Edward A. Athanasian, MD

Edward Athanasian is an orthopaedic surgeon born and raised on Eastern Long Island. Attended Harvard College 1980-1984; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
1984-1988. Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital 1988-89, Clinical Fellow Harvard Medical School. Hospital for Special Surgery 1989-1993. Mayo Clinic hand and microvascular Fellow 1994. Orthopedic Oncology Fellow Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center 1995.

Appointments

Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University


Specialty
Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty
Hand, Trauma

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1997


State Licensure
New York

Education

MD, Columbia University, New York, New York, US


Residency

Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, US

Hospital For Special Surgery,  US


Fellowship

Mayo Clinic, Hand and Microvascular Fellow, US

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, US


Special Expertise

Upper extremity bone and soft tissue tumors

Limb salvage and reconstruction


Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society


Selected Publications

Argani, P, Athanasian, EA, MALIGNANT EDNOVASCULAR PAPILARY ANGIOENDOTHELIOMA (DABSKA TUMOR) ARISING WITHIN A DEEP INTRAMUSCULAR HEMANGIOMA, Arch Pathol Lab Med 121:992-995, 1997

Healey, JH, Nikolic, ZG, Athanasian, EA, Boland, PJ, QUALITY OF LIFE AS DEFINED BY ORTHOPAEDIC ONCOLOGY PATIENTS. Ann Surg Oncol 4(7):591-596, 1997

Athanasian, EA, Bischop, At, Amadio, PC, AUTOGENOUS FIBULAR GRAFT AND SILICONE IMPLANT ARTHROPLASTY FOLLOWING RESECTION OF GIANT CELL TUMOR OF THE METACARPAL. A REPORT OF TWO CASES. J Hand Surg 22A:503-507

Athanasian, EA, World LE, Amadio, PC, GIANT CELL TUMOR OF THE BONES OF THE HAND. J. Hand Surg 22A 91-98, 1997

Athanasian, EA, Amadio PC, Beckenbaugh, R, TREATMENT OF GIANT CELL TUMOR OF THE DISTAL RADIUS. Orthop Trans. In press


For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Clinical Trials


Office Locations
Hospital for Special Surgery
Floor 4
523 East 72nd Street
New York, NY 10021

Tel: 212.606.1962
Fax: 212.774.2880

Mailing Address
Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East 70th Street
New York, New York 10021