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Scott Wolfe, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY

Scott Wolfe MD , FAAOS

Orthopaedic Surgery•New York, NY

Hand Surgery

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Cornell University-Weill Medical College

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  • 523 E 72ND STFourth FloorNew York, NY 10021

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Summary

  • Dr. Scott Wolfe is an orthopedic surgeon in Manhattan and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Hospital for Special Surgery Chelsea Piers (Stamford, CT). He received his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine and has been in practice 33 years. He specializes in hand surgery and is experienced in complex wrist surgery and reconstruction, scapholunate ligament injury, SLAC wrist, wrist fractures, scaphoid fractures and nonunions, and total wrist replacement.

Education & Training

  • Yale University
    Yale UniversityMA, Privatum, 2000
  • Yale University
    Yale UniversityM.A., 2000
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Hand Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery), 1989 - 1990
  • Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical Center
    Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1986 - 1989
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/West
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Surgery, 1984 - 1986

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1985 - 2028
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 1990 - 2026
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
    American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Surgery of the Hand
    American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Surgery of the Hand

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • The Linscheid Dobyns Award for Wrist Research American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2018
  • The Elizabeth Lanier Kappa Delta Award for Orthopedic Research American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 2017
  • Emmanual B. Kaplan Award for Best Anatomical Paper, "Anatomic Evaluation of the Obturator Branch to the Gracilis Muscle to Optimize its use as a Free Functional Muscle Transfer for Elbow Flexion Reanimation" American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2018

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Ideal Starting Point and Trajectory of a Screw for the Dorsal Approach to Scaphoid Fractures  
    Kupperman A, Breighner R, Saltzman E, Sneag D, Wolfe SW, Lee S., J Hand Surg Am, 1/17/2018
  • Electrodiagnostic Evidence of Suprascapular Nerve Recovery after Decompression  
    Electrodiagnostic Evidence of Suprascapular Nerve Recovery after Decompression, Muscle & Nerve, 1/1/2018
  • Rhabdomyolysis resulting in concurrent Horner's syndrome and brachial plexopathy: a case report  
    Lee SC, Geannette C, Wolfe SW, Feinberg JH, Sneag DB., Skeletal Radiol, 1/20/2017

Books/Book Chapters

  • Mechanical testing of orthopaedic implants 
    Chapter: Mechanical testing of orthopedic implants: Hand and wrist 
    Page 63 - 98Crisco JJ, Wolfe SWEditors: Friis EA.Duxford: Woodhead Publishing2017
  • Scaphoid Fractures: Evidence-Based Management 
    Chapter: Acute Management of Proximal Pole Scaphoid Fractures 
    Page 115 - 121Saltzman EB, Rancy SK, Lee SK, Wolfe SWEditors: Buijze GA, Jupiter JB.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 1st,2017
  • Green�s Operative Hand Surgery 
    Chapter: Distal Radius Fractures 
    Wolfe, S.W., Hotchkiss, R.N. Pederson, C., Kozin, S., Cohen, M.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 7th,2016

Abstracts/Posters

  • Success of Scaphoid Nonunion in Independent of Proximal Pole Vascularity
    Swanstrom, M.M.; Rancy, S.K.; DiCarlo, E.F.; Sneag, D.B.; Lee, S.K.; Wolfe, S.W., AAOS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/18/2017
  • Limited Incision Internal Fixation vs. Augmented External Fixation for Intra-articular Distal Radius Fractures
    Jossan, S.; Wolfe, S.W.; Dodds, S., Multiple Locations, 1999, 2000, 1/7/2000
  • In Vivo Three-Dimensional Carpal Kinematics in Wrist Flexion and Extension
    Crisco, J.J.; Neu, C.P.; McGovern, R.D.; Wolfe, S.W., Orthop. Res. Soc., Anaheim, CA, 1/2/1999

Lectures

  • Overcoming Nerve Gap: The role of Nerve Transfer 
    1/30/2018
  • Challenging articular fractures: What volar plates can�t fix 
    Santiago, Chile - 1/30/2018
  • SLIL Rupture: The Critical Stabilizers of the Lunate 
    1/30/2018

Other

  • The Modified Russe Procedure for Scaphoid Nonunion 
    Lee, S.K.; Wolfe, S.W.
    1/29/2016
  • Intramedullary Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures using the Conventus DRS System 
    Wolfe, S.W.
    Seattle, WA - 1/10/2015
  • "Intramedullary Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures using the Conventus DRS System." Video Demonstration 
    Wolfe, S.W., ASSH Pre-Course, 70th Annual Meeting, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
    Seattle - 1/10/2015

Press Mentions

  • What Characteristics Make a Patient Most Amenable to Successful Total Wrist Arthroplasty?
    What Characteristics Make a Patient Most Amenable to Successful Total Wrist Arthroplasty?November 16th, 2021
  • Man Receives 1st Total Wrist Replacement Decades in the Making
    Man Receives 1st Total Wrist Replacement Decades in the MakingJuly 27th, 2021
  • FDA Approves New Total Wrist Arthroplasty Midcarpal Implant
    FDA Approves New Total Wrist Arthroplasty Midcarpal ImplantMarch 26th, 2020

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