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Robert L. Buly, MD

Dr. Robert Buly has been featured in New York Magazine's "Best Doctors in New York" (2002-2007) and in Castle-Connolly's "America's Top Doctors" (2003-2007). He specializes in joint-preserving surgeries for both the hip and knee - including arthroscopies and osteotomies - to correct anatomical problems like dysplasia and impingement, which impairs movement, causes pain and ultimately leads to arthritis. Dr. Buly has pioneered novel techniques to treat hip impingement arthroscopically, rather than through conventional open procedures. In complex cases, he works in concert with bio-engineers to design custom implants that solve unique problems.

Dr. Buly is frequently invited to lecture around the world in order to teach other surgeons about his techniques. He is on both the Surgical Arthritis and Orthopaedic Trauma Services at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Appointments

Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Specialty
Orthopedic Surgery
Subspecialty
Hip, Knee, Surgical Arthritis

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
State Licensure
New York, Connecticut

Education Description

After attaining his degree in medicine from Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York and completing his residency at Hospital for Special Surgery in 1990, Dr Buly completed two fellowships:

  1. The Insel and Lindenhof Hospitals (Bern, Switzerland), where, through the Mueller Foundation, he completed a fellowship in Hip Reconstruction Surgery. Bern is considered the birthplace of hip preserving techniques.
  2. Case Western Reserve University Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio), where he completed a fellowship in Total Joint Replacement and Adult Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Buly remained on the staff of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine until his return to Hospital for Special Surgery in 1994.
Education

MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship

Insel and Lindenhof Hospitals, Hip Reconstruction Surgery, Switzerland.

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Total Joint Replacement and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, US
Robert L. Buly, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:
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Special Expertise

Hip Arthoscopy; Surgical Treatment of Hip Impingement & Dysplasia

Total Joint Replacement and Arthritis Surgery

Revision Joint Replacement

Osteotomies of the Hip and Knee

Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine
Selected Publications

Voos, JE; Ranawat, AS; Pellicci, PM; Buly, RL; Salvati, EA. Varus Rotational Osteotomies in Adults with Hip Dysplasia: A Twenty Year Follow-Up. Clinical Orthopaedics, 457: 138-143, 2007.

Shindle, MK; Voos, JE; Heyworth, BE; Mintz, DN; Moya, LE; Buly, RL; Kelly, BT. Hip Arthroscopy in the Athletic Patient: Current Techniques and Spectrum of Disease. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2007; 89 (Suppl 3): 29-43.

Kim, YJ; Ganz, R; Murphy, SB; Buly, RL; Millis, MB. Hip Preserving Surgery: Beyond the Classical Osteotomy. Instructional Course Lectures, 55: 145-158, 2006.

Buly, RL. Hip Arthroscopy: Indications and Limits. Hip International. 15: 242, 2005.

Kelly, BT; Buly, RL. Hip Arthroscopy Update. HSS Journal. 1: 40-48, 2005.

Murphy, S; Tannast, M; Kim, YJ; Buly, R; Millis, MB. Special Issues in the Young Patient with Labral Pathology and Early OA, Debridement for Bony Impingement. Clinical Orthopaedics, 429: 178-181, 2004.

Bostrom, MB; Lehman, A; Buly, RL; Lyman, S; Nestor, BJ. Acetabular Revision with the Contour Antiprotrusio Cage: 2 to 5 Year Followup. Clinical Orthopaedics, 453:  188-194, 2006.

Buly, RL. Cementless Femoral Revision: The Role of Extensively Porous Coated and Modular Prosthetic Designs. Seminars in Arthroplasty, 12: 31-45, 2001.

Buly, RL. Revision Total Hip Replacement. In: Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 2: Hip and Knee Reconstruction, 2000.

Goodman, DA; Feighan, JE; Smith, AD; Latimer, B; Buly, RL; Cooperman, DR. Subclinical Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Relationship to Osteoarthritis of the Hip. J Bone Joint Surg, 79A: 1489-1497, 1997.

Archibeck, MJ; Ayres, DC; Berger, RA; Buly, RL; Garvin, KL; Otterberg, ET; Stuart, MJ; Windsor, RE. Knee Reconstruction. In: Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 7, 2002.

Westrich, GH; Mollano, AV; Sculco, TP; Buly, RL; Laskin, RS; Windsor, R. Rotating Hinge Total Knee Arthroplasty in Severely Affected Knees. Clin Orthop, 379: 195-208, 2000.
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.



Office Locations
Hospital for Special Surgery
Floor 3
535 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021

Tel: 212.606.1971
Fax: 212.472.0497
Mailing Address
Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East 70th Street
New York, New York 10021

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