Lawrence H. Fein, MD

Education:

Undergraduate:

Union College, Schenectady, New York, BS Bioengineering 1978

Medical:

New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York MD, Medicine 1982

Internship:

SUNY-Health Science Center , Brooklyn/Kings County Hospital; Brooklyn, New York General Surgery 1982-1983

Residency:

SUNY-Health Science Center, Brooklyn/Kings County Hospital; Brooklyn, New York Orthopaedic Surgery 1983-1987

Fellowship:

New York University Medical Center, New York, New York Fellowship in Sports Medicine 1988

Certifying Body

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Year: 2001

Affiliations

Hospital

• Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services; Saratoga Hospital (current), Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
• Attending Surgeon; Saratoga Hospital (current), Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
• Staff Physician, Veteran's Administration Medical Center (1987), Brooklyn, New York
• Clinical Instructor, Orthopaedic Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center (1987-1988)
• Attending Surgeon; Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, New York (1988)
• Salt Lake Organizing Committee -- 2002 Winter Olympics, Medical Staff, Salt Lake City, Utah

Additional Society Memberships

• New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1992)
• American Medical Association (1981)
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (1991)
• New York State Licensure (1983)

Professional Achievements, Awards, and Interests:

Papers presented: Flexible Intramedullary Nailing of Adolescent Femoral Shaft Fractures, with A. Pankovich, C. Sperio, H. Baruch (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, 1988)(Brooklyn Academy of Orthopaedic Residents Night (1988, First Place)

Publications: Closed Flexible Intramedullary Nailing of Femoral Shaft Fracture, with A. Pankovich, C. Sperio, H. Baruch (Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 3, No.2:133-141, June 1989)

The Role of Radiography in the Evaluation and Treatment of Common Anathrotic Disorders of the Patella Femoral Joint, with Jeffrey Minkoff (Clinics in Sports Medicine, Vol. 8, No.2:203-260, April 1989)

Surgical Correction of Recurrent Volar Dislocation of the Distal Radioulnar Joint with S. Kashyap (A Case Report, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, No266:85-89, May 1991)

Special Interests:

• The treatment and rehabilitation of sports related injuries
• The treatment of shoulder and knee injuries
• Knee ligament and cartilage reconstruction
• Limited joint replacement surgery in the knee