Ernest Sink, MD - Hospital for Special Surgery

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Ernest Sink MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Pediatrics Specialty

Surgeon

Primary Practice: HSS - The Pavilion

Primary Hospital: Hospital for Special Surgery

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Practice Contact

Office Address

541 East 71st Street, Ground Floor

New York 10021

Phone

(212) 606-1268

Fax

2126061685

Clinical Expertise

Hip preservation surgery Hip pain in adolescents and young adults Hip osteotomies Surgical hip dislocation Hip arthroscopy Ganz or periacetabular osteotomy (PAO)

Biography

Dr. Sink is the Co-Director of Hospital for Special Surgery’s Center for Hip Preservation. He specializes in the treatment of hip disorders, such as hip dysplasia, in patients ranging from newborns to adults. Hip disorders he evaluates are hip dysplasia (DDH) which can affect newborns and adults but also hip pain, labral tears, Perthes disease, and Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE). Dr. Sink performs hip preservation procedures in infants, adolescents and adults, including between 80-100 periacetabular osteotomies (PAO) yearly, open hip reductions, osteotomies of the hip, and surgical dislocations. Dr. Sink has authored over 60 peer reviewed articles, and has particular academic and research interest in the outcomes of hip preservation procedures. Dr. Sink graduated from Texas Southwestern Medical School, where he went on to complete his orthopedic residency training. He completed his fellowship training at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego and pursued post-fellowship study of innovative hip procedures in both the United States and Europe. Dr. Sink is involved in teaching other surgeons on a national and international level and collaborates with several other specialized hip surgeons in the country.

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Primary Practice

Primary practice

HSS - The Pavilion

Hospital Affiliations

PRIMARY HOSPITAL

Hospital for Special Surgery

(212) 606-1236

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center

(212) 305-2500

Education & Training

FELLOWSHIP

Rady Children’s Hospital

RESIDENCY

University of Texas Southwestern

INTERNSHIP

University of Texas

MEDICAL / PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL

University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Publications

PMID: 19880682 J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2009 Nov;17(11):718-25. PMID: 19880682 (Link to Abstract)

AAOS Clinical Practice Guidelines - Treatment of pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures.

Mininder S Kocher Ernest L Sink R Dale Blasier Scott J Luhmann Charles T Mehlman David M Scher Travis Matheney James O Sanders William C Watters 3rd Michael J Goldberg Michael Warren Keith Robert H Haralson 3rd Charles M Turkelson Janet L Wies Patrick Sluka Kristin Hitchcock

Mininder, JAAOS 2009

PMID: 12671359 Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Apr 1;28(7):706-13; discussion 714.

Selective anterior fusion of thoracolumbar/lumbar curves in adolescents: when can the associated thoracic curve be left unfused?

Albert E Sanders Richard Baumann Hugh Brown Charles E Johnston 2nd Lawrence G Lenke Ernest Sink

Albert, SPINE 2003

PMID: 15795577 J Orthop Trauma. 2005 Apr;19(4):276-9.

Technical aspects of bridge plating for pediatric femur fractures.

Daniel J Hedequist Ernest Sink

Daniel, JOT 2005

PMID: 20941649 Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Mar;469(3):790-7.

Child abuse: the role of the orthopaedic surgeon in nonaccidental trauma.

Ernest L Sink Joshua E Hyman Travis Matheny Gaia Georgopoulos Paul Kleinman

Ernest, CORR 2011

PMID: 16557130 J Pediatr Orthop. 2006 Mar-Apr;26(2):177-81.

Results and technique of unstable pediatric femoral fractures treated with submuscular bridge plating.

Ernest L Sink Daniel Hedequist Steven J Morgan Timothy Hresko

Ernest, JPO 2006

PMID: 16932092 J Pediatr Orthop. 2006 Sep-Oct;26(5):567-72.

Volkmann contracture and compartment syndromes after femur fractures in children treated with 90/90 spica casts.

Scott J Mubarak Steve Frick Ernest Sink Karl Rathjen Kenneth J Noonan

Scott, JPO 2006

PMID: 27261971 J Pediatr Orthop. 2016 Jun 02;:. Epub 2016 Jun 2.

Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes After Submuscular Plating (SMP) of Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures.

Jason W Stoneback Patrick M Carry Katherine Flynn Zhaoxing Pan Ernest L Sink Nancy H Miller

Jason, JPO 2016

PMID: 20660244 J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Jul 21;92(8):1790-2.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons clinical practice guideline on treatment of pediatric diaphyseal femur fracture.

Mininder S Kocher Ernest L Sink R Dale Blasier Scott J Luhmann Charles T Mehlman David M Scher Travis Matheney James O Sanders William C Watters 3rd Michael J Goldberg Michael Warren Keith Robert H Haralson 3rd Charles M Turkelson Janet L Wies Patrick Sluka Rich McGowan American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Mininder, JBJS 2010

PMID: 25207733 J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Oct-Nov;34 Suppl 1:S25-31.

Surgical hip dislocation: techniques for success.

Benjamin F Ricciardi Ernest L Sink

Benjamin, JPO 2014

PMID: 26216104 Am J Sports Med. 2015 Sep;43(9):2152-6. Epub 2015 Jul 27.

Labral morphologic characteristics in patients with symptomatic acetabular dysplasia.

Wudbhav N Sankar Paul E Beaulé John C Clohisy Young-jo Kim Michael B Millis Christopher L Peters David A Podeszwa Perry L Schoenecker Rafael J Sierra Ernest L Sink Daniel J Sucato Ira Zaltz

Wudbhav, AJSM 2015