Hand, Wrist, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (2017)
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow (2019)

Connecticut (2019)
New York (2014)

Hand & Upper Extremity
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, NY

• Also served as Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopedic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA

General Surgery
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT

Doctor of Medicine (with Clinical Honors in Surgery & Emergency Medicine)
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Farmington, CT

B.S. Physiology & Neurobiology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Danbury Hospital
Danbury, CT

Western Connecticut Orthopedic Surgical Center (WCOSC)
Danbury, CT

Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Medical Staff

White Plains Hospital
White Plains, NY
Medical Staff

Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
New Rochelle, NY
Medical Staff

Orthopedic Hand Consultant
Monroe College Athletic Department
Monroe, NY

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeon
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Association for Hand Surgery

Private Practice, OrthoConnecticut
Danbury, CT

Hand & Upper Extremity Surgeon
Specialty Orthopaedics, PLLC
Harrison, NY

Chief, Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
New Rochelle, NY

• Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2021
• Castle Connolly Top Doctor Rising Star (2021-2022)
• Connecticut Magazine Top Doctors Rising Star (2021-2022)
• Connecticut Magazine Top Doctors (2022-2023)
• Top Doctors New York Metro Area (2022- 2023)
• New York Magazine Top Doctors: (2022-2024)
• Vitals Patients’ Choice (2019, 2020)
• Vitals On-Time Physician Award (2020)
• Vitals Compassionate Doctor (2019, 2020)
• America’s Most Honored Doctors – Top 5% (2020-2021)
• America’s Most Honored Professionals (2019)
• Healthgrades Honor Roll

Orthopedic Hand Consultant
Monroe College Athletic Department
Monroe, NY

Orthopedic Team Physician
Rye Country Day School Football Team
Rye, NY

Orthopedic Team Physician
Duquesne College Men’s & Woman’s Soccer
Pittsburgh, PA

Orthopedic Team Physician
Sto Rox High School Football
McKees Rox, PA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY

Johnson & Johnson Ethicon Endosurgery Prize for outstanding research presentation at annual student research day. Project: “The Development of an Objective Model to Assess Arthroscopic Performance”

Awarded competitive Summer Research Fellowship
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT

Insel A, Carofino B, Leger R, Arciero R, Mazzocca AD. The Development of an Objective Model to Assess Arthroscopic Performance. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91:2287-2295.

• “Approach to Common Hand & Wrist Pathology”. Mercy College, Physician’s Assistant Education Lectures, May 2018
• “PIP Fracture Dislocations: A Case Based Review”. SUNY Stony Brook Alumni Meeting at ASSH, September 2017
• “Cubital Tunnel Syndrome”. UNY Stony Brook Orthopaedic Hand Conference, March 2015
• “Carpometarcarpal Arthritis”. SUNY Stony Brook Orthopaedic Hand Conference, November 2014
• “Principles of fracture fixation”. SUNY Stony Brook Orthopaedic Intern Didactics, October 2014
• “Evaluating The Associations Between Weather and Pain in Healed Long Bone Fractures Treated Operatively and Non-operatively”. University of Pittsburgh Orthopedic Surgery Research Day, June 2014
• “Calcaneus Fractures: Current Trends in Management”. University of Pittsburgh Orthopedic Grand Rounds, February 2012
• “Traumatic Knee Dislocations: Trends in Management”. University of Pittsburgh Orthopedic Grand Rounds, April 2011
• “Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Total Joint Arthroplasty”. University of Pittsburgh Orthopedic Grand Rounds, October 2010 

• Dynamic Ultrasound Evaluation of A2 Pulley Rupture: A Cadaveric Study Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Hurst, Professor & Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery Stony Brook University Hopsital and Medical Center. January 2015 – March 2015
• Evaluating The Associations Between Weather and Pain in Healed Long Bone Fractures Treated Operatively and Non-operatively. Faculty Advisor: Peter Siska, MD. Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. January 2014 – June 2014
• Intensive self-directed Arthroscopy course followed by the project, “The Creation and Evaluation of an Objective Measure to Assess Arthroscopic Performance in a Bioskills laboratory”.
  Accepted for podium presentation at combined meeting of the American & Canadian Orthopaedic Associations, June 2008 in Quebec City
• “The Development of an Objective Model to Assess Arthroscopic Performance”. University of Connecticut Medical School Research Day, February 2007

• ASSH Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. September 2019
• Integra’s Upper Extremity Traumatic Reconstruction Course. Austin, TX. November 9 & 10, 2018
• AxoGen: Advances and Best Practices in Upper Extremity Nerve Repair symposium. New York, NY. August 24 & 25, 2018
• ASSH Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. September 2017
• Exactech Masters Course in Shoulder Arthroplasty. New York, NY. May 4 & 5 2017
• ASSH Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. September 2016
• ASSH Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. September 2015
• Arthrex Hand &Wrist Fellows Forum. Naples, FL. May 15 & 16, 2015
• AxoGen: Advances and Best Practices in Upper Extremity Nerve Repair Fellows Course. Indianapolis, IN. March 21 & 22, 2015
• Hand Surgery Update Course, Columbia University & NYSSH. New York, NY. October 25. 2014
• ASSH Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. September 2014
• AAOS Annual Meeting, Hand Specialty Day. New Orleans, LA. March 2014
• ASSH Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA October 2013
• AO Basic Fracture Course. Sun Valley, ID. March 2011 

Pittsburgh, PA

Private Percussion Teacher

• Teach private drum lessons in many different styles of music and techniques Farmington, CT

Director of Orthopaedic Scholars
Farmington, CT

• Elected by peers to organized & facilitate 4 meetings per year with guest speakers, student research and hands on workshops for medical students interested in orthopedics.

• Studies in drum set & percussion since age nine.
• Golf, Tennis, Skiing, Fishing, Cooking, Kitesurfing, & photography.