Christopher Ahmad MD Profile

Christopher Ahmad MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Sports Specialty

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Academic

Primary Practice: Columbia University Medical Center

Primary Hospital: NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL - COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN CENTER

Main Info

Practice Contact

Office Address

622 W 168th St

Columbia University

New York New York 10032

Phone

(212) 305-5561

Clinical Expertise

Shoulder Instability and Dislocations Shoulder Arthroplasty Shoulder Rotator Cuff Repair Clavicle Fracture Tommy John Surgery UCL Primary Repair Capitellar OCD Distal Biceps Repair Elbow Arthroscopy in the Throwing Athlete Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries Patellar Instability Surgery Meniscus Repair Cartilage Repair Viscosupplementation Cortisone Injections

Biography

Dr. Ahmad and his team of experts are leaders in Sports Medicine and treat every patient that walks through their door as if they were a professional athlete. Our Team takes pride in giving our patients the ultimate-VIP-experience where their injuries are handled with the utmost care. Dr. Ahmad currently serves as the Chief of Sports Medicine and as the Director of Biomechanics Research at the Center for Orthopaedic Research. He has authored more than 200 articles and 50 book chapters related to knee, shoulder, elbow, and sports medicine and has given more than 300 lectures nationally and internationally. He is the author of the textbook Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Injuries and Minimally Invasive Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. He conducts ongoing research in the areas of throwing-related injury prevention and treatment, ACL injury prevention and screening, biomechanics of the elbow, and surgical techniques for rotator cuff repair and shoulder instability.

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