Charles N. Cornell, MD
Dr. Charles Cornell graduated from Williams College Cum Laude with highest honors in Chemistry. He earned his medical degree at Cornell University Medical College and completed his residency in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery and The New York Hospital in Affiliation with Cornell University Medical College. In 1986, he completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Traumatology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Cornell is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons and was recertified on January 1, 1999. On February 8, 1990, Dr. Cornell was admitted as a Fellow to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and on October 19, 1992 to the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Cornell is Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at Cornell University Medical College and Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at The Hospital for Special Surgery.
AppointmentsClinical Director of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 7/88
Fellowship, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2/90
Fellowship, American College of Surgeons, 10/92
MD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, New York, New York
University of Washington, School of Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery
For ProfessionalsSpecial Expertise
- Five-Year Survival in a Cohort of Hip Fracture Patients: The Predictive Role of Pre-fracture Health Status
- Fracture Healing: Histology and Regulation of Fracture Repair
- Methodological Challenges of Multiple-Component Intervention: Lessons Learned from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Functional Recovery Following Hip Fracture
Total Joint Replacement, Care of Arthritis and Geriatric Orthopaedics
Adult Reconstruction
Fractures and Trauma
Post-traumatic reconstruction
Avascular Necrosis
OTA Edwin G. Bovill, Jr., MD Memorial Lecturer Award, 2004
Philip D. Wilson, Jr. Teaching Award, 1992, 1996
Eastern Orthopaedic Association Scholar Award, 1986
Hoar Foundation Fellowship Award New York Community Trust, 1985
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Association
American College of Surgeons
Orthopaedic Trauma Association
International College of Surgeons
Cornell, C.N.; Lane, J.M.; Poynton, A.R.: Orthopedic Management of Vetebral and Long Bone Fractures in Patients with Osteoporosis: Clin. Geriatr. Med., Vol. 19, 433-455, May 2003.
Cornell, C.N.: Internal Fracture Fixation in Patients with Osteoporosis: J. Amer. Acad. Ortho. Surgery, Vol. 11, No. 2, 109-119, March/April 2003.
Peterson, M.G.F.; Allegrante, J.P.; Cornell, C.N.; MacKenzie, C.R.; Robbins, L.; Horton, R.; Ganz, S.B.; Augurt, A.; Measuring Recovery After a Hip Fracture Using the SF-36 and Cummings Scales; Osteoporosis International, Vol.13, 296-302, 2002.
Cornell, C.N.; Russell, L.; Khan, S.N.; Lane, J.M.; The Principles of Non-Spinal Fracture Management in the Osteoporotic Patient: Advances in Osteoporotic Fracture Management, Vol 1, No 1 12-15, 2001.
Coleman, S.H.; Bansal, S.; Cornell, C.N.; Sculco, T.P.; Failure of Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty: A Retrospective Review of 31 Consecutive Bipolar Prostheses Converted to Total Hip Arthroplasty, The American Journal of Orthopaedics, Vol. XXX, 313-319, April 2001.