank you!
Doctor Khalid A. Instrum, treat patient like a family member, showing deep compassion and care. Great doctor. I am pleased with the result. Thank you very much.
My experience is inconsistent and contradictory. First visit discussed knee brace, second visit was told it was ridiculous for me to use a knee brace without someone monitoring it. Then was told my BMI was too high to qualify for a knee replacement. Third visit I was asked if I was ready to discuss a knee replacement no reference to my BMI. Now I don’t know if I’m supposed to wear a knee brace and if I should be discussing a knee replacement. I did call after the visit and Dr. Instrum returned the call, but I was not able to answer. I called again the next day, but I have not received an additional callback.
Doctor Instrum was very attentive to my concerns. He was patient with all my questions. And he’s extremely enthusiastic about his profession.
Thank you for your attentiveness, patience and coaching!
Appointment went well
He has been outstanding through out treatment. Very attentive and direct about treatment plans! Thank You!
Dr. Instrum address all my concerns and questions. His kindness and optimism about my right knee replacement may me feel focused and positive.
Caring. really tries to help me live my life despite my knees! I drove an hour to have him continue treating me.
A straightforward and positive, telling you what needs to be done! I thank him for that!!