Mauricio Drummond, Jr.

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Mauricio

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Drummond, Jr.

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Dr. Drummond’s clinical focus is in pediatric sports medicine with a special focus on knee pathology.

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Dr. Drummond’s research interests include discoid meniscus, trochlear dysplasia, patellofemoral instability and ACL tears

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<p>Mauricio Drummond Jr., MD, is an attending surgeon and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore. Dr. Drummond&rsquo;s clinical focus is in pediatric sports medicine with a special focus on knee pathology. His interests include pediatric orthopedic surgery, complex pediatric and adolescent sports medicine, ACL, PCL and multiligament knee injuries, discoid meniscus, meniscus transplantation, patellofemoral instability, trochlear dysplasia, cartilage preservation and pediatric trauma and limb deformities.</p><p>In 1996, Dr. Drummond earned his Doctor of Medicine from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He completed his residency training at the same institution, and practiced as a knee specialist for more than 13 years in Brazil. In 2018, he came to the United States, completing an orthopedic surgery research fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2019 and an orthopedic sports medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2020. He continued his postdoctoral training, completing his pediatric orthopedics and limb deformity fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center in 2021 and his pediatric orthopedics fellowship at Connecticut Children&rsquo;s Medical Center in 2022.</p><p>Dr. Drummond&rsquo;s research interests include discoid meniscus, trochlear dysplasia, patellofemoral instability and ACL tears. He has shared his work nationally and internationally through peer-reviewed journals and podium and poster presentations. He is also a reviewer for the <em>American Journal of Sports Medicine</em>.</p><p>Dr. Drummond is a member of several professional organizations including the International Society of Arthroscopy and Knee Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) and the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society (PRiSM).</p>

