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American orthopaedic surgeon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evan Flatow (born March 21, 1956) is an American orthopaedic surgeon-scientist. As of 2023, he is President of Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), part of the Mount Sinai Health System. He published more than 400 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles.[1][2] Flatow is indicated as principal or co-principal investigator for nine research grants and listed on six patents for influential shoulder implant systems.[3][4]
This biographical article is written like a résumé. (July 2023) |
Evan Flatow | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
Known for | shoulder surgery, scientist, researcher |
Awards | The Neer Award for Excellence in Shoulder Research, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2004
Lifetime Achievement Award, New York Chapter, Arthritis Foundation, 2009 Elected to College of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2010 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | orthopaedic surgeon |
Institutions | President, Mount Sinai West |
Before Flatow's appointment at 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, where he established a basic science tendon research group in the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, and he also served as Director of the Orthopaedic Surgery Service at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.[5] He was chosen by Castle Connolly as one of America's top doctors[6] and has won the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons' Neer Award, its highest honor, four times.[7][8] He is the President of the Board of Trustees of St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's, where he graduated in 1973.
Flatow graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in biomedical sciences in 1977 after completing a 39-page long senior thesis titled "The Comparative Biochemistry of Microtubule Accessory Proteins."[9] 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.[8]
In 1998, after 11 years on the faculty at Columbia University, Flatow joined the staff at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was Chair of Orthopaedics from 2005 until 2014, and then President of Mount Sinai West, a position he still holds as of 2023. In collaboration with Mount Sinai's Department of Anesthesiology, Flatow pioneered the use of regional blocks to diminish the need for general anesthesia in shoulder surgery.[5][8]
He held positions as Chair of the Trustees of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, and Chair of the Publications Committee and of the Council on Education of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.[10][11] He also served as President of American Shoulder & Elbow Surgeons.[12]
As of 2023, Flatow was Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal on 11 research grants. Partial list:
Flatow co-developed humeral stem and glenoid socket designs and procedures for coated and uncoated shoulder replacements. The process requires minimal bone resection and as of 2023 is used globally[11] in total shoulder arthroplasty.[16][17] Patents include:
Flatow focuses on minimally invasive fracture repair, arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery, arthroscopic repair and shoulder replacement.[24] Developments include:
Shoulder articular geometry and kinematics: Flatow contributed to the development of a glenoid implant with dual-curvatures allowing central conformity with low contact stress.[25]
Cadaver studies of rotator cuff tendon injury: demonstrated the effects of subacromial compression and tensile load on the supraspinatus tendon, with implications for clinical failure.[26][27][28]
Clinical outcome studies of rotator cuff tendon repair: rotator cuff tendon failure and repair, demonstration that cuff-tendon repair was a cost-effective procedure, that re-tears were common, and that muscle atrophy did not recover after tendon repair.[29]
Development of a rat infrapatellar tendon repetitive fatigue-damage model of tendon injury: collaborated to refine histologic and imaging techniques to assess tendon damage.[30][31][32]
Characterization of the mechanical and biologic response of tendon to repetitive fatigue damage, and the effect of exercise.Demonstrated that damage is permanent, apoptosis resulted, and fatigued tendon failed to mount a robust biologic and reparative response.[33][34][35]
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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 the former North American editor and chair, board of trustees, for the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. He is a reviewer for that journal as of 2022.
As of 2023, Flatow was cited 22,600 times, has an h-index of 81and an i10-index of 194.[36]
Highest cited (partial list):
Most recent:
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