Overview of Dr. Uribe John Uribe, M.D., is a dual Board-certified orthopedic surgeon, Jose Milton Foundation Endowed Chair in Orthopedics and Chief Medical Executive with Baptist Health Orthopedic Care. He specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery and minimally invasive surgical procedures for degenerative conditions of the knee, shoulder and elbow. Dr. Uribe is the team physician for the Florida Panthers hockey team and the Miami Dolphins football team. He is chairman of the department of orthopedics for Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and is a founding member of the UHZ Sports Medicine Institute. Dr. Uribe was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and served as chief of orthopedics at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. His research interests include minimally invasive resurfacing techniques of the knee and shoulder, as well as ligament and tendon restoration. A member of multiple professional organizations and societies, he is well-published and lectures extensively in the U.S. and abroad.
Clinical Expertise Shoulder and elbow surgery, Shoulder reconstruction, minimally invasive resurfacing techniques, ligament and tendon restoration Education & Training Hughston Foundation Fellowship, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, 1985
University of Miami/Jackson Health System Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1977 - 1981
University of North Carolina Hospitals Internship, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1976 - 1977
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Class of 1976
Certifications & Licensure Awards, Honors, & Recognition CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2013 Top MD Consumers Checkbook Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com Publications & Presentations PubMed
3 citationsInlay total shoulder arthroplasty for primary glenohumeral arthritis.
John W. Uribe, John E. Zvijac, David A. Porter, Anshul Saxena, Luis Vargas> ;JSES International. 2021 Nov 1 1 citationsSpanish translation and cross-language validation of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form
Gautam P. Yagnik, Estevao D. Santos, Alex A. Rothfeld, John W. Uribe, Tanya M. Cohn> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2021 Jan 1 1 citationsDefining the Critical Elements of the Most Common Arthroscopic Procedures: A Consensus of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Surgeons
David A. Porter, Joseph L. Laratta, Jamal N. Shillingford, David P. Trofa, Hemant Reddy, John W Uribe, Gautam P. Yagnik> ;Cureus. 2019 Feb 19 3 citationsReview of Arthroscopic and Histological Findings Following Knee Inlay Arthroplasty.
Gregory G Markarian, Michael T Kambour, John W. Uribe> ;Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances. 2016 Jan 1 4 citationsBiomechanical Analysis of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Aperture Femoral Fixation
Amar Mutnal, Brian M Leo, Luis Vargas, Robb Colbrunn, Robert S. Butler, John W. Uribe> ;Orthopedics. 2015 Jan 1 10 citationsComplications in Brief: Quadriceps and Patellar Tendon Tears
W. Robert Volk, Gautam P. Yagnik, John W Uribe> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2014 Mar 1 4 citationsGlenoid fracture after arthroscopic Bankart repair: case series and biomechanical analysis.
Kevin W. Farmer, John W. Uribe, Michael W. Moser, Bryan C Conrad, Gautam P. Yagnik, Thomas W. Wright> ;Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances. 2014 Jan 1 13 citationsTwo-year Outcome With the AperFix System for ACL Reconstruction
John W Uribe, Dillon Arango, Jeremy Frank, Gary M. Kiebzak> ;Orthopedics. 2013 Feb 1 49 citationsPlatelet-rich Plasma Injection Reduces Pain in Patients With Recalcitrant Epicondylitis
Keith S. Hechtman, John W. Uribe, Angie Botto-vanDemden, Gary M. Kiebzak> ;Orthopedics. 2011 Feb 1 6 citationsArthroscopic PCL reconstruction with a novel all-inside femoral fixation device: a single-incision technique.
John W. Uribe, Luis Vargas, Brian M Leo> ;Orthopedics. 2010 Feb 1 49 citationsPartial humeral head resurfacing for osteonecrosis.
John W. Uribe, Angie Botto-van Bemden> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2009 Sep 1 1 citationsMuscle belly tears of the peroneal muscles: a case report.
Robert Rochman, Thomas P. SanGiovanni, John W Uribe> ;Foot & Ankle International. 2006 Dec 1 33 citationsPectoralis Major Tears Correlation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Treatment Strategies
John E. Zvijac, Matthias R. Schurhoff, Keith S. Hechtman, John W. Uribe> ;The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2006 Feb 1 66 citationsMagnetic Resonance Imaging of the Knee in Asymptomatic Professional Basketball Players
Lee D. Kaplan, Matthias R. Schurhoff, Harlan Selesnick, Michael Thorpe, John W. Uribe> ;Arthroscopy. 2005 May 1 Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee (SONK) developing as a possible consequence of the use of radiofrequency is misleading and illogical.
John W. Uribe> ;Arthroscopy. 2004 Oct 1 40 citationsAdductor longus rupture in professional football players: acute repair with suture anchors: a report of two cases.
Louis Rizio, John P. Salvo, Matthias R. Schurhoff, John W. Uribe> ;The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2004 Jan 1 18 citationsRotator cuff repair in spinal cord injury patients
Richard L Popowitz, John E. Zvijac, John W. Uribe, Keith S. Hechtman, Matthias R. Schurhoff, Jeremy B. Green> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2003 Jul 1 20 citationsFailure of polymerized lactic acid tacks in shoulder surgery
John P. Wilkerson, John E. Zvijac, John W. Uribe, Matthias R. Schurhoff, Jeremy B. Green> ;Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2003 Mar 1 76 citationsIntra-articular anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using patellar tendon allograft in the skeletally immature patient.
Robin Fuchs, William B. Wheatley, John W. Uribe, Keith S. Hechtman, John E. Zvijac, Matthias R. Schurhoff> ;Arthroscopy. 2002 Oct 1 14 citationsElectrothermal chondroplasty--bipolar.
John W. Uribe> ;Clinics in Sports Medicine. 2002 Oct 1 22 citationsArthroscopic posterior cruciate ligament repair.
William B. Wheatley, Alberto Martinez, Todd Sacks, Matthias R. Schurhoff, John W. Uribe, Keith S. Hechtman, John E. Zvijac> ;Arthroscopy. 2002 Sep 1 39 citationsAvulsion Fracture of the Ulnar Sublime Tubercle in Overhead Throwing Athletes
John P. Salvo, Louis Rizio, John E. Zvijac, John W. Uribe, Keith S. Hechtman> ;The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2002 May 1 34 citationsCurrent applications for arthroscopic thermal surgery
F. Alan Barber, John W. Uribe, Stephen C. Weber> ;Arthroscopy. 2002 Feb 1 68 citationsAnalysis of arthroscopically assisted ankle arthrodesis
John E. Zvijac, Lawrence J. Lemak, Matthias R. Schurhoff, Keith S. Hechtman, John W. Uribe> ;Arthroscopy. 2002 Jan 1 24 citationsOveruse injuries of the upper extremity in baseball.
Louis Rizio, John W. Uribe> ;Clinics in Sports Medicine. 2001 Jul 1 Join now to see all Press Mentions N.F.L. And Players’ Union Agree to Change Concussion Rules October 8th, 2022
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