Orthopedic Surgeon in NYC

New York Sports Medicine Institute provides orthopedic surgical care at our Manhattan office on East 64th Street. Our surgeons treat injuries and chronic conditions of the shoulder, knee, hip, elbow, hand, wrist, foot, and ankle, and we serve patients from age three through adulthood. When an injury can be managed without an operation, our sports medicine team handles that side of care in the same practice.

Conditions We Treat

Shoulder

The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body, and that mobility is exactly what leaves it vulnerable. Most shoulder problems we see fall into a handful of categories: rotator cuff tears, tendonitis and bursitis, shoulder instability, frozen shoulder, arthritis, and fractures. Many result from a fall onto an outstretched arm or from repetitive overhead motion, which is why the injury pattern differs so much between a swimmer and someone who slipped on ice.

Knee

The knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the most frequently injured. We treat ACL, MCL, and PCL injuries, meniscus tears, articular cartilage damage, osteochondritis dissecans, and arthritis, and we perform both partial and total knee replacement. Runners and pivoting-sport athletes account for a large share of these cases, though degenerative knee problems arrive without any sport involved at all.

Elbow

Elbow pain tends to come either from a single traumatic event or from accumulated overuse. Tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow sit at the overuse end of that range; dislocation, instability, ligament injury, and osteochondritis sit at the traumatic end. Osteoarthritis of the elbow is more common in patients with a history of prior injury, and our elbow care page goes further into causes and treatment.

Hip

The hip carries an extraordinary amount of load, and pain there can originate from the joint itself, the surrounding soft tissue, or the groin. We treat femoroacetabular impingement, labral tears, snapping hip, fractures, and arthritis, and we perform total hip replacement when conservative care has been exhausted. There is more on the joint and its common problems on our hip conditions page.

Foot, Ankle, Hand, and Wrist

Sprains, strains, and fractures of the foot and ankle are among the most common injuries in sport, alongside tendonitis and arthritis in the same region. In the hand and wrist, we treat fractures of the wrist and fingers, wrist tendonitis, ganglion cysts, arthritis, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Both regions involve a dense arrangement of small bones, tendons, and ligaments, so an accurate diagnosis matters more here than almost anywhere else.

Surgical Treatment

Not every orthopedic condition needs surgery, and we do not treat it as the default. When an operation is warranted, we favor the least invasive approach that will actually resolve the problem. Procedures we perform regularly include the following:

• Arthroscopic surgery, using a small camera to work inside the joint through minimal incisions
• Rotator cuff repair
• Open shoulder instability surgery
• ACL and ligament reconstruction
• Meniscus repair and cartilage procedures, including autologous chondrocyte implantation
• Total and partial joint replacement of the shoulder, hip, and knee

Physical therapy is part of nearly every surgical plan, both beforehand to build strength and afterward to protect the repair. Because therapy is available in the same practice, a single visit can cover more than one need.

Onsite Imaging

Digital X-ray and high-field extremity MRI are available onsite for the elbow, wrist, hand, knee, ankle, and foot. Imaging in the same building shortens the gap between the exam and the diagnosis, and it lets us track how a repair is healing without sending patients elsewhere. Our X-ray and MRI technicians are experienced in producing the image quality a surgeon actually needs to read.

Our Surgical Team

Dr. Neil S. Roth founded New York Sports Medicine Institute and is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and in shoulder, elbow, and knee surgery. He completed his sports medicine fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles, where he served as an assistant team physician for the Lakers, Dodgers, Kings, Angels, Anaheim Ducks, and the University of Southern California. He has been named among New York Magazine’s best doctors and among Castle Connolly’s top doctors in the New York metro area. You can meet the rest of the surgeons and clinicians on our orthopedic sports medicine team page.

Schedule a Consultation

If pain is limiting what you can do, or an injury is not resolving on its own, an evaluation is the place to start. You can request an appointment at our Manhattan office.