Evan Flatow

Evan Flatow, M.D.
Born (1956-03-21)March 21, 1956
New York City
Nationality American
Fields orthopaedic surgeon
Institutions President, Mount Sinai West
Alma mater Princeton University, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Known for shoulder surgery

Evan Flatow, M.D., is President of Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), part of the Mount Sinai Health System, and an internationally recognized[1] American orthopaedic surgeon. Prior to Dr. Flatow's appointment as President of Mount Sinai West, he served as the Bernard J. Lasker Professor and Chair of the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and as Director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Service at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.[2]

Flatow is the author of several books, multiple book chapters and more than 300 publications. He was chosen by Castle Connolly as one of America's top doctors[3] and has won the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons's Neer Award, its highest honor, four times.[4][5]

Biography

Flatow graduated from Princeton University with a degree in biochemistry in 1977. He earned his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1981 and completed a surgical residency at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and an orthopaedic residency and fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.[5]

After 11 years on the faculty at Columbia University, in 1998 Flatow joined the staff at Mount Sinai Hospital, where he is currently Professor and Chair of Orthopaedics. At Mount Sinai, in collaboration with Mount Sinai's Department of Anesthesiology, Flatow has pioneered the use of regional blocks to diminish the need for general anesthesia in shoulder surgery.[2][5]

Flatow is a reviewer for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Arthroscopy, the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, and the American Journal of Sports Medicine. He is both editor and reviewer for the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.

Flatow is the President of the Board of Trustees of St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's, a independent, Episcopal elementary school in Morningside Heights, N.Y. Flatow graduated from St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's in 1973.

Honors and awards

Books

Publications

Partial list:

References

  1. Aufses, Jr., Arthur H; Barbara Niss (2002). This House of Noble Deeds. NYU Press. p. 274. ISBN 0-8147-0500-6. Archived from the original on April 6, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Sinai Hospital – Doctor profile". Mount Sinai Hospital.
  3. "Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  4. "American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ten Shoulder Specialists to Know: Becker’s Hospital Review". Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2010.

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