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Rui Yang

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Rui

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Yang

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<p>Dr. Yang earned his medical degree at Beijing Medical University in China followed by an orthopaedic residency at Peking University People&rsquo;s Hospital in Beijing, China.&nbsp; Following his training in China, he came to the United States where he earned a Master&rsquo;s degree in Biological Sciences from Hunter College at the City University of New York. Dr. Yang completed a second orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Texas, in Houston and then he did a fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.</p>
<p>Dr. Yang specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant tumors in the musculoskeletal system. A multidisciplinary approach is emphasized in his practice. He performs surgery to remove the tumor fom the limb and pelvis, and rebuild them using techniques tailored for each individual patient. Dr. Yang is also interested in treating metastatic bony lesions originating from other parts of the body.</p>
<p>Dr. Yang has a strong interest in the research of musculoskeletal tumors. He has been studying the tumorigenesis of osteosarcoma and the genetic profile of the tumors as comparison to its normal counterpart tissues.&nbsp; He has also studied the mechanism of chemotherapy resistance in osteosarcoma and related signaling pathways, as well as novel strategies to overcome it in collaboration with the pediatric sarcoma teams.</p>
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Diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant tumors in the musculoskeletal system, including metastatic bony lesions as well as primary tumors.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Dr. Yang has a strong interest in the research of musculoskeletal tumors. He has been studying the tumor genesis of osteosarcoma and the genetic profile of the tumors as compared to normal counterpart tissues. He has also studied the mechanism of chemotherapy resistance in osteosarcoma and related signaling pathways, in addition to novel strategies to overcome it in collaboration with pediatric sarcoma teams.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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<p>1. Peer-reviewed Papers</p>
<p>1) <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Piperdi, S.,&nbsp; Zhang, Y., Neophytou, N., Zhu, W., Hoang, B.H., Mason, G., Geller, D., Dorfman, H,, Healey, J.H., Phinney, D.G., and Gorlick, R. Transcriptional Profiling Identifies the Signaling Axes of the Insulin Growth Factor and the Transforming Growth Factor-beta as involved in the Pathogenesis of Osteosarcoma. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015. PMID: 26463566</p>
<p>2) Nathan, S.S., Huvos, A.G., Casas-Ganem, J.E., <strong>Yang, R.,</strong> Linkov, I., Sowers, R., DiResta, G.R., Gorlick, R., Healey, J.H.&nbsp;Tumour interstitial fluid pressure may regulate angiogenic factors in osteosarcoma <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20052438">.</a&gt; Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2009; 38(12):1041-7. PMID: 20052438</p>
<p>3) Li, N., <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Zhang, W., Dorfman, H., Rao, P., and Gorlick, R. Genetically Transforming Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Sarcomas: changes in cellular phenotype and multilineage differentiation potential. Cancer. 2009; 115(20): 4795-806. PMID: 19593798</p>
<p>4) <strong>Yang, R</strong>., Piperdi, S., and Gorlick, R. Activation of the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway mediates apoptosis induced by chelerythrine in osteosarcoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2008;14(20): 6396-404. PMID: 18927278</p>
<p>5) <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Qin, J., Hoang, B.H., Healey, J.H., and Gorlick, R. Polymorphisms and methylation of the reduced folate carrier in osteosarcoma. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2008;466:2046-51. PMID: 18528741</p>
<p>6) Nathan, S.S., Huvos, A.G., Casas-Ganem, J.E., <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Linkov, I., Sowers, R., Diresta, G.R., Gorlick, R., and Healey, J.H. Tumor interstitial fluid pressure may regulate angiogenic factors in osteosarcoma. J Orthop Res 2008;26:1-6. PMID: 18473395</p>
<p>7) <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Li, W.W., Hoang, B.H., Kim, H., Banerjee, D., Kheradpour, A., Healey, J.H., Meyers, P.A., Bertino, J.R., and Gorlick, R. Quantitative correlation between promoter methylation and messenger RNA levels of the reduced folate carrier. BMC Cancer 2008;8:124. PMID: 18452618</p>
<p>8) <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Kolb, E.A., Qin, J., Chou, A., Sowers, R., Hoang, B., Healey, J.H., Huvos, A.G., Meyers, P.A. and Gorlick, R. The folate receptor alpha is frequently overexpressed in osteosarcoma samples and plays a role in the uptake of the physiologic substrate 5-methyltetrahydrofolate. Clin Cancer Res 2007;13:2557-67. PMID: 17473184</p>
<p>9) <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Hoang, B.H., Kubo, T., Kawano, H., Chou, A., Sowers, R., Huvos, A.G., Meyers, P.A., Healey, J.H. and Gorlick, R. Over-expression of parathyroid hormone Type 1 receptor confers an aggressive phenotype in osteosarcoma. Int J Cancer 2007;121:943-54. PMID: 17410535</p>
<p>10) Laverdiere, C., Hoang, B.H., <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Sowers, R., Qin, J., Meyers, P.A., Huvos, A.G., Healey, J.H. and Gorlick, R. Messenger RNA expression levels of CXCR4 correlate with metastatic behavior and outcome in patients with osteosarcoma. Clin Cancer Res 2005;11:2561-7. PMID: 15814634</p>
<p>11) Nathan, S.S., DiResta, G.R., Casas-Ganem, J.E., Hoang, B.H., Sowers, R., <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Huvos, A.G., Gorlick, R. Elevated physiologic tumor pressure promotes proliferation and chemosensitivity in human osteosarcoma. Clin Cancer Res 2005;11:2389-97. PMID: 15788690</p>
<p>12) Flintoff, W.F., Sadlish, H., Gorlick, R., <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Williams, F.M. Functional analysis of altered reduced folate carrier sequence changes identified in osteosarcomas. Biochim Biophys Acta 2004;1690:110-7. PMID: 15469899</p>
<p>13) Hoang, B.H., Kubo, T., Healey, J.H., <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Nathan, S.S., Kolb, E.A., Mazza, B., Meyers, P.A. and Gorlick, R. Dickkopf 3 inhibits invasion and motility of Saos-2 osteosarcoma cells by modulating the Wnt-beta-catenin pathway. Cancer Res 2004;64:2734-9. PMID: 15087387</p>
<p>14) Hoang, B.H., Kubo, T., Healey, J.H., Sowers, R., Mazza, B., <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Huvos, A.G., Meyers, P.A. and Gorlick, R. Expression of LDL receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) as a novel marker for disease progression in high-grade osteosarcoma. Int J Cancer 2004;109:106-11. PMID: 14735475</p>
<p>15) <strong>Yang, R.</strong>, Sowers, R., Mazza, B., Healey, J.H., Huvos, A., Grier, H., Bernstein, M., Beardsley, G.P., Krailo, M.D., Devidas, M., Bertino, J.R., Meyers, P.A. and Gorlick, R. Sequence alterations in the reduced folate carrier are observed in osteosarcoma tumor samples. Clin Cancer Res 2003;9:837-44. PMID: 12576457</p>
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<p>2. Book Chapters</p>
<p align="left">1) Orthopedic Oncology. Editor: Xun, W.P., Feng, C.H. People&rsquo;s Military Medical Publisher.</p>
<p>(ISBN: 7-80157-159-2), 2001.</p>
<p>2) Review of Surgery: A Guiding Book for Medical Students. Section of Orthopedics. Editor: Jiang, B.G. Beijing Medical University Publisher.&nbsp; (ISBN: 7-81034-946-5), 1999.</p>

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<p>Dr. Yang is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon recognized for his multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant tumors in the musculoskeletal system, including metastatic bony lesions as well as primary tumors. He also serves as an Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Yang earned his medical degree at Beijing Medical University in China followed by an orthopedic residency at Peking University People?s Hospital in Beijing, China. Following his training in China, he came to the United States where he earned a master?s degree in biological sciences from Hunter College at the City University of New York. Dr. Yang completed a second orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Texas, in Houston, followed by a fellowship in orthopedic oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.</p><p>Dr. Yang has a strong interest in the research of musculoskeletal tumors. He has been studying the tumor genesis of osteosarcoma and the genetic profile of the tumors as compared to normal counterpart tissues. He has also studied the mechanism of chemotherapy resistance in osteosarcoma and related signaling pathways, in addition to novel strategies to overcome it in collaboration with pediatric sarcoma teams.</p>

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Eloy Dario Tabeayo Alvarez

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Eloy Dario

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Tabeayo Alvarez

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Dr. Tabeayo Alvarez&rsquo;s clinical focus is on the treatment of hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder injuries.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Dr. Tabeayo Alvarez&rsquo;s research focuses on rotator cuff pathology and outcomes of shoulder arthroplasty and arthroscopy.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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14749

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<p>Eloy Dario Tabeayo Alvarez, MD, is an attending physician in orthopedic surgery at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Tabeayo Alvarez&rsquo;s clinical focus is on the treatment of hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder injuries.</p><p>He began his medical education in Spain. After earning his Bachelor degree from Instituto Rosal&iacute;a de Castro, Dr. Tabeayo Alvarez attended Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2011. He continued with medical training in Spain, completing a six-year residency in orthopedic surgery at Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, in 2017. He then came to the United States for further postdoctoral training, completing a fellowship in hand and microvascular surgery at The Hand Center in 2018, a shoulder and elbow fellowship at Montefiore in 2019 and an orthopedic sports medicine fellowship at Kaiser Permanente in 2020.</p><p>Dr. Tabeayo Alvarez&rsquo;s research focuses on rotator cuff pathology and outcomes of shoulder arthroplasty and arthroscopy. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books, book chapters, and poster presentations. He is also a peer reviewer for the <em>Journal of Hand Surgery</em> and the <em>American Journal of Sports Medicine</em>.</p><p>Dr. Tabeayo Alvarez is a member of several professional organizations including the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Society, the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and the American Society of Surgery of the Hand.</p>

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Melinda S. Sharkey

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Melinda

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Sharkey

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She specializes in the operative and nonoperative treatment of general pediatric and adolescent musculoskeletal problems, including traumatic injuries, as well as congenital and developmental disorders.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Dr. Sharkey&rsquo;s research focuses on orthopedic surgery and the practice of academic medicine.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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<p>Melinda S. Sharkey, MD, is an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at Montefiore. She specializes in the operative and nonoperative treatment of general pediatric and adolescent musculoskeletal problems, including traumatic injuries, as well as congenital and developmental disorders. Her practice particularly focuses on the surgical treatment of bone deformities, foot deformities, limb length discrepancies, and metabolic bone diseases. </p><p>Dr. Sharkey received her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry in 1999 at Wellesley College. In 2004, she received her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Sharkey completed an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California San Francisco from 2004 to 2009. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Philadelphia.</p><p>Dr. Sharkey&rsquo;s research focuses on orthopedic surgery, and the practice of academic medicine. Her work has been published in a number of reviewed journals and abstracts, and also presented nationally. </p><p>Dr. Sharkey is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. She is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery and the American Orthopedic Association.</p>

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Jacob F. Schulz

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Jacob

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Schulz

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<p>Pediatric orthopedic care, spinal deformity, neuromuscular disease and trauma</p>

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<p>Early-onset and idiopathic scoliosis, fracture care, neuromuscular disease</p>

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<p>Jacob F. Schulz, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who provides comprehensive pediatric orthopedic care with an emphasis on spinal deformity, neuromuscular disease and trauma. He has a particular interest in the growing spine, with experience using the vertical expandable titanium rib (VEPTR) device and vertebral tethering through a thoracoscopic approach. At our Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery.</p><p>He served both his internship and residency at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia where he was honored with the Frank Hammond Sivitz and Chief Resident Teaching Awards in 2011. During his residency, he traveled to Neustadt, Germany to study spine deformity at the Schoen Clinic, and to San Pedro Sula in Honduras to help CURE International provide world class orthopedic care to children. Dr. Schulz completed his fellowship in pediatric orthopedics and scoliosis at Rady Children&rsquo;s Hospital-San Diego, ranked second by <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em> in 2012.</p><p>Dr. Schulz&rsquo;s research has been published in The Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics (JPO) and presented at several national meetings. He is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA).</p>

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Sheri L. Nemerofsky

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Sheri

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Nemerofsky

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<p>Sheri L. Nemerofsky, MD, FAAP, is Director, Newborn Services and Associate Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Nemerofsky&rsquo;s clinical focus centers on newborn care and respiratory and nutritional needs.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Muhlenberg College in 1994, Dr. Nemerofsky earned her Doctor of Medicine at the American University of the Caribbean in St. Maarten in 1999. She was a pediatric dermatology research associate at the University of Miami until 2000, before completing her pediatrics internship at the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University in 2001. Dr. Nemerofsky remained at this institution to complete her pediatrics residency in 2003. Following this, she completed a neonatal-perinatal fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in 2006.</p><p>Dr. Nemerofsky&rsquo;s research focuses on quality improvement, safety and healthcare disparities. She has shared her work through numerous national and international presentations and peer- reviewed publications. Dr. Nemerofsky is also a reviewer for the <em>American Journal of Perinatology</em>, the <em>American Journal of Preventive Medicine</em>, the <em>Journal of Perinatology and Pediatrics</em>.</p><p>Dr. Nemerofsky is board certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academic Pediatric Association, the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee of Coding and Nomenclature. In 2023, Dr. Nemerofsky won the Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation from Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore, and Second Place Abstract Presentation at the 2023 Montefiore Wakefield Interprofessional Research and Quality Improvement Symposium.</p>

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I. Martin Levy

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I. Martin

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Levy

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<p><span>Dr. Levy graduated from SUNY Binghamton and earned his medical degree from New York Medical College. He was an assistant resident in General Surgery at Metropolitan Hospital Center, Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery at Montefiore and Fellow in the Sports Medicine Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Levy is Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at Montefiore. He was the Director of the Sports Medicine Service from 1983-1990 and chief of the service in 2001.</span></p>

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<p>Sports medicine, ligament and cartilage injuries of the knee, throwing injuries and instability of the shoulder, arthroscopy </p>

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<p>Meniscal biomechanics, ACL reconstruction, epidemiology of football injuries on artificial surfaces, measurement tools for graduate education, epidemiology of injuries of dogs participating in canine agility </p>

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<p>Martin Levy, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and arthroscopy. He is also an expert in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and revision of failed ACL surgery. Dr. Levy is a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine as well as the Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program Director. His experience is extensive, notably in arthroscopy and meniscus surgery, including meniscal repair, arthroscopic stabilization of shoulder instability, arthroscopic repair of SLAP injuries and other shoulder maladies in athletes, and arthroscopic and open solutions for patellar instability.</p><p>He earned his medical degree from New York Medical College. He was an assistant resident in general surgery at Metropolitan Hospital Center, Chief Resident in Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore and fellow in the Sports Medicine Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery.</p><p>Dr. Levy&rsquo;s early research focused on soft tissue biomechanics and injury epidemiology. More recently, he has concentrated on optimizing the surgical skills of orthopedic surgery residents using operant learning methodologies. He has created a surgical skills program for teaching the behaviors needed to use orthopedic tools fluently.</p>

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Benjamin J. Levy

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Patellofemoral conditions, as well as the shoulder, elbow, and ankle. He has expertise in operative and nonoperative management of patellofemoral instability, ligamentous reconstruction of the knee, cartilage repair and restoration, meniscal pathology, shoulder instability, and rotator cuff pathology.

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Dr. Levy has a passion for research and teaching and has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters in the field of sports medicine, with publications in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, and many others. He has a specific interest in patellofemoral research.

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<p>Benjamin J. Levy, MD, is Assistant Director, Orthopaedic Research and Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Levy specializes in orthopedic sports medicine, specifically arthroscopic surgery of the knee, with a particular interest in patellofemoral conditions, as well as the shoulder, elbow and ankle. He has expertise in operative and nonoperative management of patellofemoral instability, ligamentous reconstruction of the knee, cartilage repair and restoration, meniscal pathology, shoulder instability and rotator cuff pathology.</p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from the University of Michigan in 2010, Dr. Levy came to Montefiore Einstein, where he earned his Doctor of Medicine in 2014 and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery in 2019. Dr. Levy pursued an adult and pediatric sports medicine fellowship at the University of Connecticut, completing it in 2020. During that time, he served as the team physician fellow for the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University D-1 athletic programs.</p><p>Dr. Levy has a passion for research and teaching, and has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and textbook chapters in the field of sports medicine, with publications in the <em>American Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy</em>, the <em>Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery</em> and many others. He has a specific interest in patellofemoral research and serves as a reviewer for several top journals in the field. He has also given many national presentations.</p><p>Dr. Levy is board certified for the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a candidate member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Dr. Levy is a recipient of several academic awards for research, including the Arciero-Warner Research Award from the New England Shoulder and Elbow Society. He is an &ldquo;Emerging Leader&rdquo; in the American Orthopaedic Association.</p>

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Paul E. Levin

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Paul

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<p>General orthopedics, nonoperative management of musculoskeletal conditions, fracture surgery and complications of fractures</p>

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<p>Patient/physician communication and patient autonomy</p>

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<p>&nbsp;</p>Paul E. Levin, MD, joined Montefiore and our Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2004 and is the Vice Chair of the Department of Orthopedics as well as the Director of the Department of Orthopedics, Moses Campus. At Einstein, he serves as Professor of Orthopedic Surgery. He is a board-certified orthopedic specialist with expertise in general orthopedics, the nonoperative management of musculoskeletal conditions, fracture surgery and complications of fractures.<br /><br />He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 1980 and completed his orthopedic residency at Montefiore in 1985. He subsequently completed a fellowship in orthopedic traumatology at the University of Texas and a second fellowship in fracture care at the Kantosspital in Basel, Switzerland.<br /><br />Dr. Levin teaches classes in bioethics and a course in Patients, Doctors and Communities, both of which focus on collaboration among patients and professionals regarding healthcare delivery. Known for exploring treatment options with his patients along with the desire to identify a strategy for successful care without surgical intervention, he has been called on to lecture on patient-clinician communication and surgical safety. Dr. Levin is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) and chairman of the organization's Committee on Ethics and Lectures.<p>&nbsp;</p>

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Javier A. Laurini

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Javier

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Laurini

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;">Dr. Laurini's clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the breast, gynecologic tract and bone and soft tissues.</span>

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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;">Dr. Laurini's research focus follows his clinical interests in breast and gynecologic pathology.</span>

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Biography

<p>Javier Ariel Laurini, MD, is Associate Professor, Pathology at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Laurini's clinical focus is on the study of tissue to diagnose inflammatory and neoplastic diseases of the breast, gynecologic tract and bone and soft tissues.</p>

<p>After earning his Doctor of Medicine in 1995 from the University Of Salvador, School Of Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr. Laurini completed a residency in anatomic pathology in 1999 at the Center of Medical Education and Clinical Investigations (CEMIC) in Buenos Aires. Following this, he completed a three-month internship in hematopathology service at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Laurini became Administrative Chief Resident in the department of pathology at CEMIC for one year before completing a surgical pathology fellowship at British Hospital in Buenos Aires in 2002. He then became a visiting clinician in the Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester before undergoing a combined anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, which he completed in 2010. Dr. Laurini then finished a fellowship in surgical pathology at the Mayo Clinic in 2011 before completing another fellowship in hematopathology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2012.</p>

<p>Dr. Laurini's research focus follows his clinical interests in breast and gynecologic pathology. His work has been published in numerous original communications and peer-reviewed journals, articles and abstracts.</p>

<p>Dr. Laurini is board certified in Hematology and Anatomic and Clinical Pathology by the American Board Of Pathology. He is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, and a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. He is also part of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association. Dr. Laurini has won multiple faculty teaching awards from the University of South Alabama and Wake Forest School of Medicine. In 2022 he won the Attending Teaching Award from Einstein.</p>

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